Someone Was Jealous Of Amelia's Spa Day...

Amelia's older cousins in MA wanted in on her spa day lol

Mani-Pedis

Since Charlie had a birthday party this afternoon and Ben had an away basketball game, Mandy and I took the girls to lunch and for manicures and pedicures. It's safe to say they had a great time!

Just In Case You Were Wondering...

What it looked like in Quincy this week:

I showed this picture to my OT assistant and she said: "Oh my god how do y'all deal with that?! If I was up there, give me a week and you'd have to send me home in a straight jacket! No wonder you Northerners are all bat-shit crazy!"

Well said ;-)

Officially Cleared!

After another marathon allergy appointment, Amelia has officially been declared not allergic to penicillin. Yay!! After four hours in the office today the allergist pronounced her "Quite possibly the cutest kid on the planet" as well as allergy free. Here she is trying to get her mouth around a large cupcake, after not being able to eat or drink anything since midnight last night, for the test. 

Deflategate Cookies!

Because what better way to support my team than to show up to work tomorrow wearing my Patriots jersey and bearing home made deflated football cookies? ;-)

More From The Mind Of A Five Year Old

Amelia: "Pluto! Pluto! Pluto!"

Me: "Why do you keep saying "Pluto"?

Amelia: "Because Pluto is the name of Micky Mouse's dog."

Me: "Oh. Do you know what else Pluto is?"

Amelia: "Well it used to be a planet."

Me: "You're right!"

Amelia: "But I'm not sure where it went?? Like all of a sudden is it not in space anymore? I think it must be pretty big, I'm really not sure where it would go!"

Sunday Night Already!? Where Did My Weekend Go??

And just like that, the weekend is over. 

Yesterday morning I had a long overdue hair appointment and then tackled the grocery shopping. Mike and the kids met me in the check out line to schlep everything home, where we had a lazy afternoon and then went out to dinner. 

This morning Mandy and I took the girl cousins to see a matinee of Paddington Bear, which they all thoroughly enjoyed. After we got home I did a 5 mile run and then spent the rest of the afternoon in the kitchen, baking apple dumplings that involved Pillsbury crescent roles, large amounts of butter and sugar, and 12 oz of Mountain Dew.  (And let me tell you, they were delicious!) I also made a pot of red lentil soup which was very yummy and got good reviews, except of course from Amelia, who gagged on all six bites that I managed to get her to take. (Sigh.)

Here is a picture of the apple dumplings: