Friday Friday!!

The weather continues to be warm and our spirits are lifted. It's so nice to be outside and to be warm. I worked today, which was a lot of fun. Every day is different with quirky little things that happen, and different people to talk to.

This evening I had two cute companions to join me on some errands. 10–11-year-old girls are excellent shopping companions. We smelled candles, rubbed on lotion and washed our hands to our hearts content. I stocked up on the new flavors of soap and we are ready for another few months of squeaky clean hands!

Then we went to target, which is always worth hours of fun. We ended up with a trip to Chick-fil-A.

The girls are settled in for a night of Minecraft and movies.

Rob and Ethan are in DC at the youth temple trip.

Hannah and Shannon are babysitting at Holly's  brother's wedding. They have six or eight kids to watch so they should be pretty busy!

sunburns, starlets, strokes and soccer

Cute Dani and cute Marshall.  Look at that little face.  So sweet!

I gave a tour today.  The weather was so beautiful, the sun was out but it wasn't hot.  My group was a lot of fun and we had a great day.  Then I got home and saw that I was burnt.  D'oh! Because I'm 12 and don't know how to put on sunscreen?  It's been such a long, cold winter that I think I just lost my mind for a minute and forgot how the sun works.
Hopefully I'll do better tomorrow.

Grace auditioned for the elementary school talent show after school today.  We'll find out tomorrow if she gets in.  I suspect she will.  She's good on the recorder. Like a recorder savant really.
Also Hannah auditioned for the spring one acts and she got the lead in one of them! Whoo hoo!! Go Hannah!

Ethan had soccer practice tonight.

I think Mercedes has had a stroke or something.  She is a wreck.  We're pretty sure she can't see and now she can't hold her head straight but walks around in a twisty up hunchback fashion.  I keep hoping we'll come in here one time and find her peacefully passed but she keeps hanging on.  Last night I looked up how to euthanize your pet at home and there was a website telling you how.  Strange. I don't know if I can do it though

I have hives, FYI.  Unpleasant.

dentist day

I hate going to the dentist.  But here it was again, dentist day.  I left mi casa at 10:45 and began the pick up circuit.  First I headed to Ethan's school.  On the way I chatted with Tori! and they are coming to visit!!  I made a quick stop at Kohls.  Uncle Brian sent me a GC for my birthday and I wanted some new tennis shoes.  Since I knew just what I wanted it took about 15 minutes and I am so excited with my new shoes!
After I got him we went to Grace's school.  Got her.  Went to Hannah's school, got her.  Then drove to the office.  We got there 15 minutes early for our 1pm appointment.

We had no sooner sat down when the receptionist told me someone had just cancelled and did I want the spot at 2 for myself instead of coming back next week.  Ummm sure.  So we all four got our teeth cleaned.  No cavities, very little crying, and we are done for 6 months!

Ethan still has 7 baby teeth.  He is a slow tooth loser.  Han has four wisdom teeth, but they aren't in yet, or ready to pull yet.  I got lectured on the need to floss and Grace shared her life story.

Monday

Jodie and I had planned to go to the movies today. Mistake number one. 

Grace woke up this morning feeling sick. She said she had gotten up in the night and thrown up. Neither Rob or I was aware of this so I doubted the validity of the report but tucked her in bed and let her sleep a little extra. 

I got her up and fed and showered and it was looking hopeful for a minute... But no.

Plans cancelled. 

She was a chipper chicken by noon however.

Besides this tragic turn of events I also suffered from a terrible first world problem today. From time to time I will ask our DVR to record a program. Sometimes on Sunday night the sports take too long and then 60 minutes runs into the 8 o'clock hour. This means when I go to watch Mme. Sec. I have half an hour of 60 minutes and half an hour of the show I want. Why?? I don't understand why it can't just start recording the program instead of the hour. 

Grace helped me do some yardwork in the afternoon and she found this cute little skank.

We also went to the library.

Hannah had play practice until seven. She sent is cute photo of her trying on costumes.

We had the windows open today and it's so nice to have the spring air! Also spring brings with it soccer practice, which is awesome except when I have to get grass stains out of the boy's pants....not the small boy, the big one. To quote Dr Suess "a person's a person no matter how small" and in our case a boy is a boy no matter how tall. Love those boys of mine.

Blossoms and goals and burgers

Our day started with the first soccer game of the season. It was a lot of fun. We won 4-1.

Then we headed to DC to see the cherry blossoms. They are beautiful. It was crowded, really crowded. I have been twice before but it was the first time for Rob.

We ended with fuddruckers for some tasty burgers!

Where was Hannah? At play practice.

Rituals

Our lives are made up of a lot of rituals. I miss the bedtime rituals of yesterday when there was a story and some songs and a tuck. Now I often sit on the bed opposite Graces and act as homework cheerleader or police depending. I watch the gerbils and the fish, I stare at the walls and look longingly at the book shelf,  I supply the definition for words like speculum and conspicuous and help discover the symbolism in "The Secret Garden". I don't help with math but I do still give a kiss and a tuck. 

Boring day

The kids had a fun activity tonight. They learned to dance. 

I had a Girl Scout leader meeting. Other than that my plans consisted of renewing my drivers license, taking something to the post office, and changing the sheets on the beds. 

It was rainy and gray today. 

I did read a good book. It was called "a dog walks into a nursing home". It's the true story of a therapy dog and her person. It was heartwarming and interesting and the dog didn't die at the end. A nice change from many animal bios.