Happy birthday, Mikey!

Monday, October 22

Today was the last day of Mara's fall break. She helped me take Jack to school this morning and got to see a lot of her friends from her summer daycare. She also went to a Girl Scout leader meeting with me to help her troop announce our Thinking Day event.

Tuesday, October 23

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Wednesday, October 24

Since it was nice out, the kids played outside for a few minutes tonight while we got dinner ready.

Thursday, October 25

We celebrated Mikey's 10th birthday today with dinner and cupcakes.

Friday, October 26

When we stopped by Walmart tonight to pick up a couple of things, the kids saw the Skylanders display, so we got some pictures of them pretending to be Bouncer.

Saturday, October 27

Before Mara's soccer game and Trunk or Treating, we went to Toys R Us to participate in a Lego build. The kids had fun creating things with the Legos.

Sunday, October 28

Jack tried to go this weekend without a nap, but it didn't work out too well since he crashed around 6 tonight.

Happy Birthday, John!

We celebrated John's birthday today by going to BJ's so he could get his free pizzookie (pizza cookie topped with ice cream). He really liked the singing cheeseburger card I got for him in honor of his birthday and National Cheeseburger Day.

Shark Week & Birthdays

Monday, August 13

This week is Shark Week on Discovery Channel. It's been a few years since we've watched it, but we are paying more attention to it this year since we saw the camera they had set up at the Georgia Aquarium to record the whale sharks for this week.

Tuesday, August 14

Our Girl Scout recruiting night is only a couple of weeks away, so we met tonight to assemble the folders of information. John watched the kids on the playground while we worked.

Wednesday, August 15

Jack loves Oreo cookies, so he was happy when we gave him some after dinner tonight.

Thursday, August 16

The girls finished their sit-upons at our Brownie troop meeting tonight. Now, we'll take a couple weeks off to start school.

Friday, August 17

We've been watching Rob & Mindy's bird Ozzy the last week and a half while they are all on a cruise. It took him a little bit of time to get comfortable, but now he'll talk some and occasionally get out of the cage to fly around.

Saturday, August 18

We celebrated Savanna's 7th birthday today at the skate rink. It was the first time skating for some of the girls, but they all had a good time.

Sunday, August 19

We got together today to celebrate Diane and Rob's birthdays. Rob, Mindy, Gracie, and Ben just got back from a cruise and brought everyone back some gifts. They gave Mara some hair clips to thank her for taking care of their bird.

Birthday Celebrations

Monday, July 23

When we toured the World of Coke in Atlanta, we each got a special bottle of Coke. Mara has been begging us to let her drink hers, and we finally broke down and let her have it tonight.

Tuesday, July 24

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Wednesday, July 25

Jack's having a really rough time cutting his last two 2-year molars. He was so tired tonight that he had a hard time staying awake, and when he was awake, he just lounged around.

Thursday, July 26

It's nice to see how much Mara and Jack love each other. While they do bicker and pick on each other, there are moments like this that just make your heart melt.

Friday, July 27

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Saturday, July 28

We celebrated John's dad and sister's birthday today. The kids had fun playing games on Mara's computer, and we all enjoyed working on a puzzle we got at the World of Coke and gave to John's dad. It was a nice, relaxing Saturday. Even Jack helped us with the puzzle.

Sunday, July 29

Jack enjoyed an ice cream sandwich while we watched the Olympics.

Traveling Back in Time

Since there are so many birthdays in my family within four weeks (five total starting with mine on May 27 and ending with Lori's on June 23), we decided to have a big celebration and go to Medieval Times. It's been almost 11 years since we were last there. The kids loved the knights and horses (and the adults did too). Sadly, our knight, the red one, didn't win this time. However, all of the girls got a flower from the knight.