We weren't alone

Today we ate our meals with friends. Little Brother has a new friend in our courtyard. He is also the same age as Little Brother and they can safely walk to the friend's house without having a parent even go outside. They came for Breakfast and stayed until lunchtime when a break was clearly needed.

The Becks invited us for playtime and dinner. We even left early enough for the kids to be in bed by 7pm. A time unheard of in this house recently as a bedtime. It was definitely required and a good idea with all the fussing, crying, and not napping that's been happening recently.

P.S. Little Brother made a ceiling touched so he doesn't even have to "stand on his tippy toes to touch". Later he became an "old man" with a "walking stick". Followed by Great Grandma with her can as the stick grew shorter.

Hodgepodge

Our weekends are so random that I can never predict what we might do in just one day. For example, my sweet, loving daughter (and son) wanted to do something nice for me since I won't have MY valentine this week. Weekday mornings are too busy and short. So, in an effort not to let it pass without doing something, they brought me breakfast in bed: Cheerios with milk, a backup bowl of Cheerios in case I wanted more, and a glass of milk. That's real love and just the thought she (they) put into it was enough to show their love. The fact that they pulled it off without spilling any milk was the icing on the cake.

Brave

Big Sister's school had movie night yesterday. We weren't sure how long we'd last. Aunt K had to leave the theater with her last summer after 30 minutes because it was so scary. Our Brave Big Sister persevered through her fear of what might happen and stayed through the end of the movie. "They left out all the scary parts in my book." Time has come for even this princess to learn that life does not come without hard times and sometimes fear.

So much fun I forgot

Big Sister had a friend over to play this afternoon. Unfortunately, as all great things must, it came to an end. Despite all my reminders to clean up, the basement remained a wreck.

The explanation as to why it is still messy was so good I was even willing to help clean up. "Friend and I had so much fun playing that I was too distracted to clean up." Now if I could feel that way about going to work or any of the other things I do each day.

Charitycakes by Big Sister

My dinner was good. it was the short stack.
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Busy Bees

I'm not sure how I made it through the weekend with the non-stop activities we did.
Saturday:
Swim lessons
Lunch at Moe's
Energy Journey Game
Dinner at Kohinoor Dhaba
Roller Skating

Sunday:
Family Sunday School
Kids Church/Mom organizing kids room
Lunch
Home Depot
Sears/Lands End
Dinner in front of the Super Bowl

Poor Noah was so tired he curled up with his pillow during dinner and said he was just going to sleep there. He didn't go to sleep:-(

Life Size Board Game

Today we played the Energy Journey Game, http://freshaireva.us/2013/01/energyjourney/

Great teaching tool and exercise. We learned several simple inexpensive ways to help reduce energy costs.