Dinner with Dr. Suess

Yesterday Zoe read Dr. Suess' Green Eggs and Ham to us at story time, out loud, without help. She did great. What a good little reader she is starting to be! We were so inspired that we decided to have green eggs and ham for dinner, it was kids cook night after all. One drop of blue food coloring with scrambled eggs and minced ham made for an easy and interesting meal. It was a hit. I asked the girls if they liked it. Zoe said that she loved it. Sydney said, "Mommy, if we ever go on a train I want to eat these on it." Good enough for me, but we may run into problems when they bust out One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

Mother's Day

Technically my Mother's Day celebration started on Thursday at Sydney's "Fantasy Festival". It is the end of the imagination unit at her preschool and the kids build a castle out of cardboard and make magic wands and crowns and are introduced as Fairy Princess or King Knight and come out and curtsey or bow and present their mother's with flowers. It is a sweet little "program." Then they get to eat cookies and drink punch. Sydney loved it and I got some cute yellow daisies, plus a neat art project that she made. A flower with her picture at the center and her hand prints as leaves. Then on Friday Zoe gave me a notebook that she decorated at school that has a note in it saying "Thanks for being my Mommy and I love you." She is getting so good at writing! I am a very proud Mama. Saturday, we got to webcam with a couple of our favorite people and afterwards I went to a new boutique opening in Moore, Oklahoma called Handmade with heART and consigned some of my artwork there. It was quite a thrilling day. Now it is Sunday, actually Mother's Day, and my plans include taking a day off from chores and spending it with my babies, calling my Mom, and maybe working on some new artwork. My house already looks like it has been both shaken and stirred so I will be earning my keep tomorrow, but right now its nice to just enjoy my family. I hope all the mothers out there are able to do the same.

Update

Wow, where did April go? It has been nearly a month since my lsat post and I have absolutely no idea what I have been doing these last few weeks. I guess you could say we have been in-the-zone with our routine. School, homework, a little family time, bed. I put stepping stones and river rock on the side yards that are always muddy - so much better! We had a lovely week long visit from Auntie Shar! Now we are heading into the last month of school. The weather has warmed up a bit and we are loving finally being able to go outside and play. The flowers are blooming and its about time to head to the nursery to fill our flower pots. So on we go.....

Happy Easter!

A collage of our Easter adventure~

No such thing as free time.....

So I finished my second 8 week term a week and a half early. (Grades are still pending, but I am pretty sure I aced both classes- go me). So finding that I had a bit of free time on my hands I dove madly into my To Do list. Okay, the list doesn't exactly exist, but there are a few projects that I keep in the back of my head just in case I find myself on this situation. In the last five days (yep, I don't start my next term until April 4th- still have time left), I sanded. primed, and painted the doors to the cabinets in my bathroom (white if you were wondering), and hung them up with new hinges and knobs, and did the same for the drawer. For those of you who are keeping score, my dear husband started this project five years ago when we moved here. Love you, Honey! Then I put new contact paper on the cabinet shelves (and used some of the extra to top the kids' play table and chairs). I felt so good about this that I hung up the full length mirror that I bought months ago and never put up (I guess I am just as bad as you, Rob). Then I Old Englished the wood trim and doors, so it looks like new. Then I did a bit of redecorating in there. I kinda went nuts because all of a sudden I had the intense desire to know how to make oragami flowers. So I looked it up online and after several attempts I found one I liked and made a cool flower ball thing that I hung in the bathroom. I also have a cool idea for some wall art - but that hasn't come to fruition yet.
The bathroom looked so great, that I reorganized the walk in closet.
I got so excited about walking in there and having things look clean and neat that I organized my bedroom too. While I was doing that I found the mosquito netting canopy that use to hang on the four poster bed. We had taken it down in because we couldn't feel the fan - a necessity in the summers. So I took it apart and added ribbon tabs to the tops of four panels and velcro fasteners, then decorated the places where the ribbin attached with mismatched buttons. I am really liking the look. Gotta get something cool to use for tiebacks. I am thinking complimentary ribbon and some flowers...hmm.
Meanwhile, we had a good school week for the kiddos. Sydneys parent teacher conference went great - she is doing wonderfully and her teachers love her. Swimming is going swimmingly - although I got a bit caught up over spring break that I forgot to enroll them in next months lessons so I guess we are taking a break. The kids got to watch the movie Enchanted for pizza and movie night on Friday. Of course they want to watch it over and over and over again knowing that I send these movies back on Mondays. Today we grocery shopped and caught up on the laundry and a bit of light cleaning. Right now I fear I am getting a cold. I am hoping to magically feel all better tomorrow so I can continue to tackle my ever growing list of "I should do that if I find time" stuff. If not...well, then I guess not.

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to my one and only. I love you, Rob!

This week...

Bennett with a new toy from Nanny.

The girls at the zoo.

My new specs.

Yep, Thats right, I got glasses. Had a great visit from Nanny/Spring Break. Nice weather, fun outings, a trip to the zoo. We had a blast. Did a lot of projects and crafts, celebrated Daddy's birthday a bit early so Nanny could be a part of the festivities. Went to a birthday party for one of Zoe's friends today. Now we are having a snowy first day of spring and trying to get ourselves back in the groove to be ready to head back to the grind come Monday morning.