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The kids had a four-day school week which was fantastic for them...but Scott and I hauled ourselves off to work on Monday and left them to do their fun things all day long.

Ava is able to stay at home by herself so she managed to enjoy the nice, quiet house on Monday. After five days off of school (including the weekend) I wasn't sure if she was looking forward to going back on Tuesday, but I do think she's always happy to see her friends. Plus, on Thursday, the 6th grade class had a fun after-school field trip of going to Grand Slam (a local, indoor amusement center, with laser tag, mini golf, batting cages, an arcade, etc.) She had a blast hanging out and playing games. It also meant that Scott had to pick up G at the bus stop since our regular baby-sitter was off playing with friends. :)

G also had a good week...no issues at school that we were made of aware of. On Monday, he took a fun field trip to The Works (interactive children's museum that focuses on technology and engineering.) And then two different mornings this week, girls came up to G when I dropped him off before school and asked him to play with them. He kindly gave them hugs and then had fun joining in their activities (I have no idea what they actually did, but he was happy to see them.) I'm just glad to see that he has a wide variety of friends and that people like to play with him!

G was wearing this fuzzy fleece to school on Wednesday, and I decided I wanted to dress like him :) Twinsies for the win!


I had a nice neighborhood book club gathering this week, and suggested that we read something other than novels/non-fiction about girls being abandoned/abused/raped. Good stories, but REALLY heavy. My neighbor across the street and I are going to give the suggestions for the book this month...we need to lighten things up a bit!

Scott went out of town on Friday night, so the kids and I hunkered down on Friday night and watched a movie and ate popcorn. Saturday was a quiet day at home and a fun night out with our friends from out of town. We ended up going out to eat at a place with belly dancers, and G totally got into it...he went on stage twice to learn how to dance and gave the belly dancer a big hug at the end. When he did that, the dancer wanted to know who his mom was, and told me that I was teaching him right. :) After that we went back to the hotel and let the kids swim for a few hours, which gave the adults a chance to catch up. It's always a joy when we get to see the Winfields!

G thought it would be funny to see Wolfie wearing my glasses...


The squirrels are getting adventurous and coming up onto our deck. We watched this one for a while...it seemed to be interested in eating the snow and sliding down the railings!


We're looking forward to Scott coming home today and then heading over to my parents house for a nice family dinner before we settle back into the weekly routine.

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