Science Fair winners

The girls and I went to the PTO meeting the other night where the science fair winners were announced. The girls were a part of the fair along with their classes. Both of their classes won first place for their grade level. So, congratulations to Adriana and Cara!

Also, Adriana found out that she has a small solo part in the children's choir spring musical. Cara, well, Cara is a children's choir drop-out. She decided she didn't want to go back because she doesn't like the music. I think she is so worn out from being in school all day that the last thing she wants to do is sit in choir practice for two hours. So, she is enjoying coming home and just relaxing.

Ramblings

I am still around, just quite busy lately. A couple of weeks ago, we sold our toddler bed that was barely used and I finally put together Jonah's train table. Yep, it was his birthday present. For his second birthday. In my defense, we had to order a defective part and then realized we didn't have any room for it. So, it has sat in our apartment/storage since then.

Put it together and the kids were ecstatic. It really wasn't too bad to get together. I think I spent about an hour and a half getting it together. Learned a valuable lesson. If the box says 115 pieces, pay attention, because it really means 115 pieces.

Bruce said he was going to give Jonah three hours before he destroyed it. Well, it took a little less than three hours. At two and a half hours, I had to intervene with the sisters and Jonah. The girls had to take a break and then Jonah had the track taken apart. Thankfully, it snaps back together easily.

Valentine's Day

Or, Valentime's Day as two of the Cool kids call it.

Since I have no idea what all has happened over the last couple of weeks since I posted, I will just pick up with Valentine's Day/weekend.

Nanny came down to keep the kids so Bruce and I could have an evening out for Valentine's Day. Since she was here all day on Friday, I went to school to see the girls at the school dance that was taking place for Relay for Life and also to attend their class parties. It was fun seeing all the kids dancing around and then seeing the girls get their cards and goodies from friends. We spent the night before decorating cookies for both classes, so the girls were proud of their contributions.

Now, for the big date. Bruce and I decided to go out on Friday the 13th for our date instead of Sat. night because Adriana had a Girl Scout family thing on Saturday, and we felt like that would push us to go out that night, too.

We dressed up a little. Okay, dressing up for me, dressing down for Bruce. We went to this great restaurant based on the recommendation of a friend (Thanks, A!) and really enjoyed ourselves. We also went to a movie. Almost walked out of the movie. Should have walked out of the movie. No, it wasn't that bad, but it could have been a lot better. It is amazing what you get conditioned to once you are seeing/listening through the ears of your child. Nothing edifying or glorifying to God in that movie. Needless to say, we we be paying closer attention to story lines, etc. for in the future. I will highly recommend "Fireproof" as a great alternative to the junk that Hollywood is producing.

Back to Valentine's Day. So, on Friday as I am about to get in the shower, the doorbell rings. I open it and a lady is standing there with the most beautiful arrangement of lavender roses. (Purple is my favorite color.) I had once told Bruce not to buy me roses on Valentine's Day because the price is jacked up so much. I was surprised, especially with his frugal nature to get them. So, imagine my surprise when we get to the restaurant and at our table sits another dozen lavender roses. Seems a breakdown in communication occurred between Bruce and someone at the restaurant, so I ended up with two dozen roses and Bruce ended up with the bill for both. Needless to say, I have been having a good laugh out of it considering how cheap, I mean, frugal, he can be.

Hopefully, sometime today or tonight

I will update this thing! We have had a run of sinus infections/colds around here and my energy has been zapped. So, hopefully I will have an opportunity to update tonight without falling asleep.

And, let me give a shout out to my sweet husband who said he was missing the blog. Thanks, honey!

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Here we go with my second attempt at confessing what I did not do this week.

I did not offer a small shout of glee this week when Cara was named the Good Citizen for her class for this nine weeks at the school's Awards Day. No, that was not my voice heard followed by laughter from others as I grabbed my camera quickly and proceeded to leap over the feet of two other parents so I could get a picture of Cara with her certificate. Nope, that wasn't me.

No, that wasn't me who could be heard right before Cara won the previously mentioned award whispering to a friend of mine that I was not going to make her an award at home just because her sister had received one and she was probably not. Nope, not me, because that would be cruel to teach a five year old that life has some hard knocks.

I did not win at least a couple of rounds of Candy Land while playing against my darling sweet three year old son. Nope, not me. Of course, I let him win every hand instead of being a terminator.

I also did not proceed to win a couple of hands of "making cookies" while playing with Cara and Jonah. What kind of mother dominates kids' games anyway? Not me, of course.

I was not heard this week telling my husband to get his own blog when he happened to mention he liked the old look better than the new one. Nope, not me.

That was not me who was talking back to a character on a T.V. like they could really hear me. Nope, not me.

I was not the one who went over our grocery budget money this week. And, I am most certainly not the one who convinced her husband that we needed to eat out several times this week after thinking we had plenty to eat at home.

I was not the mother who almost cried at the quietness in the house when Adriana went to her second sleepover. And, I most certainly did not agree with Bruce to go get her as soon as the day broke.

I am so glad that I did not do these and other things this week.

Pure Exhaustion

Adriana went to a sleepover Friday night and had a great time, although we missed her terribly. I told Bruce I am always amazed at how much noise one person makes.

Cara was kind of whining about not getting to go to the sleepover. I reminded her that this was Adriana's friend, it was for girls in Adriana's class and she wasn't old enough to go to a sleepover yet.

We were in the van when we were having this conversation.

Jonah said to her so sweetly, "Cawa, you can come to my sleepover."

Melted my heart.

So, we made a big night of it and made like they were having a sleepover, too.

The next morning, when Adriana came home I asked her how late they stayed up. She said, "Not too late. It was about 12 when we went to sleep."

So, this is what I found while I was cooking dinner.



Jonah woke up and came crying to the kitchen. Come to find out, he had a fever. At first I thought his warmth was from sleeping with Adriana on the couch, but it stayed around. He did eat dinner, though. Poor little guy had the fever pretty much all night. I am just praying that he does not have another ear infection in the works.

Bruce put Adriana to bed and she slept the whole night until about 6:30 a.m. She was one worn out little girl. She even asked Bruce this morning if she had eaten dinner. And, she was a little grumpier than usual.

Cara was her usual happy-go-lucky self last night, and she was even purposely dancing around. She did, however, go to sleep rather quickly.

Needless to say, the sleepover(s) wore all of us out.