So, Whattya Been Doin'?

,...just curious.

The tree is still not decorated...how lame is that!!! The kids are rotating who is sick and I've been busy painting downstairs, so maybe tonight???!!!


::::::::::::::::::::Perfect Attendance:::::::

is what Rachel had until a fever, headache and sore throat sidelined her, yesterday. She felt crumby today, but she went anyway. She is, usually, my healthy kid. Noah who is my croupy kid still has perfect attendance, surprisingly.

:::::::::::::::Swimming Update:::::::::


The kids' have their last swim lesson with Laura tonight. She has been an amazing instructor. Eve went from only floating on her back with some help from Michael to feeling like a little mermaid swimming under her own volition. YEAH! We need to get Noah into a SCUBA program because he wants to spend all his time underwater.

:::::::::::::::::::::Family Reading::::::::::

The kids are clamoring for me to not stop reading the newest Sisters Grimm book Magic And Other Misdemeanors. It was a near riot last night when I stopped reading at the end of chapter 8. The kids would stop me intermittently while I was reading to postulate who might be the Master of the Scarlet Hand and who was stealing the magic items.

:::::::::::::::::::::Hockey::::::::::::

My stepdad is taking Aaron and Rachel to see a Gladiator's hockey game tomorrow. They all like hockey, so they, hopefully, will have a blast.

:::::::::::::::::::::Lunch with A Friend:::

I was able to grab lunch with my friend Phyllis on Monday. She is so fun and we got to talk and eat, which are a couple of my personal favorite hobbies. We stopped in at a restaurant that other friends have raved about called Los Hermanos. We munched on chips, salsa, jalapeno cheese dip and chicken enchiladas. I threw in some tasty Mexican rice.

:::::::::::::::::::::A Sweet Invitation::::::::

Shabby Miss Jenn who I was a guest creative team member for November has asked me back as a guest for January. I thought that was super sweet of her!

:::::::::::::::::::::Gave Up The Ghost:::::::::

My dear smoothie maker has joined the appliance graveyard! It did, however, go out with a last hurrah by making me a delicious drink of strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, bananas, blueberry yogurt, frozen vanilla yogurt and milk. Luckily, there are always a large supply of smoothie makers around.

For now, I MUST GO PAINT!

Smiles!

Blueland Memorialized:

_{Credits:Background paper: Robyn England's new Return to My Roots Apprentice kit Available now at Scrapartist,
Staples by Michelle Coleman,
Blue paper strip and denim loop from the Strawberry Kit by Sandra Boddington at Sweet Shoppe Designs,
Film negative from Mo Jackson's Primitive Photography,
Thrasher logo from the internet,
Top hats from Maya's Hatrack,
Wand and orange page by Tia Bennett,
Paper tear by Steph Krush
Font: Another Typewriter/ Book Antiqua}

The Visit to Blueland:

Blueland is the nickname for where the Georgia Thrasher's Hockey team plays at Philip's Arena. Michael's boss had something come up and couldn't use the tickets and he offered them to Michael. We took Aaron and Rachel to the game with us, while Noah and Eve got some Granny Sue time (this is a highly valued thing in our house!). Aaron and Rachel were thrilled to ride on MARTA to get down to the arena. The kids were initially subdued while they took in the sights of the arena. We had awesome seats that were not to far from one of the goals.
The game was played well by both sides. The Ottawa Senators stayed on the offense most of the night and got ahead by 2 at one point, but the Thrasher's came back to win the game. The score should have been 6 to 4, but the official didn't see things the same way. The crowd got to watch the instant replay which showed the goal to be a good one, but the officials don't use the replay to make decisions. If they did the game would probably take forever. Anyway, by the end of the evening the children were hootin and hollerin' for the home team and had thoroughly read the game flyer to learn about the players. Rachel was even complimented by a passing fan on her victory dance skills!



I'll post a layout later. We had such fun!!!!