Friday, Frank and I got to go out to dinner and a movie. We went to our fave Mexican restaurant again. I just love the way the outside of the building is painted. Here's Frank "sitting" on a bench outside of the restaurant. Isn't he cute? (I'm sure that's his favorite word for me to use to describe him.) :)
Saturday was our St. Patrick's Day Parade. D rode w/ several people from Spokes BMX, and Frank walked along passing out flyers. D's the one in the green sweatshirt and red helmet on his race bike. Luckily, we had the luck o' the Irish w/ us, and his group was done before it started raining.
Sunday, Angel gave a talk in primary (the kid's meeting) at church. She did very well, even though the microphone wasn't working. She said she was nervous, but you couldn't tell. Damian has been asked to give a talk this next Sunday on the same subject in senior primary (for the older kids). That evening, Angel found her baby book, and wanted to go through it with me. That was fun - brought back a lot of memories.
Monday, my mom brought the munchkins back. My youngest bro and sis came, too, since they're on spring break. We had a nice visit - and now I'm back on my normal child care schedule again. Here's D showing off his monkey-like ability to climb walls. I was actually pretty impressed, because Mom and I both had him stay up there until we could get our cameras ready and take several shots each, while my little sis kept going back and forth under him. He held it for about 2 minutes, I think.
Tues, 17th - Happy St. Pat's Day!!!! Yes, we all wore green! (except T, as shown here). My bro had the day off and spent it taking his kids to the park for a picnic. They loved spending the day w/ their dad, and I think it really helped their transition back to us after 10 days of being spoiled by grandparents. I worked at the school in the morning, helping w/ kindergarten registration, then drove to the park to pick up Bro and munchkins (they had walked there). I snapped a few shots of them swinging first, though.
Wed. is our library story time day. Our normal story time lady is quitting to have a baby, and this was her last story time. We'll be sad to see her go, but she says she'll be back to visit. I'm always a little concerned everytime we've had to switch story time ladies (I've been taking kids there for 7 years) - how could the next one be as good as the current one???? But, amazingly, they are always wonderful! So, I'm really not THAT concerned. Anyway, they had the hula hoops out this time, and they both gave it their best shot.
And here we are today! We have almost an hour between the end of school and swim lessons. Sometimes we just go early and play air hockey at the Y, but today I needed to pick up a few things that were on sale this week at Walgreens. I had all 4 kids w/ me, and at one point, they could see themselves in the security mirror. They were making faces and cheering themselves, so I just had to snap a pic. Aren't they cute?
And tomorrow's Friday - YAY!!
That darn cat!!! Ok, this pic wasn't really taken on 3/2 (it was on 3/4) - but I promise it could have been! She looks the same. We have started letting the cat in to eat so that we're not feeding every animal in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, that means I haven't been able to take a good, deep breath in over a week. My allergy med. takes care of the itchy eyes and sneezing - but apparently doesn't solve the asthma problem triggered by the cat. 
3/3 - McTeacher's Night! The teachers from the kids' school were working at McD's, and a portion of profits went to the school. I was trying to get both kids licking their ice cream at the same time - and never got it. I like Munchkin's eyes in this one though. Check out those baby blues!
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!
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. :)
