Took Da Chimpz to Home Depot just now to get some spray paint -- tomorrow is the Raingutter Regatta for their scout pack, so we've spent some of the day prepping their boats.

Hey, that's better than last year's race when I opened the boat kit about 40 minutes before we had to walk out the door. The paint was drying on it as we sat through the 9 o'clock Mass and the hull was still tacky as we dropped it into the water.

We also bought dirt at Home Depot -- some topsoil and some garden soil that I needed for around the yard. As we drove, Cookie asked if he could have some of the dirt. I told him no. Then he said he couldn't wait until he was old enough to go out and buy his own dirt.

The kid has aspirations.