Just Checking In

I've been in bed for the past 3 days with Strep throat. Haven't seen my kids much at all during that time, but they have impressed me to no end. Maya and Elena have been running the house by themselves. Maya has cooked all the meals and Elena has taken charge of getting homeschooling, or at least chores done. (The second day, Kyle said: Gimme a break, Ginger, they don't have to do school for a couple of days! lol He doesn't share my obsession with structure and productivity.)
Will be back soon to share how I got over Strep without antibiotics.

Earrings

Maya has been wanting to get her ears pierced for quite awhile, but I didn't really know that because Maya doesn't talk about her wishes. One day, Chloe started talking about it, because Chloe talks about everything. I turned to Maya and said, "Do you want your ears pierced?"

She got a huge grin on her face as she gave me an affirmative nod. (When Maya nods her head, it's very dramatic; locs flying everywhere. You just have to see it.) So I said, "Ok, sure, maybe we can go get your ears pierced this weekend!' That was a couple of weeks ago.
As it turns out, Kyle had a different opinion. When she asked him, he said, "Why do you want to get your ears pierced?" That stopped her dead in her tracks, so he told her she needed to be able to give him a good reason.

Finally, Friday night, Maya went up to Kyle and said she had thought of a good reason. "When I was in Liberia, my mom and aunt were going to pierce my ears, but then it was farming season, so I had to wait, and then it was time for me to go to the orphanage. Getting my ears pierced was one of the last things I remember wanting to do with my mom while I was still in Liberia."
That pretty much broke Kyle and he immediately pulled me aside to say that he would like to have it done the very next day.
So, early Saturday morning (and when I say "early" it is a relative term, given that it was Saturday), we all marched up to the mall (a place I almost never go, and I certainly don't ever take my kids there!) and we had Maya's ears pierced.

She is extremely happy about it and very proud of herself.

In Case You Haven't Heard

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I Did It! I Really Did It!

You have no idea what a huge step this was for me! I have transitioned from traditional scrapbooker to digital scrapper. Whew! Actually it was really easy once I commited to it.
Here's my first scrapblog:

This Made Me Cry

. . . and you all know I don't cry easily.



Enjoy!

They're So Angelic

. . . when they're sleeping. This cracks me up. You'd think they were twins. In fact, just yesterday, Elena & Chloe asked me why people sometimes think they are twins. "We don't look alike at all!" It's true, they don't. I have no idea why anyone would think that.

I always go into the kids' rooms before heading to bed. (Actually I don't go in the boys' room. They're light sleepers; not worth the risk.) This is how I found Liddy a few hours after I'd put her to bed (without boots on!) I'm glad she had on those modesty shorts, or she'd really look like a little hussy! Sheesh.

I keep trying to get a shot of Maya while I'm in there, but she's always covered head to toe with her comforter. Regardless of the weather.

A Money Meme

They say that what's in your wallet reveals your priorities. Let's test that theory. List 12 cards you find in your wallet, then tag 12 people.

A Dozen Cards in My Wallet:

1. My debit card
2. library card
3. different library card
4. Zoo membership card
5. Health Savings Account card
6. Target gift card
7. Barnes & Noble gift card
8. My other debit card
9. Bakery "frequent flyer" card
10.
That's it. I don't have 12 cards.

I tag: MommaofMany, Vicki M, Stacy, Mommy4, The Herd, Janelle, Heartchild, Jody, KidCraze, Jane, Gretchen, Faith