Fort Lindgren

When we moved into our house we had this big, unruly tree stump. We weren't sure what to do with it. It was half dead and collected all the trash that blew through the alley. Well, this weekend Pete was ambitious and started cutting away at it. Our neighbor offered to help pull it out using his truck next weekend. Well, guess what has way more power and weight behind it. Me. After a small misstep, I fell on the center and guess what? Huge chunks of it fell off. Although my self esteem was bruised for a moment, I quickly recovered some pride when I realized that I am becoming more video game like in real life. I liken it to stomping on a question block, Super Mario style.
The hole we now have has been a bonanza for the Boulevard Boys. They carefully arranged all the dead stumps and made it into a fort. All good forts need a sentry.
Of course when the crowd gets real rowdy, a shovel comes in handy. Hopefully the weather turns nice again tomorrow and they can get a little bit more use out of it before all the debris is hauled away this weekend. The bonus is all the extra room we will have for the garden this summer. Or maybe, I will finally convince Pete how badly we need chickens. On another note, the boys school had family night tonight. We attended three different seminar/classes. One on homework routines,one where we just did yoga(Hans refused participation) and one on bedtime routines. Not surprisingly, Hans is not getting enough sleep. I really enjoyed what we learned and the activities they had for the kids. Olive was willing to go to the childcare room and enjoyed it.
It was fun to see some of the kids from the boys classes with their parents. Unfortunately, Pete always seems to be out of town during school functions and I have had more than one person ask if I am a single mom. One of them was one of the four lesbian couples I met this evening. I love that my kids go to such a diverse school. It is truly a mixed bag there and I like that my kids have learned so much about other races and religions. I do have to say that there were a few kids that my heart absolutely ached for. They looked so sad and alone. One boy, Oscars age ate dinner with his mom, who had headphones on the entire time, listening to her Ipod. I wanted so bad to ask if he would like to sit with us. Absent was a student from Hans' class that had asked if I could take her to family night with me. I would have too. Oh, some of those kids keep me up at night wondering about them. Pete's lucky that I listen to him, or else we would have a house of kids. More than we do already that is. Let's leave this evening on a light note. Food picture! It's been awhile, huh?