Check Out Some of the Crafts We're Making in MOPS This Year!

Don't ya wanna come?! :-)

To Do List:

1. Rearrange the girls' room (I have a feeling this is going to be an on going thing).
2. Paint a bench.
3. Start packing my 3 eldest for camp.
4. Buy a new pair of black shoes for my SIL wedding.
5. Order my second batch of curriculum
6. Laundry
7. Dishes
8. Clean the bathrooms
9. Reschedule an appointment for Gaius
10. Unpack my bedroom (yeah, it's still not even close to being done. I also want to rearrange that room too)
11. Finish reading this book : Just Do Something, By: Kevin DeLong
12. Start running again
13. Come up with a couple more ideas for my MOPS group.
14. Install baby gates on our stairs
15. Sleep

*So far I've gotten one thing done so far today, let's hope this afternoon is more productive!*

Date Night

Marc and I went to the Clayton Opera House last night to watch "The Moth". It was really fun, but WAY out of my comfort zone. There was a fancy smancy reception at the beginning that you were supposed to eat crazy food (pataté) and mingle with crazy people (socialites). But the storytelling was phenomenal, and my husband's company is always a plus. So all in all it was a really fun date night! Oh and by the way, the town of Clayton is absolutely beautiful!

We Interrupt This Regularly Scheduled Blog...

....for an excerpt from Marc's facebook.

So my evening?

Return from a great night of VBS.

Leia finds a bat upstairs. I am terrified of bats. After 45 minutes of sniveling and acting very un-manly in front of my wife I charge and dispatch said bat with one blow. Bash my knee to the point I can't bend it now in my again very un-manly retreat because of the aforementioned fear of bats.

30 minutes of convincing my children that is safe to sleep in their own beds.

Now Gaius woke up so worked up over the bat that he just deposited to contents of his spaghetti dinner on the floor.

I love being a dad. What would I do with my evenings other wise?

Holy Hot Weather!

(photo by: Leia)

It.is.hot.

Not that I'm really complaining, it's been sort of fun going swimming at least once a day all week. It's funny how your priorities change when it's 102° out. :-)

Leia turned 7 yesterday. She's pretty excited about it. We gave her a camera for her birthday. Actually we gave her my old camera, I figured it made more sense because we already had the extra battery, sd card, and camera bag. Plus if she drops it down the stairs it won't matter as much. She loves it, she's been taking pictures of everything (174 pictures to be exact)! She's funny too because she wants to know what every little setting is. I also saw her with Shoshannah on her lap showing her what all the buttons mean. It made me smile. I love how kids take pictures of the most random things. Like the TV, or our kitchen food cupboard. :-) Who knows maybe I have a budding photog on my hands.

We have our very first birthday party in our house tomorrow. It's exciting and a little stressful. I'm ready to get this baby (the house) jacked up so I can start on some of my painting projects. Oh yeah, and my bedroom is still mostly in boxes..I should really get to that soon too. I've decided I want to learn how to tile. I want to lay a tile floor in the kitchen and upstairs bathroom. I have a friend who knows how I'll have to ask her for lessons. We'll see.

TTFN!

These two monkeys are down right NUTS today.

It COULD be the donuts and chocolate milk I gave them for breakfast.

But I really can't see that much of a difference.

Ironically this light now has 1 energy efficient bulb in it and it looks completely out of place.