Our snow melted enough to make a snowman!  Emma was SO excited… both to make one, and to have it be as tall as her!  :)  

Emma's K teacher is great and I knew she had lots of fun things planned for Dr. Seuss's birthday – I was surprised to greet a cat off of the bus, though!  Of course Emma absolutely loved it.  And we have been swimming in Dr. Seuss books around here… and loving it!

Just a few of those things that made me smile this week:   Emma's little notes on my shopping list (and pretty much everywhere else…) Emma's selection of library books… I'd smile every time I saw them.   the kids on library day… I love that they love to read so much!   Made my…

Zach was beyond excited for his first Blue and Gold Banquet.  I was talking to a girl whose husband is in scouts about it the morning of, and she asked me if I knew what was for dinner.  I didn't… hot dogs.  Then she said, "Yeah, I guess 'banquet' means different things to different people."…

For some reason (I blame the wii), Carter has been fascinated with boxing.  He boxes with his animals, they box with each other, he tries to box with Emma and Zach (I am not such a fan of this.)  When we had balloons out for Nate's birthday, they of course were boxing gloves.  And the…

Not really, but good enough.  Sidewalk chalk, bikes, fleece jacket instead of a coat (for Zach at least), running races…  it was a good afternoon, even if it wasn't quite as warm as advertised.

Announcement from the office yesterday at the kids' school: "We know that tomorrow is going to be a warm day.  However, you may NOT wear shorts to school.  If you wear shorts to school, you will be sent to the office where you will have to call your parents and have them bring you some…

Nate had a good birthday… for a grown-up, anyways.  He worked and was on call and was really tired – but he got his favorite dinner and he had his cherry cheesecake all to himself (no one else likes it…) and Emma and Carter made him bags full of "balloons" (which were actually like paper…

1:00 – drop off Emma at school since we hadn't finished our errand in time to catch the bus. 2:15 – Carter and I head back to the school to help set up for the science fair. 4:30 – after the kids get home and have a quick snack, all of us head back again…

Never knew what a hit these mailboxes would be… the kids check them every morning now!   It was a "melty" day… and I couldn't convince Carter to come in after taking Emma to the bus.  He was doing something very serious out here in the gutter puddles for more than half an hour… Emma,…