What a busy week!
Wednesday,
the boys had a Special Olympics Track Meet. Ethan must have thought he
was on the cat walk instead of the track and therefore took his own
-bloody- sweet time. The good thing about being Ethan is that the color
of your ribbon doesn’t matter one bit. He just loves to show them
off. Derick fared a bit better and came home with a blue and a white
ribbon. Really, the highlight for them both was Chick-Fil-A after.
Mine was discovering that they now have nuggets without breading! Oh
yeah!
Thursday, was our big BRACES OFF DAY!! Jane has been wearing those
suckers for over a year and a half. Now, I know that in the grand
scheme of things, that is probably not super long, but as I never had
them myself, it feels like an eternity. Just the constant nagging about
flossing and brushing is about to put me in a loony bin. Plus, they
originally told us they would come off Jan, 2012. Yes, it is now
April. Anyway, we planned a BIG braces off party complete with muchas
popcorn. Wouldn’t you know it!! Despite their assurances that she
would absolutely get them off on April 4, they decided to leave them on
another month. UGH! Talk about disappointing. We turned our party into
a consolation party and bought braces-approved treats. The girls had
enormous fun jumping, eating, and watching Jane’s favorite movie, “It’s
a Mad Mad Mad Mad World”.
Friday, I prepared for the coming onslaught of the weekend.
Saturday
afternoon, I hosted book club on my back patio. It was a perfectly
beautiful day and nine of us enjoyed wonderful food thanks to all the
recipe inspiration via Pinterest. I chose “The Blue Castle” by LM
Montgomery. It is such a delightful, lovely, sweet read and perfect for
spring. We all enjoyed it immensely. It was a wonderful afternoon.
That evening, I hosted another party for my Seminary kids. They did
family history work for 100 days to celebrate 100 years of Seminary. To
celebrate, they requested 100 tacos and a birthday cake. They had a
great time chatting with each other and eating lots of food. I sort of
brought the fun to a halt when I showed some hilarious videos that I was
sure would crack them all up. Apparently, I showed my age (again!)
because among other things, kids don’t appreciate parodies based on
songs from the 80’s. WHA!? Ah, teaching Seminary sure has a way of
humbling you. Big time. I mean, they did politely snicker here and
there, but there was no laughing with tears streaming down their faces,
like when I previewed them with my ‘old’ friends. I have unrealistic
expectations, apparently... And I’m old. In case you missed that.
Finally, Easter sprung up on us out of the blue! We got to church early for 8:30 services and even had a chance before we left, to take the obligatory picture in our Easter duds. Rushing home, we cleaned and cooked to prepare for Easter dinner. We had our friend and neighbor, Todd, come over. He spoils my kids like crazy. It was a wonderful afternoon and I was seriously EXHAUSTED! But, we really did have a great time, in spite of the schedule.
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