Low Key Weekend

This morning went smoothly. Ethan is a huge help in the mornings. He practically jumps out of bed to get ready for school, and when he is done, he helps me get all of the backpacks in the car and even helps to strap his sisters in. After I dropped E,V and J off at school, I have about 20 minutes to have conversations with Olivia on the way to her school. Some things she said this morning were "Daddy's at work" (over and over) and "I want to get out now" (over and over). Last night I was holding her while cooking and we walked over to the stove and she said "That's hot" and right after that I was cutting some veggies and she said "That's sharp". I know these are simple things, but it is always amazes me when the children say something new, and she says something new every day.

We had a nice but low-key weekend. We took the kids to Viva La Vista in Columbia, which was fun. I took the girls grocery shopping while Steve and Ethan were at baseball. Valerie and Julia were huge helpers- more help than you could ever want! Valerie and Julia are really excited about soccer and spent some time this weekend practicing outside in the back yard. Valerie is also really good at baseball, perhaps a new realization this weekend, when Valerie, Ethan and Steve were out playing catch. E,V,J, and O saw a lizard eat an inchworm that was dangling down about 8 inches in front of it. Valerie, Julia and I collected interesting things from the yard to expose on sun-paper. A lot of cicada bug carcasses stuck on our pine trees.

My ankle is doing well; able to be on my feet all weekend (I broke it in three places in June for those who didn't know). Did some baking this weekend, played games with the kids and tackled a couple more unpacked/unorganized areas in the house. Seems like there are always just a couple of areas left, but when we address those spots, there are still a couple left. Steve hung up some pictures and it's making our house feel even homier. Steve and I watched "House of Cards" on Netflix which we really enjoyed a lot.