Big Brother

Always little enough to be carried by big brother!

Mid Week Update

The kids are on spring break this week, which means Mike has been working from home and I have been working longer hours at work, filling in for co-workers who took time off.

In other news, I booked Charlie's 10th birthday party today; he is having a game truck come to the house (a gigantic truck that accommodates up to 20 people on leather couches playing video games, what's not to like in the world of a 10 year old boy? Actually, I had to sell him on it with the help of cousin Ben, go figure.) This, I have decided, is his last big birthday party -- from here on after he will be relegated to the world of taking one or two kids to dinner and a movie or having a few kids sleep over. I can't believe I'll have a kid in double digits in a little over a month!!

In blogging news, you may have noticed I am only updating once or twice a week with multiple "catch up" posts on those days -- that is because my trusty blogging app on my phone has decided to call it quits and will not upload any pictures to my blog. Since 99% of what I post are pictures and 99% of my blogging up until this point has been done on my phone, this has been putting a crimp in my style!! I tried deleting and reinstalling the app with no luck, so until it miraculously fixes itself I have to actually (gasp) find time to sit down at the computer to blog.

Easter Sunday

We had a low key Easter; the kids were up early getting sugared up on Easter candy. I did another 12 mile run in preparation for next month's half marathon and then cooked a pot roast. Heather and Matt and their friend Roger (who just moved to Charlotte from MA and is staying with them until he finds an apartment) came for dinner.

Here are the kids with their Easter baskets and sampling a virgin Moscow Mule (we are still attempting to replicate the Moscow Mules we had the other week!):

That's A Keeper!

Charlie bought five packs of football cards with his Easter money from Grammy and Grampy (thank you Grammy and Grampy!!) First card in the first pack? Tom Brady, of course!!

Turtle Girl

This is a random text that Amelia sent to Mike the other day. (And this would also be why I refuse to giver her anyone else's phone number to text, except for me, Mike and Charlie!)

Career Aspirations

Here is an excerpt from Amelia's March writing journal:

When I asked Amelia why she wanted to be a dermatologist she said, "Because I love pets, especially kittens!!" Umm ok, I think the word you were looking for was "veterinarian" but I definitely think we ought to consider this dermatology thing further...

Meet Riley

Heather and Matt are fostering a very cute very overweight corgi named Riley! He is quite a little character -- here he is the other day with a sock in his mouth -- he found it on the ground while we were taking him for a walk and absolutely WOULD NOT let anyone take it from him!