Once again, I apparently forgot to get a photo on the 19th. I took several on the 20th, though - so here's the restaurant where we met some friends for dinner Friday night. It's our fav. Mexican restaurant, Cielito Lindo.
I've turned my Feb. 20 photos into a scrapbook page. I made this page using items from Julie.ItIs.'s grab bag at PDW. Crocuses in bloom on Feb. 20 have kind of a special meaning to me. Here are some details from the LO (layout).Quote: The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring. ~Bern Williams
Journaling: The first bloom of the year, the crocus, has special meaning to me. My brother, Scotty, passed away on Feb. 20, 2001. On the first anniversary of his death, my mom noticed the first crocus had bloomed right outside of his window. She called me to tell me how meaningful this was to her. It’s a symbol of spring, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, a rebirth, a renewal. A reminder that life does go on, and is still beautiful. There is Hope, and we will be with Scotty again someday. Every year on Feb. 20, I look outside, and the crocuses are always in bloom. These photos were taken Feb. 20, 2009. It was actually just coincidence that I took these photos on the 20th. I didn't realize what day it was until later.
Saturday, the 21st, I went to visit my sis and another friend. I ended up going grocery shopping w/ my sis, and helping out w/ her grand daughter. Here's the baby giving me a kiss. Awwww.
The next day was the baby's baptism. Here's a bragbook page I made w/ Julie.ItIs.'s kit, Spring It.
My sis prepared a ton of yummy food for a reception afterwards. I was sooooooo impressed w/ her fruit display. It tasted even better than it looked!
We got home Sunday night. Monday, we finally payed the kids ALL the allowance we owed them. Here's D, checking to make sure it's a real $20. (That's for about 13 week's allowance and 2nd quarter grades - we don't pay them that much weekly!)
Ha ha, look at the intensity in this munchkin's eyes! She was watching ET while eating dinner. She just couldn't take her eyes off the screen. :)
It's NOT A BOX (anyone ever read that book?) It's a hamster wheel! The kids had so much fun in this box today. They rolled it from one side of the room to the other, over and over, like a hamster wheel. So much fun!
Whew, caught up, once again. See you in about a week! Have a good one! :)
This is one of my fave's - the sunset on our way home from Angel's dance class last Monday. I took this from the car as we were stopped at a red light at an intersection. I'm so glad there weren't many wires, etc. to get in the way.
Here's a close up of the car that I took Wednesday morning. Damian did his own painting, and we didn't have very good paint, so it was difficult. I thought it was an excellent first car. :)
I forgot to take a photo on Thurs., so here's 2 from Friday. Of course it was Valentine party day at school. Hubby was kind enough to stay home w/ the little munchkins so I could go help out with the parties. In D's class, they got to decorate their own cookies.
A's class had ice cream sundaes, and everyone got a unique Beanie Baby from the teacher. A's is an anteater named Ants. She loves it - even slept with it (yes, I took a pic).
On Valentine's Day, we were at our condo at 
Sunday was our last day of our mini-vacation. We played at the arcade, then took a scenic drive. We found this nice spot for a photo, and Hubby took a pic (several) of the kids and me. We went on to have lunch w/ friends in the area before heading home. 
Monday night, I gave the kids haircuts. See how shaggy they had gotten? (above) It took way longer than it should have to do D's hair. I am not trained in hair styling. I got started, doing what I'd watched others do countless times, finally decided to look up instructions on the internet (most of which included "plug in the clippers and go over the child's entire head until everything has been trimmed"). So I did a combo. I clippered the lower half and blended that in with the top and left the top a little longer. A just got her bangs trimmed. She has layers cut in the back, and I am not even going to attempt that! I know how picky I am that my layers are done right - I'm not about to ruin her beautiful hair. So, here's the final outcome. May not be perfect, but much better than a couple days ago. :)
Here's my LO for ADSR #8. I was pretty happy with this one, even though it came out much different than what I went in expecting to do. 
Thursday, I had to stick a name plate in over 200 books in preparation for my RIF distribution at the kids' school on Friday. Here all the books - all ready to go.
Friday, we went to McDonalds to meet up with some friends. Here's Angel with her friends. It was a fun night. All the kids played well together, and I even got some grown up visiting time in. Unfortunately, one of the slides had some rough spots that scraped up the kids. I think all of them came home w/ some raw, red scrapes. It didn't stop them, though. They didn't tell me about it until we got home.
Saturday, we met up with some friends at a flea market, and just looked around. I saw this dollhouse/fishtank, and just loved it! There's one for boys, too. It's just a tall tower, not shaped like a house, trimmed in blue, with chalkboard insets. Frank wouldn't spend the $ to buy them, so I took pictures, in case he decides to try to make them, instead. :)
Sunday, Frank and the kids all took a late afternoon nap. They were so cute, I had to get a pic, before I went and took my own nap. The kids had both gone to sleepovers the night before, and were pretty tired. The nap kind of threw off bedtime later that night, though. Oh, well - we'll get back on track tomorrow.
