Which Witch?

Hannah brought her folder home from school today full of papers and work.  I was checking through all of them to see how she's doing, and I found this in with all her other work.  I questioned her on it, concerned by the unhappy faced witch, and all the "Mom" written around it.  Turns out that it doesn't say mom, those are bats.  Don't I feel better now!

Kidcity!

Today we took a little roadtrip down to CT.  Kat has a pass for Kidcity Children's Museum, and asked us if we wanted to tag along.  And of course we did.  We kept it a secret and it was until about two exits before we got there.  All the six year olds can read the sign, and even though they thought they knew before we even got to Hartford, they really had it figured out then.  It was a blast, and when we were done at the museum, we walked down onto Main Street and headed for Coldstone for a "snack". 

Despite some minor melting down, and an upset tummy in Longmeadow, the day went without incident.  I wish I was more spontaneous and would go do stuff like that on my own.  But as Kat admitted, it IS much more fun with other adult company.  The girls all have a blast, but it's way more fun to have someone to talk to while they do.  Pictures to come on the shutterfly site.

It's a Dolphin!

I know, I was shocked too.  Imagine, seeing a movie called Dolphin Tale, and there being a dolphin in it.  Norah went and saw her first movie in a theater today.  She kept announcing everytime she saw one that "that's a dolphin".  Hilarious AND adorable.  She talks too much for a typical movie, but at 4pm in the afternoon, no one cared I'm sure.  It's $5 day here, so two hours and one ginormous bucket of popcorn later, we had 5 little girls saying it was the best movie ever.  Works for me!  I think that at $5 each, we may see more movies on Wednesdays!

Gorgeous Weather

The last few days have been just perfect!  Yesterday it was in the 80's and not at all humid.  The girls spent the weekend at Meema's, so we got to spend some time kid free.  They enjoyed themselves immensely, as usual.  It's nice that they love their Meema so much.  I only wish we had more time to spend with her. 

We also started the annual "what the heck is going on for Thanksgiving" discussions.  So far, the plan is that that Meema and Daddy have to work that day, so we'll do something on the weekend with Meema and hopefully eat dinner late on Thursday so that Steven can join us.   Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, so I guess that means it's time to start planning what we're eating and how soon to start making things that can be frozen!

Weekend Fun

I was so proud of Hannah today!  She had another soccer game, and the weather shaped up nicely, so that we had some sun and it wasn't freezing.  She played a bit both halves, but for the second half she played center quite a bit, and she was totally into it.  She was running, and kicking, and even had a shot on the goal!  I was so proud of her for getting in there and making herself part of the game.  It's not about winning, and I do mean that.  Hannah still knows exactly who wins, and she knows who scores.  Props to Iza today too, she scored the first goal of the game, and her first goal!  She did great too!  Even Mimi got in on the action, shooting on the goal repeatedly, unfortunately none of hers made it in.

Grampy and Mimi came to the game with Auntie Angie, and they were proud of her too.  Then we headed home to eat birthday lasagna and Pioneer Woman's Carrot cake for a special birthday dessert.  Grampy felt very spoiled, and he spent the rest of the evening playing with the girls.  It was a fun day all around.

Chaos Multiplied

I'm not sure how it happened, but somehow since the beginning of the month, all the chaos has multiplied here.  Hannah and I started school.  Then there was soccer.  Ok, no big deal, one practice a week.  And sometimes as many as three games in that same span.  Now I'm getting lots of homework, and no more time in my days to do it.  I remembered last night that Hannah starts CCD on Monday.  That means that my weeks just got ever so slightly more chaotic.  I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever cook a real dinner again.  Lately it's been a lot of lame stuff.  I feel guilty, I want my family to eat better than that.  I want my house to be clean.  I want to spend time outside with my kids while they play. 

Unfortunately a lot of that is biting the dust as I try to figure out a way to combat chaos.  So when Norah is in school on Friday morning's, I try to do some homework and at least do the grocery shopping.  Maybe if we have good food in the house I'll actually cook it?  Maybe.

Sunday Hannah has a soccer game and Grampy and Mimi are coming down to watch it.  So since today is Grampy's Birthday (happy birthday Dad :)  ) we're having what he'd like for dinner on Sunday and I'll make a cake to go along with it.  Guess that's where dinner will start. 

Sucked in

I've been following this blog since the beginning of the month.  September is pediatric cancer awareness month and Mary Tyler Mom has been writing a post every day of this month.  One for each day of treatment her daughter Donna was on.  Pediatric cancer falls close to home here.  We all love Mimi, and worry about her.  She's doing well, at least last I saw her yesterday at the soccer game, and that's important.  But there is so little funding for pediatric cancer, it's very VERY sad.  Not that I think my little personal blog will have anything to do with that.  But, I feel like I needed to say something.  Anything.  I'm having a rough day today, and I don't feel like myself.  But I have my two kids here, and they love me.  I don't ever have to wonder about it.