Day 71

Getting the school supplies organized the night before school starts, and Madeleine asks if it's okay that we use the notebooks with the coil binding since they weren't on the list. I told her that her teacher said it's okay, she's not fussy about their notebooks. Madeleine paused for a second and said, "Mom, were you a fussy teacher?"

Why, yes. Why do you ask??

Day 70

Putting the crib away - Evan has been sleeping in his tent for almost a month now and there's no reason to have it around anymore. *sigh*

Day 69

It's HEEEEEERE! This will keep the kids busy for a few hours.

Day 68

Took my 3 girls to one of the best animated movies I've seen in a long time - but I could be biased just because I have 3 little girls just like the ones in the movie. It was a lot of fun!

Day 67

Teeny-tiny cheeseburgers, the kids begged to have them. But they weren't nearly as tasty as they were cute, out of eight, there were 4.5 of them left over for Dad.

Day 66

I've been really doing okay with my decision not to send Annique to Kindergarten this year - but then a letter arrived from the Kindergarten teacher and she was just so excited. So, we'll meet with the teacher just to see, but I am still pretty determined that it's best to give her an extra year for everything growing up. Not just Kindergarten - but all of the other things she's going to do in the next 12 years or so - why not let her be a year older for all of that? I just don't know.

Day 65

My niece Ada came over to play - tomorrow she'll be on her way back to Germany with her mom and they'll be there until hockey season is over in the spring. We'll miss her a lot - Evan is just getting to be the right age to appreciate having a friend his size to play with.
Dorks!

Day 64

Madeleine is too old to play Disney DVD Bingo, but she is happy to call the numbers. The Wii broke, and so the kids are rediscovering their board games.