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Love and Legos
Feb. 14, 2006
Busy Busy Busy! And Happy Valentine's Day!
What a busy few days it has been!
Saturday was a very busy one. Benjy and Joey were invited to a
birthday party at the Fire Station Museum, which included a ride on an
antique fire truck. We just about froze! And Stefan was
invited to another at the movie theater. The other boys and I
went to mom's house for a visit during that one, which was a nice
surprise for mom.
Then Sunday was the 2nd Sunday of the month, which means it was my turn
to teach Children's Church. The kids were all very good this
week. Candace wanted to sing the hymn that everyone else was
singing as we left for class, so the first few minutes were spent
hunting it down in our books. That was nice, and it set the tone
for a happy, peaceful class.
Then it was home for a quick lunch and then lots of cooking for
Eric. He was in charge of several dishes for the Valentine's
Banquet. Everything turned out great, with the possible exception
of his cheesecakes. They tasted great, but because he couldn't
afford the brand name ingredients he usually uses, they looked all
funny. His broccoli and cauliflower au gratin was amazing!
So was everything else. It was a great evening out, and I'm proud
of all the boys for being so good in the nursery. And of all the
church teens, who did a terrific job of serving us during the banquet.
On Monday, the boys finished school in almost record time. I did
overhear friend Candace (age 10) giving Stefan a little advice:
"Just wake up and do all your subjects without taking breaks and you'll
have the whole rest of the day off." And he added that it helps
to just think about the task you're working on, instead of the whole
list of subjects all at once. It seems overwhelming to think of
the whole day's work!
After school, Candace came over to play for a bit, and then we went to
Mom's house and baked goodies with the cousins. We had a great
time baking heart-shaped chocolate chip cookies on sticks and eating
them as soon as they came out of the oven. Poor Aunt Jennie left
"for a few minutes" to buy Valentine presents for her little ones, and
was gone for hours. I can't believe how many people were out for
last-minute Valentine shopping! (We don't do Valentine shopping
at all! It just never occurred to me to buy stuff!) She
also picked up some powdered sugar to make icing for the cookies, but
the only cookie that was left by the time she got back was the one I
had to wrestle away from the kiddoes to save for her! They sure
were yummy. Yes, I ate waaaaaaaaaay too many myself.
The kids also had a wonderful time running around outside. It was
chilly, but that didn't stop them from chasing the goose and throwing
stuff in the lake. (Bread, I think!)
Mom got the kids started making caterpillars out of the egg carton,
after all the baking was done, and they really enjoyed that.
Then Aunt Jenny started a tickle fight. All those kids and all
that sugar soon got out of control, but not too badly. All in
all, it was a great day.
Oh, and poor old Daddy missed out, because he stayed home to do our
taxes. I sure hope he did everything right! Now to wait on
that much-needed check.
Okay, writing this has become difficult, because I'm having to read the
long words to 5 year old Benjamin, who is reading over my
shoulder. And having to explain things like Why I Put So Many A's
in the Word Way, up there in the paragraph about cookies...
So I guess that's enough for now. Besides, the spaghetti is
getting cold. Oh, but the boys still haven't cleared the table
yet!!!
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Feb. 15, 2006 - Sounds great.