Raingutter Regattas, Ear Reflections, and a dumb mom

Some days are kind of ho-hum and very routine. Yesterday was not one of those days. The 'tornado' hit as soon as I picked the kids up from school. We had pack meeting for Cayden and it was the big Raingutter Regatta. For those of you, like me, who thought this was just some magical fable that people don't really do, you are wrong. They do....we do. Cayden turned 8 last November and I am still getting my feet wet in the world of scouting. It is amazing how much I didn't know about this, especially since I have 3 brothers. But after being called as Primary President and then having my own scout, I now have been thrown into the deep end of scouting. Of course, Rob and I had a big "duh" moment and forgot pack meeting was this week and didn't remember until about 10:00 on Monday night. So, the rush to get the boat at least put together so Cayden could paint it was on. Now, anyone who knows Rob, knows that his engineering/physics brain goes into overload when it comes to things like this. (The Pinewood Derby was hysterical.) So off to the computer he goes to get the best design, style, etc., making sure it is all within the ever-important cub scout rules. So at midnight on Monday night, the masterpiece was built - it turned into more of a catamaran style and my awesome sail was pretty impressive. I'm not sure if it was exhaustion or the inhaling of too much spray paint, but we were downright loopy and headed to bed.

Fast forward to yesterday when Cayden then has to get home from school at 3:45, do his homework, and paint his boat all before 4:15 when he has piano lessons. He did a great job and did a Star Wars theme boat...shocking, I know. Then off to piano lessons we go. Meanwhile, I am trying to work, get dinner ready, etc. As soon as Rob gets home and Cayden gets home, they have the bath tub filled with water so Cayden can practice "blowing" his boat...apparently this is how they get the boats down the track. Who knew? It was pretty funny and cute to see the two of them practicing by the bath tub.

At around 6:00, Ashlee starts complaining of an ear "reflection" which is never good. She is getting her third set of tubes put in next month thank heavens. So add a sick child to the mix. At 6:30 I drop McKell off at dance, come back home so Rob can get Cayden to Pack meeting on time and at 7:20 I load Sadie up and head to pick up McKell. This is where the dumb mommy moment happened. As I pick her up, she looks very unhappy and says, "MOM, you brought me to the wrong class! My class is at 5:30, REMEMBER!?" Oh good laws! With the change in schedule, I had mixed things up in my head and thought her class was at 6:30. Nope. So she got to dance with another class which she wasn't very thrilled about. I apolgized profusely and we head to meet Rob at pack meeting where we are just in time to see Cayden do his final 2 "heats" for the championship. I quickly realize that Cayden's is the only boat that has any type of different design, and as soon as I watch him race it, I see why. He basically blew the competition out of the water. (HA! Get it!? Water!) After his taking first place at the Pinewood derby, I kind of felt bad that he was winning this too. But, alas, he did. He took first place and now has a Raingutter Regatta badge on his scout uniform. I'm not sure who was more proud and excited...him or Rob.

We came home and were up until midnight with Ashlee and her ear 'reflection' and hope she feels better today. I am letting them all sleep in a bit before I wake them up for school. Sadie apparently didn't get the memo that we were sleeping in and was up at 6:30 like normal. I will be getting a Diet Coke first thing this morning to keep me functioning today.

So that about sums it up. And that was just an average Tuesday...don't get me started on what my Wednesday looks like!