Today we took an overdue trip to see Mom and Dad. It's funny--now that they're retired, they seem to be busier than when they worked full-time. Much of it, I know, has been taking care of my grammas, and, since Gramma Beck passed away, preparing her home for sale. So when they said they could make Sunday work, we said we could, too, and headed down for the day.
The girls got to enjoy pieces of my past in the form of barbies and suitcases of clothes that Mom had sewn for me and Rachel (true labor of love); Elaina showed Mom her Valentines from school; Ellie read to Mom; and Dad made me some popcorn. He also gave me Gramma's pie carrier, which made me cry. I am so happy to have it. I just wish it were still in her house for her to use instead.
Monday, February 27
Lately Elaina has been obsessed with jumprope. We bought a long snake bungee toy for Yuna, but Elaina has commandeered it much of the time. Since it's driving the dog crazy in the house, I sent her outside after school to get some jumping in. Ellie decided to join in, too. They're both really good at it with all this practice!
Tuesday, February 28
The weather forecast for today called for an enhanced risk of severe storms, and as Josh and I worked out at Pearce, the watches and warnings started coming quickly. I took a picture of the sky on our way out to the car, about 5 minutes before a storm blew in, and about 7 minutes before the tornado sirens went off in town and poor Elaina had a 5-alarm meltdown because of it. She was so scared, poor baby. Thankfully, we didn't even lose power, though the storm that had triggered the warning in our town created a damaging tornado across the river.
Wednesday, March 1
Earlier this week, Josh decided to dig around upstairs for some old new music to put on his phone. While up there, he found the CDs on which we had burned the videos for the girls' first birthdays. I am so glad we have copies of them, and the girls were, too: tonight we spent some time watching them, remembering and laughing. It seems like yesterday, and it seems like forever ago. Sweet little babies. So thankful for them.
Thursday, March 2
Given the mild weather we've been enjoying lately, it was almost inevitable that spring seems to have begun early this year. I noticed tonight when we got home from Pearce that my crocuses have started to bloom--they are such a happy first flower of the season. I just hope it stays moderate enough that our fruit trees have half a chance--early spring is nice, but only if it stays this way.
Friday, March 3
Josh and I had one of those common, amusing marital conversations tonight regarding what to eat for dinner, since we had not adequately prepared for the week. Ultimately, we decided to take the girls to Sugar for their Book-It pizzas, and it turned out to be a great decision. The girls loved their pizzas, especially the nutella s'mores dessert pizza, and I think Sugar may be the new Pizza Hut.
Saturday, March 4
Today began several weekends of busy-ness, so we tried to get as much un-rushed stuff done as we could. This included a trip to Pearce, complete with a basketball game which I think I lost, a trip to Costco, where the girls tried out the ginormous chaise lounges, a trip to hide the grey (me only), and some Finding Nemo for the girls. Later, Elaina came out from her bath ready to read (she can hardly walk anywhere without in a book in her hands these days). She decided it was important to don the appropriate headgear for such an occasion.
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| Elaina was much happier than she looked...since this was her idea and all... |
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