Happy Birthday Monet!

My little Monet is five today. She's been counting down the days for at least 3 months now. A few weeks ago she made a paper chain. I think she's had a great day! Her little cousins slept over, and they helped me make a "How to Eat Fried Worms Cake." Monet has had this planned for awhile now. Gummy worms and buying the "How to Eat Fried Worms" dvd was a very important part of her plan. Five is such a funny age. I listen to her with her little friends banter about who is sitting by each other, and what they are bringing for show and tell. Birthdays, and getting to wear a crown on their special day. So we bought a really neat little "birthday girl" tiara that came with earrings and one of those beauty pageant banners. She loved it! She got a puzzle that she has done over and over again today. She loves puzzles!

Simone Smiles!

She is such a little sweetie! She smiles at me all the time! Which is just a little bit of heaven with my life as hectic as its been.

Miles learns to cook and other fun kid stories

I must say that I am doing a great job of raising independent kids. The other day I made the kids some quesadillas for lunch then made a phone call while they were eating. I guess Miles decided that he wanted some more. I heard the microwave open and came back in the kitchen. He was just taking his quesadilla out. I'd left the cheese and tortillas on the counter, so he put them together, put it on a plate, stuck it in the microwave, and made himself some more lunch! He also enjoys helping himself to applesauce.

We had a fun St. Patricks Day. The kids were SO excited for the tricky leprechaun to visit. Elise is almost 8 and asked me in all seriousness if leprechauns were real. I told her they were not real, but a fun tradition. Then I glanced over about thirty seconds later to see her gulping and holding back tears. She was clearly upset about the leprechauns not being real, so I said, "Just Kidding!" and she got happy again and set out to make a leprechaun trap. So sad that I lied, but you know, sometimes they just aren't ready to give up the fun of it all, and someday I'll just have to explain it to her. She asked me about the Easter bunny today, and I just asked her what she thought. She tried to nail down an answer, but I stayed vague this time. It was just too much fun to hear their excitement on the morning of St. Patricks Day when they saw that the tricky leprechaun had turned over the furniture and left them some gold foil wrapped chocolates.