The mohawk is back.......

Well, we survived the neighborhood rock concert on Saturday night. About six bands came to play--varying from reggae/ska to punk to metal to rock and roll, etc. The police came a few times, due to neighbor's complaints, but the kids had the right to play till 10 pm--"if they didn't mind irritating their neighbors." Oh well. Everyone survived the noise and the mosh pit--there was only one bloodied lip and poked eye that I heard about. The drummer in Mark's band had a bit of an upset stomach before they went on, but Tums seemed to take care of that.

We provided a haven for some of the parents--one of them even brought dinner over, so about 7 of us took advantage of a delicious lasagna/salad meal. I had hot cider and even resurrected my sister's hot chocolate recipe which I haven't made since being diagnosed with diabetes 7 years ago. I also made gingersnap cookies from our old church cook book. We parents took turns peeking out our back room window which had a pretty good view of the concert. We could remain hidden in the dark, with the window cracked just a bit, and take in just as much noise and movement as we wanted to.

Mark shaved the sides of his head to recreate his mohawk (he shaved off the six-inch version in July). He sported this mohawk as we went to hear Christina sing at her school/church--Evangelical Lutheran Synod--but everyone was very friendly, although Luke claims he didn't get a bulletin because he was wearing a sweat shirt with a secular band name on it. I think maybe they were just running low.......

Anyway, after church Christina had a volleyball tournament--just a friendly competition with other Lutheran schools, and they lost most of their games ("we even lost to 4th graders!" she and her middle school friends moaned--they are in 7th and 8th grades). So, Tim and I crashed in the evening and watched Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan back to back on TV--first in Sleepless in Seattle, then You've Got Mail. Very fun, romantic comedies (read "chick flicks") but Tim was very kind and even enjoyed it. (I let him have an afternoon of football and games with the guys.)

So, we survived the weekend, although Mark will have the mohawk for who knows how long now (last time it was over 8 months). Right now it is his hair color, but with Halloween coming up, I'm sure that won't be the case for long.

Till next time,

Suzi