Odds and ends

It has been 10 days since my last post. Of course we have been busy. Each night after the kids are all finally down for the night I seriously look at the computer and think about doing a blog update....
then I climb in bed and tell myself I will update it "tomorrow"

I haven't exactly been lazy though (or so I tell myself)
Dave and I are on diets...... good ones this time that actually include working out! what a concept! :) Anyway, any extra free time that I have includes the Wii fit and the treadmill, so the computer work suffers.

I am actually at work now, so no pictures to post...... (atleast none that are acceptable for this family blog) :)
Yea, yea mom....tax payer money! :)

Here are some random things from the past 10 days:

-first and foremost, a huge thank you to Nancy Kracher for the BEAUTIFUL quilt for Marina. I have taken many pictures of it and will post some ..I promise!! It is gorgeous!!! She loves the bright colors and Nancy even attached pieces of Emma and Lauren's material on the back of Marina's...... How cool is that!!! Marina has a large bare wall in her bedroom and I am struggling with hanging it or letting her lay and play on it like she has been.

-second, a huge thank you to grandma and grandpa for taking Emma on Friday night and Lauren on Saturday night. It is amazing how much easier everything is with two kids. Especially when there is really no one to argue with eachother. What a nice break for Dave and I. Plus it was fun to be able to do things with just one of them at a time!

- Emma reminded me on Sunday that it was her 1/2 birthday. :) She said, "uh mom, wish me a happy 1/2 birthday." so apparently I was giggling or sounded a little less enthused than she thought I should sound when I wished her a happy 1/2 birthday because she said, "mom, why do you sound like you don't care about my 1/2 birthday" She got to take cupcakes to school yesterday to celebrate. she got in the truck from school and announced that one person didn't like the cupcakes because of the flavor. (I had poured strawberry jello in them) Oh well, can't impress all 22 of them!

-oh yea, my eyeballs are almost back to normal. Atleast the pupils are. I have been scaring my coworkers though for almost two weeks without eye makeup. Hopefully I will look like a beauty queen on Friday when the mascara goes back on. :) How vain we are! As for the eyesight itself.... I was told that my eyes are fabulous but I am still waiting for both to be clear at the same time which I was told takes one to two months.

-Marina has experienced many new foods. She loves just about everything except peas which I will never blame her for that. Yesterday though I came home and Dave was feeding her Cheerios. Huh? Can she eat those yet? It is amazing how "by the book" we were with Emma and now quite a bit more lax with baby girl. She continues to develop more of a personality everyday. Emma is by far her favorite person right now. Just her mere presence makes her crack up. (maybe she knows something we don't)

-Emma continues to ask me difficult questions about everything, for example:
Who is God's dad?
If the Earth were cut in half and we were driving, would we drive off the side?
Why didn't the white people let the "colored people" drink from their water fountains? :)
How come Obama won if you voted for McCain? :)
Do we like Obama? YES Emma!

Of course there are so many life lessons that I want to teach these girls that I have to be careful about everything that comes out of my mouth. As far as God's dad goes..... Lauren answered, "Joseph" I was hoping that would sustain her but she said "no, that's Jesus' dad" Ugh, go ask your Uncle Mel. :)

We are still BIG on planets and she has now added "planet explorer" to the two other jobs that she is going to have when she grows up. The other two are working at Children's Hosp. and working at a restaurant.

Obviously Friday was learning about Martin Luther King Jr. day. They watched a video too. Emma definitely understands about MLK and what some of the struggles were back then. I love the fact that even in first grade they can talk about the way things were so wrong in the world.

And, they watched the inaugeration yesterday in school which I think is also very good. Emma knows that we were "pro McCain" BUT she also knows that Obama is our President now and we have to support him, pray for him and our country. I didn't get to watch the actual inaugeration part yesterday but we all watched what we could of it. And I tell you what, whatever your feelings are about Obama, the day and celebration were historic!! I pray that he succeeds and does create "positive change" in our country. I pray for his safety and the safety of his family and I pray that the McCain voters (like myself) will atleast accept him and pray for him. He is the president of the BEST country on earth!!

Anyway, obviously something is wrong with me as I NEVER go on and on about anything, especially politically. Maybe it's too much sleep or a lack of calories or a combination of both.

Hope everyone has a great day.