Jiggy Dancing, etc.

Jenna dancing to Mama Mia.

The snow we got Wed night - had a 2 hour delay Thursday. It's all gone now.

Jenna being silly.

Jenna drying off Louie when he came in from the rain.

We've gone on 2 outings with regular underwear - I think the pullups are over!

Here we go again

Snow! Probably about 1.5 inches, very wet and sticky. Sure makes everything pretty, but I am ready for Spring to really be here and to get going on my garden! If it's still here in the morning, I'll take a picture to add.

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Ok. so it's been a while. I'd say I was busy, but then when aren't I?!

We had a nice weekend with some east-coast family. We spent the afternoon at the Everett Children's Museum.. Great place! The kids were ping-ponging around until they had found every corner and then slowed down to enjoy themselves - by slow down I mean slow for them, still way too fast for pictures! These pics are from the bus - the mic actually works, so the girls had fun with that - Meghan was serenading us.

I have officially purchased tickets for our trip to GA this summer. Now for transportation and sleep arrangements! I want to see relatives in Stone Mountain and some in Florida that might meet us in Savannah, the Atlanta Aquarium is reported as huge, pick seashells from a warm sandy beach, etc, etc.

I've set up a Facebook account. If any family have one, please let me know (I've connected with Andrea, and sent a request to Collin).

The flooring is now in the master bedroom as well. We ran it the other direction. We ended up with one box left. Next inside project - bathroom flooring, refurbish master bathroom! But it will probably wait for a while - the weather is starting to be nicer, so there's lots of outside stuff to do - like tackling our growing mole population!

Frosty!

This week was a little slow-paced, which is good! Thursday we finished laying the flooring in the living room. It was still frosty out at 4:00, so Meghan and I went for a "camera walk", taking pictures of whatever struck us, including each other! Friday the frost was even more magnificent, so I snapped pictures while waiting for Meghan's bus (11:30). The sun finally peeked through then, and I snapped pictures around the house as the frost was melting.

We've decided we have enough of the flooring left over to do our bedroom (yes, we majorly over-bought), so that is the next project. We'll run it in the other direction, to provide a break between the bedroom and living room. That leaves the 2 bathrooms and the kitchen to redo and the entire floor of the house will be changed! We'll also change the inside window trim on the bedroom windows - the last ones for that as well! I had been saving a little pair of roller skates until we finished the floor. Meghan doesn't like them, says they hurt her feet. Jenna loves them! Meghan tries to steady her as she goes around the room. And Mark's remote control car finally has the dust knocked off since it has a place to run.

I did manage to get some beading done this week, finally. We got the movie WallE Sat, watched it a few times. I really like it, the female lead is the strong one, saves WallE and he saves her - not your usual Disney viewpoint!

Jenna's added a very clear "Meghan" to her vocabulary. She also likes to say "Thank you" and "No problem" when you say thank you to her! She's also starting to ask "Why?" - a phase Meghan never had! Her current favorite movie is Dumbo - Meghan has started reciting the lines the stork says when Dumbo is delivered to his mom, acting out the entire scene.

Yet Another Crazy Week

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Sooner or later a week is going to be slow! What started out as what should be quiet did not turn out that way. Monday was quiet, got lots done at home. Tuesday was trial by fire. I noticed the oil light on the van intermittently coming on as I went to Meghan's school to volunteer. When I got done, I checked the van's oil - there wasn't ANY! There was some nice rainbows forming in the water under the van. I called a friend to see if she could get some oil for me, so I could drive it to the mechanic. When she got there, she reminded me of my AAA card, and that driving without oil could seize the engine. So, I had it towed to the mechanic. In the mean time, she picked up Jenna and Jasmine and took them to lunch. I called her when I was done, and she took us home. Thank goodness for great friends! The mechanic fixed the van that day (oil pressure switch), Mark paid for it over the phone, and got the key on his way home (too late to go and get it - Council night). We got up when Mark left for work the next morning and went to get the van on his way in (4:30am). Wed was a Children's Council meeting in the morning, volunteer in Jenna's class since I didn't the day before, and take her to her 4 year check up. She is very healthy, 3'3" and 34lb. She got her last round of shots before kindergarten - only a little whimper, and she watched the needles go in (4 shots)! What a trooper! Wed night was the first class for DCYP. Thursday Mark and I had breakfast in Hamilton, and put in half of the laminate flooring in the living room, along with paint that half of the room, and volunteer in DK. Friday was the first day I've missed Meghan's bus, so I took her to school, had class at Good Beginnings, got Meghan after school (she's out at 11 on Friday - no DK), grabbed lunch, dropped the girls at a friend's house in Woolley, and had Meghan's IEP meeting - an hour meeting turned into 2.5 hours. Sat was speech and errands while Mark stayed home to get stuff done. Yesterday we did more flooring. Today friends came over to play for the afternoon. This week I have volunteering tomorrow, a morning meeting and class Wed, finish the flooring Thur. Aykarumba! No wonder I don't get much beadwork done!

Back to Normal?

The water has mostly receded into it's regular pathways, the hills have stopped slip-sliding away, and tomorrow the girls go to school while I get to stay home for a change. Aside from putting away about 2 weeks of the girl's clothing (why is that something I always put off?) I should be free to bead myself silly.

I did get to spend about an hour outside today, taking all of the dead stuff (glads, lupine, dahlias) out and trimming back the fuchsia bushes. I'm already planning the veggie garden for next year. I took a look at it today, and pulled up some carrots. This is a saguaro carrot (not really, it just grew like that). We purchased some flexible pipe and plastic to make covers for some of the raised beds, to try and extend our oh-so-short growing season. They've already had seeds on sale here, so I scarfed up most of the ones I need - they didn't have the marine heliotrope, so I'm still looking for that. It's supposed to help attract pollinating bugs, especially for tomatoes.

This week doesn't look bad, except for Wed - potential Children's Council meeting, get back in time to take Jenna to her 4 year check up (and shots) and then possibly the Developing Capable Young People class in the evening. I took the class last year (10 weeks, Wed evening) but I'm seriously considering auditing it this year as a refresher - I'm not the only one either! Tuesday is Council, Friday is the parent class at preschool. I'll just be glad if the girls get to go to school for the entire week!