My two goof balls

Ada and I went with Elijah's class to the zoo today. Notes to self: never be a school teacher not cut out for it, school teachers do not get payed enough money, get something wonderful for end of year gift for his teacher (she desires it), teachers are crazy why else would they take all those kids to the zoo:) Just kidding, mostly. It was a fun trip and the kids I had where good.

I have not been quilting lately, been working on garden stuff (wonderful friend dropped off lots of plants that need to be planted and a ton of bulbs (did you see me do the happy dance just then?) ), doctors, end of school, teacher gifts, OK and a little bit of sleeping.

One last note I saw an Oriole the yesterday.... very cool. Did not get a good look at it, but I saw the orange and black... not much else it could be... oh and lots of catbirds around our house.

Date Night

Last night I had a date with my favorite son. For my b-day he wanted to take me to a movie (just him and me). So last night we went out to dinner and a movie. We had a wonderful dinner at one of Elijah's favorite places to eat, sat outside and enjoyed the wonderful weather and then went to see How to Train Your Dragon . Mark gave Elijah money so that he could pay for the movie and he felt like a big boy doing.... super cute. It was a wonderful sweet night.

Ada is having her last day of school right now and soon I will go pick her up...right now she is ok with the fact that school is done, but I wonder how she is going to feel about this next week.....

Well I should go and get her. Hope you are having nice weather where ever you are.

Your my last best friend

This is what Elijah calls me when I am being "mean" (ie making him carry is backpack in the house and closing the van door behind him).

On the other hand Ada just told me that I was her first best friend.

I love them both, but one is going to be in their room for a bit.... think that he needs a nap (he will not take one, but he needs one).

Good thing to see

End of day report

Ada and I had a great time in the basement. Me working on my quilt and her playing/singing/puzzling/dressing up/making food (some with LOTS of eggs:)/and all around fun. I got lots done and only stopped because I thought I should feed her lunch.... silly food thing.... Then after that we picked up E and went to see my friend and her kids. I have not seen her since she was 41 weeks pregnant (her sweet baby just turned 5 weeks) it has been way to long!

We came home to a warm house, not to hot, but to hot to want to make dinner so we had our first meat/cheese/veggie/fruit dinner picnic style in the basement where it was cool. If you have never tried this for dinner you should all you have to do is pick out your favorite cheeses, meat (we use sliced meat and salami style meats), fruits cut up (raspberries and strawberries tonight), veggies, and we did have bagels (we have tons of bagels right now and Mark is on a kick to make sure that we eat them all before they go bad (we have quotes for how many bagels each of us must eat a day)). We dish it all up on plates and let everyone pick what they want (well the kids have to eat some of the veggies (not hard to Ada to do, and getting easier with Elijah). Everyone loves this meal and no one fights about it....and this is a wonderful thing.

Now the kids are in bed and we are enjoying the silence (well all except that tapping on our heads... wonder what that boy is doing?.... well it is not to loud so it can not be that bad:)

Off to sew

Will check back in tomorrow.... and let you know how many blocks I get done..... added bonus it is cool in the bastment (as my kids call it:). Have a nice day, hope you stay cool or love the heat.

You know it is spring when:

• you are putting your wash for the week on the line on a 90 day and you are hanging up long sleeve shirts and sweaters
• you can have a wonderful neighborhood party and it is HOT, but it could still snow (oh I hope not!!!)
• it is close to the end of May and it is finally safe to put your plants in (I really hope it does not snow anymore:)
• you realizes that you need to get new shoes (sandals) and new shorts for the kids (how did they grow so much since fall?)

Well just a few of the things going on here. It is probably the warmest it is going to be all summer here right now, but I hope not I hope it stays this way for a while.

Here's a photo of the not so little girl:

kinda movie starish yeah????