Monday: Ella's birthday and we had a big birthday party for both her and Bryce. I had some errand running to do earlier in the day and ended up having only three hours (3 pm to 6 pm) to pull the party all together before our family members arrived. In that time I managed (
after turning on "Monsters, Inc." for my little
monsters) to bake two cakes (from mixes), frost and decorate (with new toys from the store), make dough for 4 pizzas and get out all the appetizers... Then those tender mercies start happening. My SIL Alesha and family arrive and begin slicing pizza toppings and putting them together with me. We get one, then another in the oven and then everyone else begins arriving. The timing was nice...too many cooks in the kitchen are, well, too many. It was nice that everyone else was running later. GREAT!
The party was fun, busy and full of energy! Final count: 14 adults, 7 kids under 7. Happy Birthday, kids!
Tuesday:
Ella had her well-child check-up. Why she felt the need to talk baby talk with Bryce, dropping Rs and Ls all over the place as the pediatrician is evaluating abilities, etc. I do not know. A small growth on her lower back that had showed up and increased in size rapidly in the last 6 months, turned out to be nothing. A great relief as we were suspecting some cancerous mole. 4 shots and no, she wasn't brave and the way she was thrashing about I wouldn't be surprised if they hurt more than they needed to. Not fun.
Tuesday, was also Ella's soccer game. Coach Mommy didn't check the time and we arrived and hour early. She was too cold (and WHINY!) to play, but we did have one of the kids totally become a break-out star and made three goals in quick succession (with an assist from Brenner), making a soccer game with 4-yr-olds actually exciting. We won. Always fun!
Wednesday:
Kids got along well. Cooperated. Did chores. So nice!
Dane's soccer game went well. He has fun. We spend the whole time wrestling with Bryce in an effort to keep him running onto the field. They haven't won yet, but remember, that's not what's important, right? Right, but tell that to the parents sitting to the left and right of me!
Thursday:
Even more cooperation from the kids with Dane mopping the kitchen floor for the first time and not much complaining when I asked them for extra help sans pay.
I did good on my chores as well, nearly resurrecting my home from the disaster Monday brought to normalcy. I also made my bookshelves look nice.
I got back to reading the scriptures with the kids. I have been nagged by promptings and didn't want to ignore them any more. Best part! They were beyond enthusiastic and had obviously missed doing this with me.
Ella got to go to her first birthday party that I recall dropping her off at. It felt like the first day of school suddenly and I was a mildly upset by it. So hard to let go, sometimes... Did I mention the party was just next door?
Dane did well with piano, continually impressing his teacher. How 'bout impressing your mother with a little less pounding and making a 10-minute daily practice into a 40-minute one?
Now here is Friday:
Exciting stuff happening for Cameron that I can't share yet.
Dane had been Mr. Attitude all morning and it's only 8:34 AM. Long day? Most likely. I've fed everyone, but myself. I should do that, but I'm dressed and they're not, so neener-neener!
This is as interesting a post as I could come up before this weekend. If you are my friend on
http://www.goodreads.com/ then you know I just added a few new books to my currently-reading list, so I want to work on some of those and I'm going to end this...and read scriptures with my kids before picking up any library books.
