The "Finnster, et al."

First day of 4th grade for Finn and 2nd grade for Sam.  Finn's teachers are Mrs. Boner and Mrs. Bratcher.  Sam's teacher is Mrs. Sweatman.  So far school has gone pretty smoothly for the boys outside of Sam threatening to kill two little girls at lunch and Finn carving his name into the cubbyholes.   Sam:  A couple of weeks ago Sam got in trouble at lunch for telling two girls that he was going to kill them.  Michael and I were very upset.  I asked Sam to tell me exactly what happened.  Sam explained that he said it really nice. He said that he got really close to them and said it in a really quiet voice.  Exacerbated, I told Sam "THAT'S WORSE!"  Sam didn't say it really nice , he said it really creepy.   I asked Sam what on earth made him think this was a good idea.  He told me that the girls were saying mean things to him. He said, "they told me when I grow up, I am going to have a beard!" I said, "Sam, you are boy, when you grow up you

This summer Nana and Papa treated us to a beach vacation at Long Beach Resort in Panama City.   Our Vacation began early Saturday morning.   We loaded the boys in the van and pulled out of driveway about 7:30. The night before Michael took the boys to buy a few cheap movies to keep them entertained during the 9-hour drive.   Even though they were chomping at the bit to turn on the television, Michael refused to let them do so until after our first rest stop. Our first stop was in Alabama – the Huntsville rest stop.   Will loved this stop because he was able to run around to look at the rocket.   Once back in the car we turned on a movie and the boys sat quietly until lunch.   We stopped at a Chic-Fil-A just north of Birmingham.   The boys played and ran out a little bit of energy and then we hunkered down or the remaining trip.   Right outside of Birmingham we ran into sheets of rain – rain that hung with us all the way to Panama City Beach.   We pulled into the L