It's been one of those weeks...

...At least at work. We're in the middle of a big push for documentation since we just had a new software release come out, and one of my writers, who just so happens to be in charge of the product's documentation, was in the hospital because her dog attacked her, bit her arm, and fractured a bone. On top of that, the company was hit with a computer virus that made all of our computers run slow, and we had to install updates almost every night so we couldn't work from home really since our computers were shut down.

Thankfully it was quieter at home.

Monday, June 22

Mara played in her sandbox tonight, and the kitties stood watch over her the whole time she was outside.

Tuesday, June 23

I crashed this evening while John took care of putting Mara to bed. Some of Mara's favorite books right now are the Skippyjon Jones series. It's about a Siamese cat with large ears that thinks he's a chihuahua (or "chi-wow-wow" as Mara says it sometimes). We own one book and have been borrowing the others from the library. What's neat is that all of them have audio versions read by the author herself.

Wednesday, June 24

We decided to go to McDonald's for dinner tonight because it had been a while since we had been there, and we thought we would treat Mara. She loved being able to spend time on the playground. When we came home, Mara wanted to play with her Barbies in the bathtub. The neat thing about these Barbies is that they came with dolphins and all pieces change color depending on if they are hot or cold.

Thursday, June 25

Mara has recently rediscovered her love of puzzles and has been wanting to do one before bed the last few nights.

Friday, June 26

Mara, Lani, and Joy played with Lani's baby doll all evening. They did a good job taking turns with taking care of the baby.

Saturday, June 27

After Mara's ballet lesson, we spent the day with John's family today, and Mara had a lot of fun playing with her cousins Hannah and Josh.

Sunday, June 28

We stayed at home today to work on cleaning and rearranging areas in the house. Mara wore the dress her Grandma and Grandpa Haley brought back from Mexico for her. The kitties really enjoyed where we moved the blanket chest that John's Grandpa Gwin made for me for our wedding.