April 29th-May 5th

(4/29) Work day for Dad & me, and Kathy had the kiddos.  It's starting to warm up--hooray!--and the kiddos were all out riding bikes.  Such a great neighborhood for them to do that! 

(4/30) I had a surprise morning off from working in C's classroom since his teacher was out.  So the littles and I spent some quality time watching McQueen for the eleventy-billionth time.  Granddad came to watch them so I could go to my boss's retirement lunch at work.  After I got home, it was time to wake them up so we could go get C from school.  On the way, we watched the temperature climb from 86° all the way to 90°!  At that, I said we're stopping for popsicles and a pool!  The boys had a blast playing and got soaked. 

Drunken Easel

Dinnertime came and Nanan arrived so I could go play with the girls.  I had a date for a wine and painting class at the Drunken Easel.  What a fun idea!  We did lily pads.

My masterpiece?

(5/1)  Work day for me and Dad had the kiddos.  We always get excited for May because it brings taco pizza from Papa Murphy's.  Tonight I came home to pizza-sauce covered thieving twins, pizza on the floor and the big boys were rushing to get out the door for hockey.  WEEEEE, welcome home, Mama!  The non-floor slices were delish though!  The twins and I cleaned up and cuddled on the couch before bed. 

(5/2) Work day for Dad & me and Kathy had the twins.  It cooled off a great deal today, and the twins took monster naps.  I got them home, made dinner and put them down again.  The boys all ate about three tacos each and we didn't leave anything for Dad. Sorry, Dad!  You didn't want tacos, right?

(5/3)  Today Nanan arrived early so I could join Sarah, Granddad & Grandma in running the Tacoma City Half Marathon tomorrow.  Dad had to work until late, so Nanan wrangled children for me.  When the grandmas showed up, J predictably lost it so I bribed them with strawberries as I dashed out the door.  Sounds like they had a good time.  The littles took a long nap and when D announced bedtime fairly early, Nanan said they went down without a peep.  Whew! 

(5/4)  Nanan skedaddled early today and Dad had the boys while I was running.  I had a great time!  Lori & Sarah both had speedy-fast times, and I got to run the whole thing with my Dad.  We had yet to do that, so that was so fun.  This was my 34th half marathon and his second.  Looking forward to doing many more!  I got home right as the twins were getting up and managed to squeeze in a shower at least.  I took a quick power nap with the twins tucking me in about every 30 seconds and then had a nice dinner with the boys.  I may have put the twins to bed early after to their bath since we were up there and already dressed in jammies.  I was tired. 


(5/5)  Work day for me & Dad has the kiddos today. 

Tacoma City Half Marathon start