Thursday, September 02, 2010

Our Not Back To School Day

Do you want to know what we autodidacts did on September 1st?

While our public school friends had to climb the bus, the boys at Sleepyhouse were still in dreamland. I recently read how vital it is for teenagers to get 8 hours of sleep. Those who do not, tend to eat more junk.

DS11 woke up around 8:00 and fed Tornado and Gust. He proceeded to get himself dressed and wake his brain with gaming.

About an hour later, I had finished my work at home, and the two of us went out for our aerobic daily exercise. I woke up DS14 to let him know we were leaving, but also because I knew he needed to start stirring or we'd miss our lunch date. On a "normal" day, I'd let him sleep until he wakes on his own, which is usually around 11:00am.

We returned from our walk to find DS14 on the computer, doing a bit of research. We showered and then left to pick up DH for lunch.

We enjoyed a special Not Back To School Day lunch with DH at our favorite Mexican restaurant, saving the leftovers for supper. It was something we hadn't done in a great while, meet dad for lunch during the workday. It was a perfect way to celebrate, not back to school.

After dropping DH back at work, I made a quick appearance at the pool and then we headed to Menards to research what we're going to need to complete our flooring project. I showed the boys how we will put the floor together. I still don't think they are excited yet to get to work. Maybe once I introduce them to a power saw it will peak their interest? :) For those of you worried we aren't learning anything, you should have been there with us as we tried to figure out square footage and exactly how many cartons of laminate and tile we'll need.

As we returned home, the mail carrier pulled up and dropped off a package DS11 had been waiting for. (See photo.) Needless to say he was very excited. He's worked hard to earn the money for this box of cards.

After the excitement wore down a little, we read books. I think I may have Metabolic Syndrome and will research that further.

Our friends got out of school and we stopped reading to hang out with them. 

I baked cookies while the boys visited with their friends, although at one point, DS11 did come back up from the Mancave wanting to play Uno with me.

DS11 managed to wait until DH got home and then he opened his Yu-Gi-Oh cards while DS14 filmed it. They sorted cards and reviewed values from their price guides. 

DS11 & DH went out for a Father-Son walk and although I couldn't encourage DS14 to do a Mother-Son walk, I did enjoy my solo walk. DS14 enjoyed more computer time.

After the walk, we snacked on lunch leftovers and watched a little TV. The boys went down to play more games while DH & I did some more reading and watching TV.

Everyone except DS14 went to bed around 10:00pm. DS14 stayed up another few hours reading his book.

6 comments:

Stormmie aka Kim said...

My son loved Yugioh. He still has tons of the cards + won't part with them. Sounds like a great NBTS day.

Terri D'Orsaneo said...

Our grandson was big into Yugioh for awhile! Fun, fun!! I love your sleepyhouse!

Kelly M said...

Sounds like you all had a perfect day. How are you liking your new sneakers?

Debbi :) said...

Sounds like a great day!:o)
I love eating lunch with Roger. It just adds a great thing to our day!:o)

Nora inS.W.Missouri said...

Sounds like a great day....the kids and I also enjoy when we can eat a lunch meal with my husband.....

Cindy W said...

A fun flled day for the entire family. I love the not back to school days.