Want to read about how Fat Sheep saw and enjoyed our outing yesterday? Well now is your chance. Click HERE. 

Trinity has fallen into a solo morning pattern, after the chaos of breakfast and the boys heading out she goes right over to the netbook and gets clicking. She is becoming quite the pro at Starfall… Though we are thinking her biggest problem is the use of the touch mouse. May have to look into a cheap and small mouse to have for the kids. 

With Kitty Purse in tow

It was time for fun in the bedroom after the computer lost her attention. Of course we had to have a tea party… although more time was spent looking for things in the food and dishes box then actually serving anyone. I love Trinity’s room, in the morning it gets the best warm sun. It got chilly enough to close her window last night but brilliant in the morning with the window back open. Echo loves playing in her room… so many fun toys to drag out and throw around. 

Tea time

Staying up late into the evening hunched over bows, hot glue and scissors was not the BEST choice, but I was at 43 bows completed and in their box by the end of it. (she) Chris wants 60 in total so I have a few more to go tonight. My plan is to finish those all tonight so I can move my focus back to getting the place ready for the birthday party next weekend. The main focus is to return my upstairs to how I like it and then the tv room… I have been slowly bringing things back out of our bedroom since Sunday night but it is not the easiest task. Especially not with the futon mattress on the floor in the middle of the room! Not that the kids are complaining as it is perfect placement for tv watching.

Day 3 of VBS apparently was even MORE fun… cookies, watermelon and juice were had… lanterns made… and Zander was even better today than the day before (he has been learning over the past year to let others talk. VBS has been a great reinforcement for that!).

With lanterns

With the twins up and done their daily page (below). That left me free to do some emptying of our bedroom… searching through some boxes and general tidying up.

Day 3

I would love to have my room totally done by the time Ken’s folks are here but I am doubtful. As it is I am creeping things back into the tv room at a rather good rate without simply cluttering up the place. I really do need some more bookshelves or a shelving unit or SOMETHING. Makes me tempted to talk Ken into the cabinet being rebuilt and placed by my craft corner. But sadly that would take out ANY space for the futon and the table we haven’t yet put away from the LAN party.

The treat of the day AT HOME today was making ice cream cone shaped sugar cookies. Just a single batch but that was more than enough. I had helpers for the first tray and then slogged at it on my own for the rest… well with Echo supervising from the highchair. When it was all done I had to give her something else as she was SURE these were HER cookies.

Rolling out dough

Cut those cookies

So cute

We spent some time out in the sun in the backyard… It has been rather nice during parts of the day all week, I have just been behind on my cleaning and other things enough that I had to skimp on MY time out there. Sadly the boys once again did NOT tell me that the neighbour kid had come into the yard until after I sent Trinity out with what I thought was the last 4 freezies and had accidentally (ok he walked up and took one from her) handed him one… so it was time to bundle the 4 back in with admonitions that they must TELL ME when someone comes into the yard. I scrambled through the freezer and found one more freezie luckily so that crisis was averted. But my frustration continues. I am fine with them playing with him but I do not want them to just allow people into the yard… I need to know that I WILL be told and or asked regardless. 

Out in the sun

Sunhat and all

Our evening has been quiet… Karyn is back from Saskatchewan and was over for a visit and to make the cookie dough for the Friday bridal shower. We are meeting up at her work and then Ken is taking the boys to the nearby splash park (weather permitting) and then home. There is murmurs of a certain cousin coming over to cut little boys’ hair too!!! How spoiled are they? 

The bows are screaming to be finished… the kitchen to be cleaned and other wonderful things that only I am available for… joy. 

Cooooookie!!!