Geddessentials

Raise your hand if you've seen the Jane Seymour/Christopher Reeve classic, Somewhere in Time?  If you have, think back to the scene where she sees him, after thinking she never would again, and screams across the hotel grounds, "RICHARRRRRD!!!!" 


Now you have an idea of what's it like nearly every day when our little neighbor, Lisha, sees Millie and wants to play with her.  "Millie!"  And if we happen to be on our way out or on our way in for a nap, instead of able to play in the backyard or up at Lisha's house, the screams quickly reach fever pitch. "MILLIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Lisha and Millie love to swing together in the backyard, as well as ride scooters and trikes around the carport.  They love playing together in general, and both Swati and I love that they can keep each other occupied.  Lisha's an only child, as is Millie during the day while her brothers--or "my boys" as she likes to call them--are at school.  Hip hip hooray for kid neighbors!

It felt a little strange going to a gym every Saturday morning this past winter instead of an outdoor field for soccer.  I forgot just how loud a gymnasium could be, especially when you have two basketball games going at the same time: whistles, squeaky high tops, bouncing balls, parents cheering, coaches yelling.  Being there did bring back some fun memories, however, of junior high and high school basketball.

It was also fun to mix things up a bit and let B play a new sport.  Stephen helped coach with a friend from our church, which meant Benito got to play with a buddy on his team.  They both had a good time, as did Eli and Millie who got to play with their pals during the games; and I certainly didn't mind chatting with a friend, either.  Fun all around.

Stephen has some serious guacamole-making skills, and we have been loving it here in our house.  Eli aptly, albeit mistakenly, called it "rockamole" one time and the name stuck.  The only problem with his guacamole is how quickly it disappears.  Just about any time we get together with family to eat Mexican food, Stephen brings a batch of guacamole.  Here's a few pix of the batch he made for the Superbowl (way back when):

As Millie would say, Ta da! This is the very small area I was in charge of that utterly stressed me out. Apparently I'm the only person in the world who's never made tissue paper poms poms or homemade chalkboards. Harder than they look, people. Harder than they look.

I had nothing to do with these, but aren't they cute? THE most delicious cupcakes I've ever tasted.

My lemonade punch bowls

Some of the group

Mother of the bride and mother of the groom

my mom is watching a dumb movie!!!! PS SO BORING 




ugly guy! that house is worth $ 0.01,
 REALY        bla bla bla bla bla bla



MAN!!, I WISH I HAD THAT CAR!!

A few months ago Eli surprised me by saying he hates Saturdays.  What kid hates Saturdays?  You don't have to go to school, you don't have to do homework, you don't even have to sit through three hours of church.  But our little kindergartner wasn't talking about any of that.  His response to my "Why?" was, "I hate Saturdays because I always get in trouble for breaking things and we always have to clean up."  Both good points. 

Stephen decided to document one such Saturday morning moment, so you have some visual proof of why our six year-old hates every other kid in the world's favorite day of the week.

What one powerful kick of a soft, "indoor" ball can do

Three broken mantle items

= almost all of Eli's piggy bank $ (per Daddy's fed-up-with-these-shenanigans decision)  Ask Stephen if he has a list of all the destroyed items that he plans to have repaid when Eli makes it big in the NFL :)

Flag-raising ceremony

Respectful salutes

Making bird feeders

Bennett and his wolf den singing "Comet" at a pack meeting

Pinewood Derby

Ready, set, go really really slow because your mom didn't know you're supposed to weight the car. Whoops!

Poor B took last place in every single race.  But it did teach mister competitive a lesson about humility.

And he still managed to love it and have a great time.