The Unlucky Ides of Pi?

While driving ~
J: No crash, Mama!  No crash!
Me: I'll try not to!

D: Stay, Mama! Mama, come back!
Me: I'm just going for a walk; I'll be back in a bit.
D: No!! Choose something else!

C: I made a grabbeling (grappling) hook to put on the ceiling so that we just don't have to walk anymore.

Perched on the couch

(3/10) Work day for Dad & me, school for the bigs, and Sarah's house for the littles. The littles have discovered the dirt pile + tractors at Sarah's house, and the big boys have been making bug traps.  Good ol' fashioned dirty fun!  I made homemade chicken nuggets for dinner tonight, but the littles wanted fish & chips, and kept telling me what good fish it was.  I guess that's a compliment?


(3/11) Busy day!  I was off with the littles, so we kicked off the morning at Gymagine, where we met Granddad and Grandma.  They treated us to Starbucks and a cookie after.  We visited for as long as the twinadoes could sit still, and then I asked them if they wanted to go to the park on the way home.  It was kind of drizzly when we started out and downright yucky when we got there.  I took a very loudly complaining D to the Imagine Children's Museum instead and turned them loose for an hour.  Then home for naps.  The teen appeared just as I was about to wake them to go get C, so I asked if she'd mind staying home for a little bit while I ran to get him.  She didn't, so they got to have a nice nap.  D clearly woke up on the wrong side of the bed though and was in full on D-saster mode all evening.  I ended up putting them in the bath and to bed early... but then, of course, they screamed until nearly 10pm.  Not crying-screaming, just screaming because it's fun to scream.  Send ear plugs.  And Benedryl.


(3/12) Work day for Dad and me, and Sarah had my boys.  I had a reception for work, at which I stayed a little longer than I had planned... but it was nice to hang with my work peeps in an out-of-work setting.  Thankfully, Sarah had just enough time to get to her son's concert and I didn't keep her too late.  Shew!


(3/13) Work day for me, and Dad had the day off.  He went to a planning meeting in the morning for the teen, and Granddad came to watch the busy bodies, and unleashed their terror selves on McDonald's.  The teen went to scary movie night at the Boys and Girls Club this evening, being Friday the 13th and all.  And C went with Nanan to a play at the Seattle Children's Theatre.  I love that he gets to do the same things I did as a kid!  Dad had a meeting with his creative team which left me alone with my book after the littles went down.  BEST. NIGHT. EVER!


(3/14) Much needed sleep in day.  Sarah and I went out for a walk in the drizzle mid-morning and I left kiddos doing chores and homework.  I returned to do my own chores and then ran out to do errands while the little guys napped.  We had our gaming group over and a bunch of pies to celebrate Pi Day!  Most delicious holiday ever.


(3/15) Busy day today.  Dad ran the teen over to church and then went shopping and I got the boys ready to head over to Jamie's 4th birthday party at Sarah's house.  I cannot believe he's four... that means the twins are 3.5.  Eeps!  The kiddos did great at Sarah's and the twins sat so very patiently while Jamie opened his gifts.  D got a little squirmy toward the end and said he wanted presents too, so I sent him into the playroom.  He came out with a bag of some miscellaneous things, and opened them in front of me.  Too cute!  The littles took a nap at Sarah's house while the rest of us went out for a rainy walk to coffee.  Once we had returned and the littles were up, it was time to head to Grandma & Granddad's for an early Irish dinner.  Corned beef & cabbage.  YUM!  The littles ate too much earlier, so of course weren't interested, and D fake cried all the way through dinner.  We capped off the night with cupcakes and berries.  J ate all the frosting off his cupcake and put it back on the platter so he could grab another.  So my son.


(3/16) Back to the grind.  Dad and I have work today.  Sarah has my littles and Grandma & Granddad have the bigs.

Friday night snuggles <3