1. I love how the doors don't stick in the new apartment. I can now check on my sleeping babes late at night without the risk of waking them. I love watching my girls sleep.
2. I love McChicken sandwiches. There. I said it. I do.
3. I decapitated the head off a statue in the move. Stupidly. Like it made it to the new apartment safe and sound and I dropped it. Head clean off. It should repair quite nicely which makes me happy because it's the same statue that was in my Grandma Manwaring's living room of a mother in prayer, but it's not her statue, if that makes sense.
4. Miss M complained of a crampy stomach all afternoon and sure enough threw up this evening. All plans of working extra to gear up for a work-free (and therefore paycheck free) week in Hawaii are ruined.
5. I leave for Hawaii in less than two weeks!!!! That means Grandma and Grandpa Holman are coming in 8 days!!!!! We are so excited for them to come! And the girls!
6. Memorial Day=Cleaning the old apartment day for us. ugh
7. I can't quite decide what to make Miss M's teachers for end of year presents. But I need to do them soon since the last week of school, I will be across the ocean.
8. I can't believe I will be across the ocean from my babies. I didn't think it would bother me too much, but as it gets closer it is. The last time I was in Hawaii, I was pregnant with Miss M. In fact, I announced it to my family in the LAX airport. I got morning sickness and spewed Vietnamese food ALL over the bathroom on Maui, and I was carsick on the road to Hana when usually nothing makes me carsick.
9. I'm not pregnant this time.
10. We packed most of our things for the move in girl scout cookie boxes. They were ridiculously small, but my friend delivered them to me, they were nice and light and so they did the trick for the most part. But my Dad says people are going to start thinking we're cookie hoarders.
I can't think of many better things to hoard than thin mints.
This preK has been such a blessing in our lives! It was exactly what she needed and she has learned so much!
These are her two buds, Miss M and Miss N. They hang out everyday, and we hope they stick around with us next year!
Grandma and Aunt T and cousins came to help her celebrate!
I don't know what we are going to do without Mrs. Strom next year. She is an amazing teacher and we love her!
super buggles to the rescue!
This is Sam around age four, when he graduated from the Children's Behavior Therapy Unit, his preschool in Utah. He had just started talking.
See, this smiley, happy, busy boy is Autistic. He likes physics, electronics, weather, pool maintenance, xbox, Chuck Norris jokes, and action movies. He paces outside by the pool when he's stressed or there are too many people in the house. He doesn't always understand when people are upset with him.
He loves anything his brothers and Dad do. He has gone from looking like marvin the martian with his giant red motorcycle helmet on the back of Dad's bike, to recently taking lessons to (eek!) drive it himself. He used to only eat peanut butter and marshmallow fluff sandwiches and is now willing to try anything, loving Indian food, and always looking for a new hot sauce to pour on his food.
He is a most excellent uncle, always willing to help with his nieces and nephews, and relating to them in a way that he doesn't with everyone. Lulu has always loved Sam.
He is a workhorse, strong and quick, if he knows what he's doing, but just became undone in the kitchen when Mom asked him to sweep. :)
Congratulations Sam! I love you!
And with the new apartment, Lulu moved out of the crib!!!!!
which makes one of these, and someday soon a beautiful spiderweb quilt!
It was labor intensive but I loved learning a new pattern and technique!!
I love love love how the applique owls turned out! I love their button eyes and cute little beaks and feet! I love learning how to do new things!
apparently, my cooking skills need some work, if this is how Miss M thinks cooking is done! The kids made a cookbook and it is sooooo cute and funny! The best one is "Pizza" and the instructions are "Drive to Larry's Pizza and get a meatball and cheese pizza. The dessert chocolate chip is good too." At least my daughter knows we have an oven! :)
I don't know what we are going to do next year without these wonderful ladies! We are so blessed!
Lulu was absolutely enchanted by Snappy and wanted to hold him over and over!!
Miss M was more hesitant but was a brave girl.
He was teeny and cute and was a fun special visitor!
Miss M has taken up the cause to make everyone know that it has been FOREVER and EVER since they visited and whenever she is sad, feeling tired, cranky, or in trouble and can't quite figure out why.... she blames it on the fact that Grace is NEVER coming back!
