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Gratitude

Yesterday, a thoughtful friend of ours gave Eva a little compact of sparkly lip gloss that she had no other use for...you can imagine how excited Eva was over this surprise! After we got it home and Eva finally got to try it out, she turned to me and asked "Mama? Can we send her a thank you note?"

I know, right?? What a proud Mama I was...but then she really made my night: "I know!" she gasped. "Maybe we can MAKE her a card!"

That's my girl.

Thank You.

My birthday was a beautiful, wonderful day. And your sweet wishes helped make it that way. Thank you!

Happy Birthday to...Me!

I'm 34 today, and there's something about that number that is sort of soothing to me...I'm not sure how to explain it. I'm taking it to mean that 34 will be a very good year, indeed.

Happy Birthday to me!

Children's Museum!

How we passed our Saturday...

SUN!

The sun came out! We got out of the house! We went to the library and the grocery store! (Where Sully made a beeline for the store exit while I was signing the card thingy and almost escaped to the parking lot before I caught him. Seriously. Kid. Give Mama a break.)

Spring Break has taken a turn for the better...just in time for the weekend!

Day Three

Started the day with a split lip (surprisingly unrelated to yesterday's activities)...

...ended the day with a 101 degree fever.

Seriously, you guys--Spring Break is awesome!

It's always something...

Sully spent day two of our Spring Break alternately scrambling up and standing on (!!) the kitchen table whenever I turned my back, and perfecting a leap off of the coffee table onto the couch whenever I was too far away to stop him in time. Also, he did not nap.

So much fun, we're having!

Spring Break '11

I maybe shouldn't admit this, because I might get docked some mama points or something, but I was completely oblivious to the fact that Eva would have a spring break from school. I mean--of course she would, right? She's a student. Students generally get a spring break. I know this. Yet...for whatever reason, I just wasn't thinking clearly.

And so I've been blindsided by a sudden full week with two children to entertain. And zero plans made to help fill those many, many hours.

Oops.

Luckily, we spent this past weekend at my parents' house (We stayed an extra night and left on Monday morning instead! Because we're on spring break! Party!), and while we were there my brother introduced Eva to painting on the computer. He found some fantastic open source drawing software, showed Eva and her cousin Sebastian how to use it...and we didn't hear from them again for a good hour or so!

I'm thinking we'll be making good use of the painting program this week. One day down, and counting...

(Parents, if you're interested in the drawing program we've been playing with, you can find it here!)

Happy Weekend!

A Message from Sully: