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Today is Tuesday, in case you didn't know.

Samuel had speech therapy and then we headed to Grandma Kake's for our Tuesday visit.  We are now making our Tues visit a weekly tradition – because how often does one of your great-grandmother's live around the corner from where you're having speech therapy?  That's why.  That and the fact that she has crayons, coloring books, and reading books laid out for you when you come – and Valentine treats too! 

Then we went to Kindermusik (after a brief stop at the bank for some business and the gas station for a potty break and a Sobe water).  This is his second week with Ms Jeanie and the boy loves it.  The class comes with a "bat-pack" and I am hard-pressed to find him without the "bat-pack" these days (the ribbon is in place of a nametag because I'm lazy).  Today they sang a song with silly words and silly words is Samuel's favorite type of humor, so we've been singing about silly words all day.

Then we had lunch.  I burnt my wheat (with flax seed) tortilla.  Smelly house.

Then I put Samuel down for a nap and as he does every.single.day, he said "Will you rest with me?" and I do (98.7 % of the time) because what mom can say no to a rest?  Even if it is just 3-7 minutes.

And now I sit typing – fully clothed, with a robe on.  Why?  Because every day around 1 pm I am cold.  Strange. 

And now I am determined to finish the laundry that I started LAST Tuesday…so that they boys can finally put their clothes away instead of fishing around in the clean ones laying on the living room floor every morning (was that a run-on?).

This afternoon Jacob will take the UIL Spelling test for 5/6 graders.  In 3rd grade, he earned 2nd place.  We skipped 4th.  And now he's back and has studied 800 words for this test.  That's right – 800.  And I helped.  And how ever he does, I'll be impressed and proud because he's a great speller.

Tomorrow, Caleb starts baseball season.  The poor kid doesn't even own a bat.  But he does own a glove, thanks to an observant aunt who noticed he was playing with his bare hands last fall in the yard. :)  Thanks, Liv.

I'm researching Aboriginal masks for our Cub Scout blue-and-gold banquet – the theme is Australia and we're having all the boys create their own mask.

I'm sore from kickboxing yesterday.

And…my Valentine helped me clean the house last night which is probably not on the top of the Valentine's "what to do on Valentine's" list – but it was the best gift for me and I love him for it.