tidbits...

I am officially caught up with laundry!! And bless my heart...I even did my husband's!! In fact, everything is washed, folded, hung up and put away. If only all of these people in my family would quit getting their clothes dirty, I could revel in this peace for a little longer.

We have actually finished our budget and have even put it into practice and place. We will see how it goes.

The kids had their Family Fun Night on Monday. Isabelle had a performance with her class and she did great! Wow, she is growing up. She showed me her journal from class and every page is a drawing of her and Emma. What are they going to do next year with so many changes? I pray that their friendship continues and grows. They are such good friends. And I love her parents. Marla is one of my dearest (and sanest) friends. And Nicky's going to marry Audrey, Emma's younger sister, so it would honestly just make things a lot easier...

You know it's getting late in the night when even the kids are saying they are tired and want to go home. We made it home in bed by 9:30 pm. Even Becca stayed awake until the last possible second...and we all are still recovering.

Nicky refuses to sleep in his bed. He is going through some horrible fears of the dark and of werewolves, coyotes and basically anything scary that comes out at night. We even leave his nightstand lamp on and even that is no longer working. Jonathan came up with the great idea of putting those glow in dark stars on his ceiling. He even got him a lamp that puts the solar system and constellations all over the ceiling and walls. Nicholas was so amazed and excited. He and Izzy pretended they were astronauts and made a space station out of pillows and blankets and several lucky stuffed animals in his room. It was a great succes...the first night. We are back to the drawing board...and suffering from the lack of sleep in the process.

Isabelle has her recital this Saturday. It will be a busy weekend. Looking forward to things slowing down...I think that should be in 2026!

Becca is trying to crawl. Oh boy...And I believe she is cutting another tooth.

I will try to remember to be a good mom and bring my camera to the recital this weekend. It will be an even more amazing feat if I actually download them and post them to the blog...but, I will try.