March 3rd, Emily's 9th Birthday!

The high today was a cooooooold 46F. = (

Today we celebrated my favorite Emily's 9th birthday!

She started the day by opening gifts, then the day took a sad turn when half of her class cupcakes ended up on my floorboard. = (  I added cupcake procurement to my errand list, after I cleaned up my car.  (It's now so clean even Grace took note!)

I had my hair appointment at 11am, and once it was finished I dashed home to make her birthday cake!  For her homemade cake this year, she had a strawberry (unicorn) with chocolate icing. = )

I think she had a wonderful day, and enjoyed all the well wishes from people on facebook too = )

For dinner we had hamburger helper, since it was conference night and my mom was in charge of homework and dinner prep.

All of their conferences were back to back 20 minutes each from 4:00-5:40.

later days

Other Happenings

Aside from celebrating our Emily, the past week has been back to normal.  Read: the kids were back in school (and actually went 5 days in a row! = ))

Last Sunday my mom was confirmed as an elder at her church.  So proud of her!

This also meant that the turtles that live by my sewing desk hadn't moved all week.  Until today. = )  The twins were home long enough to notice them and they are now somewhere new.

I spent some time with the twins at school.  They were working on identifying letters in their names, and their teachers were in assessment mode in preparation of conferences next week.

It continues to snow, on top of the snow, that is on top of a layer of snow.  At least it is light out now when we are waiting for the bus!

Emily lost her third tooth on Thursday!

The kids have been battling to see who can get out of the car first.  In this picture I think Emily is winning.

We also went to their skating fundraiser on Thursday and I didn't take a single picture!  They had fun and we ate pizza.  = )

And I bought a bag of my favorite seasonal candy:

I also bought the giant bag for Sarah's birthday gift.  Mine is gone. I'd wager hers is probably almost.

It's nice to be back to normal.  Although, this week we are prepared for all kinds of early releases and late nights thanks to conferences at both schools!

later days