The sun came out!

I spent most all of my time outside today. The temperature was in the low 70's and the sun shone brightly. It was a lovely day! We've had a lot of rain recently, and the gloomy weather can get old pretty fast! The kids skipped church this morning. My roommate had to get to work in a hurry and I think the girlfriend just didn't want to fool with getting everyone ready.

The taller pretty girl and the short kid with glasses (and a cast) went outside this morning with their bug catcher. They took sticks and poked around in the dirt off of the side of the driveway trying to catch insects. They searched for a long time. It really looked like they were having a good time. I felt bad for the short kid with glasses, though. He really wanted to ride his scooter this morning, too. However, the taller pretty girl would not let him. She said it would not be safe to ride a scooter with his arm in a cast. But, to make him feel better, she didn't ride her scooter either. Those two kids really take care of each other.

Later this afternoon, the tall kid went out into the neighborhood with one of his friends. I followed him for a while, but then I got tired and came back home. He was going to play baseball. When he came back from playing, he had black streaks under his eyes. I thought he had gotten into a fight or something! Turns out, though, that he put the black stuff under his eyes on purpose. He called it eye black. Apparently baseball players wear the stuff to cut the glare of the sun. Later this evening, the tall kid asked my roommate and the girlfriend if he could have a tube of his own eye black. They, of course, responded with the typical and non-committal parental answer of, "we'll see." If I was the parent, I would have told him no. What is the point of eye black? Why spend money on that stuff? I would have told him to squint. Problem solved. I do that all the time.

Girlfriend has dropped 11 pounds so far on her new diet. I need to do that, too.

Dang. I'm hungry.