Game On!

Uncle Mike is here!

Author's Tea

Rebecca showing off the All About Me book she has been working very hard on!

Finally Friday

Today is Ben and Becca's last day of school before spring break. Ben's class earned a "marble party" -- they collect marbles in a jar for good behavior and when they earn enough they get to have a party. So today Ben wore his pajamas to school, brought a sleeping bag and his iPad with him, and was looking forward to getting to eat junk food, watch a movie, and use his iPad during class time. Becca has "Author's Tea" today, which I will be heading out to attend later this morning where she will share a book she has been working on writing this year.

We are also looking forward to the arrival of Aunt Kathleen and Uncle Mike tonight, who are visiting until Tuesday! When I tell Caroline who is coming to visit, she looks confused and says, "No, Uncle Mordechai!" I think she has Uncle Mike a bit confused with Uncle Mordechai in the Purim story she learned at preschool last month ;)

Getting Ready for the CJP Seder

Gross and Rainy Monday

The weather is gross and rainy today because it's Monday... so what do you expect? ;) Saturday was a warm and sunny day at least -- Ben went to practice football with his friend James in the morning, from there went to his football practice/ game, and then James came back to our house and went out to dinner with us. Becca had a birthday party to attend, so she was reasonably well entertained. Sunday the weather was cooler and the kids had Hebrew school but we didn't do much besides that and the usual Sunday grocery shopping, etc.

On Friday after school the dentist put a space maintainer  in behind Ben's bottom teeth and he spent the weekend complaining about his teeth hurting/ not being able to eat. He ate three cans of chicken noodle soup yesterday and that's about it. This morning he was still complaining and not eating. I told him that orthodontia has never caused anyone to starve to death so he better start eating. Sigh ;)

Abby is still trying to sell her house -- she signed an offer over the weekend but those buyers backed out a day later, but another interested party was supposed to be getting an offer ready to submit the last time I heard... maybe the third time will be the charm :)

Smile!

Adorably chunky! And getting a tan already!

Mid Week Update

So it looks like my previous post about my sister selling her house was premature, as it seems to have become clear that the potential buyers were BATSH*T CRAZY so... back to the drawing board there it seems. Keeping fingers crossed for her though that she gets an offer from a sane person soon! LOL.

I spent about two hours filling out camp forms last night and seriously regretting the decision to enroll the kids in two separate camps this summer (the forms, oh my god, the forms.... and the physicals that still need to be scheduled... and the forms, did I mention the forms?) I even needed to fill out camp forms for Caroline for this summer, as she'll be starting at camp Katan. Caroline's camp forms include a separate appendix detailing her dietary restrictions. SIGH.

Joel is in Saint Louis at a conference for the remainder of the week, work is BUSY, Becca starts a weekly Mad Science elective after school tomorrow, and the weather here is in the middle of a several day stretch of 80+ degrees!