"Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this incredible balloon that blows up and fills life up."
-Thandie Newton
Why is it that children only become helpful when helping is fun or when they think they can make a mess. When it comes to making dinner, both things can be true. Oh well, at least their helping.
Despite a house filled with toys, the simple things always bring the most excitement. This week it was blowing up balloons which resulted in a balloon party in the living room. If only it were always that easy.
Isla has a strange way of eating pizza. When we ate some this weekend, she started by taking off all the pepperoni. Then she ate all the pepperoni. Then she took off all the cheese. Then she went to the drawer, got a spoon, and proceeded to scrape off and eat all the pizza sauce. Only then did she actually eat the crust. James ate his pizza the old fashioned way, which I couldn’t get a picture of because he hid under the table every time the camera pointed his way.
Pepa came over this weekend for breakfast and to help us replace the two person swing on our backyard playset with a regular swing. While I got ready, Ashlyn showed off her monkey bar skills and of course Isla wanted to do the same thing. After we got the swing in, the kids gave it a whirl. Finally, three kids swinging with no fighting!
Ashlyn’s cheerleading team was invited to walk in the Euless Christmas parade this year. The highlight of the parade, other than Ashlyn’s team of course, was a Euless dump truck covered in Christmas lights. How this even did not get national TV coverage like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade will forever be a mystery to me.
It’s been a busy week for the kids and it must have been a long week for the cat as well based on how Nala took over Isla’s bed.
