Over the last month, we've had all sorts of little fun events and moments, which were not big enough to merit a separate post, so I've grouped them all together here.
First up was William's robotics party. They had a smorgasbord of food, presented awards, and did a round robin style gift exchange.
Grace found all the sizes of cereal in one of our cereal containers, and ordered them for fun.
We got to have Kennedy over one night. Juliet was one happy girl, since they aren't on the same team, and don't get to see much of each other at school.
On one of our day dates, Billy's beer had a cherry in it! It's unusual for him to have a garnish!
During the Christmas break, the twins set up a warm, snuggly pallet, using Daddy's new heated blanket.
After seeing me taking a picture of the twins, Emily also wanted her picture taken.
The very first weekday of break, William had a doctor's appointment. He first had an x-ray, then we went up to his appointment. Thankfully it was just a follow up appointment, and things are looking good, so we won't return for six months.
After his appointment, we ran some errands, like dropping of Juliet's clarinet, since a piece came off of it, and went to the thrift store so that he could find some gifts for his sisters. He found this 'um bro' hoodie, and thought it was funny.
I'm not entirely sure where the crepe paper streamers came from, but the girls had fun playing with them before they went into the trash.
For Kristy's birthday, we met at Starbucks, so that I could buy her a birthday coffee, and then we headed to Goodwill for some thrift store shopping. We decided to go most expensive to least expensive, which is a nice way to do it, I think!
At our second stop, I found a stash of my reusable bags!!!! I'm super excited to add some of these smaller sizes to my stash! And the whole pile was only $4.50, which is just over the cost of a single one!
I found a rainforest cafe parrot cup at our final stop, but Billy said he didn't want it. Since it was almost $5, I wasn't about to buy it without his confirmation!
Kristy showed me some coordinating shirts on the free table during our last mom's meeting, that she had cleaned out of Zoey's closet. The twins were excited to wear them the very next day! If their hair is looking a little short, it's because I trimmed it. Grace's came out awesome, but Juliet's middle area kept coming out short, apparently because she kept looking up while I was cutting. lol. She likes it well enough, and Grace actually wants me to take some more off of hers, but it is so bitterly cold, it's going to be a while. One of them asked for bangs, to which I replied with a laugh and a no. I'm no cosmetologist, but I can cut a (mostly) straight line.
To celebrate his birthday, Billy wanted to take the kids to Zap Zone. Since it was a long weekend, we took the kids the Sunday after his birthday. Zap Zone honored every coupon that we brought, and the kids enjoyed their all-day passes. Billy joined them for bumper cars and laser tag, while I held down the table.
The girls got some blue slushies, though they weren't as good as McDonald's apparently. They did come in cool cups though! Alice and William just got bottomless sodas, so no fancy cups for them.
Bumper cars!
Yesterday morning, before we left for Zap Zone was a tough one! As I was getting dressed, I accidentally knocked my hairbrush into the toilet. Thankfully, it was old and falling apart anyhow, but still a slight annoyance to have to replace it. Then, when I went to boil my tea water, I found that the hot pot was dead. = ( I can always boil the water on the stove, but it's not nearly as convenient, since it won't automatically shut off, if I get distracted doing something else. I was able to order another one from Amazon, due to arrive Thursday, which is not too far off. The final annoyance of my morning was when I went to look something up on my computer, and had no internet!!! It took downloading an update and restarting twice, plus plugging in and unplugging the wireless card numerous times. In helping me troubleshoot, Billy found that he had to complete the same process.
At the mall, once Alice was finished playing, she recruited Grace and Juliet to go shopping. Knowing that there was a Claire's nearby, I asked them if they would be willing to purchase a replacement hairbrush for me. They picked me out a very pretty one, which will hopefully last me as long as my previous one!
With many exceptionally cold days in the forecast, we will be staying inside as much as possible! Hopefully, we can still find some fun things to do!
later days
