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Hot dinosaurs here! The kids are cooking up some delicious dinos. Anyone hungry?

Bunk beds

The big kids continue to share a room. The floor space was all taken up by the beds. There wasn't much room to play and the kids were having a hard time finding a baby free place to play Legos and Polly pockets (small pieces).

The bunk beds opened up a ton of room in here for the kids to play - now I just need to solve the closet problem....

Spring!

Last week I noticed the asparagus we planted last summer is starting to peek out of the ground! We won't have any to eat this year, but maybe next year?

Cleaning house, literally

Amelia was a hard worker and helped me clean up this giant mansion of a doll house. She worked and worked- what a big girl!

A taste of the future

The girls are in my bathroom playing with a huge dollhouse I picked up at a garage sale for $3. We didn't need it, but it was huge and only three dollars. It needed some big cleaning, so into the bathtub it went.

The result? Worth it. The girls played with it together for at least 15 minutes. This is the first time they have played together for any length of time. I think this is just a taste of what is to come. As sad as I am about Gemma not being a baby anymore, I love that Amelia is going to have a sister and partner in crime.


I also feel the need to note that Gemma found this headband on the ground and put it on her head tiara style with a huge smile on her face. She would reach up and pat it every once in awhile to confirm it was still there. Totally adorable.

The garage door

Yesterday I brought William to running club. Getting 3 kids plus myself up and ready to leave the house at 7:45 is just a momentous task. So, we were running late as usual. William couldn't find his shoes. The baby kept unloading the shoe rack and generally was being a nuisance in the shoe search. Then we got stuck behind a school bus picking up students. It stopped every half block. I considered going back home, but we wouldn't be back before William's bus arrived. So, I would be making the 4 minute drive (12 minutes behind a school bus) again regardless. So I continued on and dropped William off almost 15 minutes late. I took the girls and went on home.

I pulled into the driveway and hit the garage door button. Nothing. I pushed it again. Nothing. Two, three, four more times with no luck. I started searching out my phone to consult with John, when out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the neighbor's garage door was going up and down. I briefly wondered what they were doing when I realized I was sitting in our next door neighbors driveway. I was at the wrong house and my own garage door was working perfectly.

This mama seriously needs some sleep.

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At bedtime

I was tucking the kids in bed.

Amelia always gives great big hugs. During her giant bear hug, she whispered in my ear:

"Mom? I love you more than my pet triceratops. (Big sigh) I sure do."

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