Three for the price of one!

I was really ambitious and had a lot to say this week! So, make sure you scroll down to see all three new posts for the week : )

A breath of fresh air

After 8 inches of snow just a week and a half ago and a week of the stomach flu in our house (oh, did I mention that Charlie, Eric and I all got that??), I am so happy to be able to open the windows and post these pictures...

Call me nerdy

I've always been a little nerdy.

I enjoyed school and received good grades.

Talking about science, in particular human physiology and genetics, gives me a little thrill.

I've considered auditing an organic chemistry class at the local junior college just to keep my brain stimulated.

But, I think my nerdiness was confirmed yesterday when I literally teared up a bit after pulling this out of Molly's backpack.

I mean, isn't that awesome? Isn't it so big? I think it looks so first grade.

Maybe that is why I got a little teary? Because she is getting so big...big enough to read and write about global warming and Kenya?

I would like to think so, but I really think I got teary because she said she had fun doing this project. She is enjoying school, exceling, and I'm proud : ) She may look nothing like me, but she does have my genes!

Sweet Spirit

This...

was picked and given to me (with the help of Grandma),

by this sweet face...


(notice the ballet moves and hair long enough for a pony tail now)

She also reminds us daily (seriously...every day) to pray for the mommys and daddys and children in Haiti. She prays that they will be able to build new homes.

She is our sensitive heart and sweet spirit.

A day in the life

Well, in an effort to keep with my commitment of posting once a week, here is this week's post.

No photos...sorry.

Charlie has the stomach flu...no one wants pictures of that. It could be much, much worse, but I'm ready for my little guy to be feeling better.

Eric just called from work to let me know that he is on his way home because his stomach is now unsettled. Not what I wanted to hear. Our family has already had the stomach flu twice this year. A third time now? Really? That sure doesn't seem fair. Praying Eric's unsettledness becomes settled quickly, and the rest of us are spared.

Molly and Ellie are busy, busy, busy...which means I am busy, busy, busy.

Molly is the in the last month of rehearsals before her big debut as a bird in the Cinderella production. She also started spring soccer this week...oh and we still have Daisies and church too. Yikes...who let her sign up for all of that?! :)

Elliana is learning her dances for the spring dance recital. The theme is Genesis, and we just found out she gets to be a lady bug (tap routine) and star (ballet routine). Very exciting news at our house indeed.

So, I will find myself at meetings tonight...one for the Cinderella production and then another for the dance recital. This is in between getting the girls to dance class and play practice. Thankfully they are all at the same location. And somewhere in there I will need to take care of the sick boys...and maybe eat dinner.

Yep, this is the life I have chosen....and the life I love (minus the vomit). : )

As my very wise 6-year-old told me a while ago, "these are just the kind of things you have to deal with when you have kids."

Green Geese

When someone in the family is being goofy, unreasonable, or just generally silly they are often asked to let out a "honk honk". When they oblige, we then know that yes, that person is a goose (somewhere along the line that became our term for a goofball).

So, here on St. Patick's Day, these are a couple of the geese that live in my house...

Because, really, who can get enough of this little voice?!

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