FHE & a new baby (but not mine)

 We got to spend the last two days with these two cutie patooties!  Frankie and Addie are new big sisters and we are so excited for them and their awesome parents.  We had a fun day playing and eating mac and cheese and drawing pictures.  Yesterday Lu was very disappointed that they didn't get to spend the night, luckily they came back today so we could play again.  (Millie was hoping for someone to drop a tasty morsel on the floor, she had a lot of luck today : ) )

 E was in charge of FHE tonight.  He started out by making the treats.  He made brownies and even added in a couple of spoonfuls of peanut butter and swirled it around. 

 Then he told us it was very important to take care of our bodies and planned a fun family kinect game in the basement.  It was lots of fun.

...and here's a photo of the bowling winner :)

Hannah

Hannah had a busy day today.  First she spent from 9-2 at Alyssa's house working on their giant evil dust bunny top secret project for D.I.  Then she spent from 2-6 at Chelsea's making dinner for our two families.  Busy happy day.

The rest of us were busy too, with soccer, cleaning, driving Hannah from place to place :), R worked, we went on a family walk/bike ride.  Love Saturday.

Lucy

playing math games

every  day  after school

what do people talk about?

I often will see people chatting away and I wonder what they are talking about.  Especially husbands and wives.  Not that R and I really run out of things to talk about, luckily he's very chatty, but I am just curious.

We talk about

politics
our kids
logistics (who is going to pick up which kid when and where, what time will he be home, who is paying what bill, how many games do we have to attend on Saturday)
where we'd like to go, or what we'd like to do (whether we actually go or do is separate)
other people we know (who is getting married (our kids friends), who had  a heart attack (our friends), who died (our parents friends))
what I want to paint
exercise R wants us to do
miscellaneous

in that order

catching up

I wrote the other day, and it somehow got lost in cyber space.  Most annoying.  So now just a bullet form up date.

• Saturday soccer game, E scored 3 goals!
• YW camp pants making activity, also on Saturday, we made 11 pairs of lime green pants...a few more to go :)
• D.I. instant challenge plus a few D.I. practices have kept H busy.
• Subbed a few days.
• Took a trip Waldorf where Lu spent her Books a Million money and H spent some Forever 21 money and we all enjoyed ourselves.
• Daisy scout meeting, red petal earned.
• Cub scout meeting
• recital pieces chosen for spring recital at piano lessons this week.
• some laundry done.
• checking on J's Romania blog each day, so glad she keeps it :)
• Fear Factor for YW.  H ate pigs feet, cow tongue, and anaconda meat.  I did not try the feet.  Kids had a good time. 
• R likes his job again.
• weather has been mild
   



birthday fun

Friday was Lu's actual birthday.  Now she is 7.  She is getting very grown up.  Even though we had a party for her a couple of weeks ago we wanted to still celebrate today. For lunch she requested that I bring her a happy meal at school, so I did.  I also brought mini cupcakes for her class, which they loved.  She enjoyed passing them out to everyone. In the evening she chose a restaurant and we all went out to eat.  She chose "olive garden" which is always yummy!  The last fun thing we did was go to Target.  Lu had two gift cards and really enjoyed walking around and choosing things she wanted.  She ended up buying some winter gloves, a bathing suit, a cute outfit, a country critters frog family and school play set and a polly pocket splash toy.  Pretty lucky ducky!  She said she had a great day.

Picture of Lu when she was 2.  So cute!

7 Things about Lucy

1.  She loves to read and is a wonderful reader.

2. She loves soccer and swimming and biking.

3. She loves taking piano lessons and practices all the time.

4. She is sweet and silly and a little sassy.

5. Her favorite TV show is Sponge Bob.

6. She has a herd of stuffed elephants and loves elephants.

7.  She likes to help in the kitchen.

dream room

I totally love love love this room and want it.  Except for the oars above the window, which I don't mind but don't love.  I have no style.  If I had bank this would be mine though....honey??

Got to skype with J this morning, it was frustrating and reminded me of skyping mom and dad in Belgium.  Calls dropped all the time.  Annoying.  But she looked great and was excited and I was glad for a few minutes to chat.  Maybe next time will be better.  She was on her way out the door anyway to buy bleach to soak her produce in, which reminded me of reading Grandma Peg's letters to Uncle Brian (which I loved and would love a copy of) when she was in Turkey and he in the states at college.  She wrote about doing the same thing. 

I am home today, alone.  This is the first time in over a month that I have been home alone.  I do  love that.  I really love having everyone here...but I am one who enjoys a bit of solitude from time to time.  I am cleaning and laundrying and working on New Beginnings and just happily putzing around. 

Other things I love:
my green new york mug, makes me happy
my kindle, love it!
minty toothpaste!
warm weather (or the memory of :) )
good friends
hugs
engaged kids
a heated mattress pad
and to finish off the list for today DQ, where I have not been in forever until I took Dani to the airport and we stopped at one and I remembered how yummy their ice cream is.

Back to singing my happy little working song, sans the roaches