Getting Comfortable

Emma is adjusting great, she was hanging out by the stairs today so I took this picture if her. Jack just started school on Monday, that has been interesting! More about that later.

Good Morning

We all slept good this morning and woke up refreshed. Emma was in a snuggly mood for a minute so I was able to snap this gem before she began exploring.

Jack and Emma

She crawled up with him in his chair just to snuggle. A boatload of "Awwwww" in this picture.

Grocery Shopping

I love it when we go grocery shipping and they have one of the car carts available. It keeps them occupied.

We'll Miss You Bobbi

I took Bobbi in to the vets yesterday morning to have her put down. I came to that conclusion when she would stop eating in the middle of her meal from being out of breath and then finishing later. She is a Labrador and one thing about that breed is that the only time they won't eat is when they are sleeping.

It was tough. I knew it would be emotionally tough but I just couldn't hold back the tears a few times. Very overwhelming at times but in the end, it was the right thing to do in order to alleviate her pain and discomfort.

She wasn't a barker, scratcher or biter. Gentle with the kids and always a happy disposition. She would wag her tail at anyone and everything. I heard her growl just once, when the Postman startled her.

I'll miss her, she was a great dog.

Makershed Project

I bought this kit called "Soldering: Time" from the Makershed. Makershed is a company that has do it yourself projects, some of them hard and some of them a little tougher. They make these kits wher you buy the parts an then you put it together. I picked the watch kit so that my son and I could try it during Summer vacation.

This is the first week of Summer vacation, so I wanted to pick a few things to do with him that we could make together. Earlier in the week it was paper airplanes of Star Wars ships that  got him at his school book sale the last week of school.

After Emma went down for her nap, we cleared off the table and I got out the soldering iron. I have not used the soldering iron so this was a bit intimidating to use an instrument that could A) Burn me or Jack, B) Burn the table or C) Both.

It turns out, I am a natural. The soldering spots were tiny and looked very neat, like a machine had done them. I was quite pleased with myself.

After assembling the unit, it was time to put it together in its housing and attach the screws and wrist strap.

Jack learned about soldering, clipping the leads, the circuit board and some of the things that go on the board. The only problem is that after all of this, it doesn't work.

The LED display only shows "12:00" but doesn't reset or let us set the time. But we did learn some good stuff. We are going to take it apart and see if we can figure out what went wrong. Sometimes trouble-shooting is the best way to learn about something, it also gives you are real appreciation for the process and taking pride in your work.

Happy 6th Birthday, Jack!

We went out to his choice of restaurant and then he opened presents after we got home and had cupcakes.

Earlier in the day we stopped in at school and brought cupcakes to his class to share.they sang happy birthday to him.