Feb 17
Everyone,
As horrible as yesterday was, we had the best day today.
The weather was perfect today. High 60′s with a light breeze. We spent at least 2 hours at the park, playing and running and having a marvelous time. With friends!
We even ate lunch out, and then the boys (and their friend) slept soundly while I went to pick Butterfly (and a friend) up from school. All by myself.
Then the big kids put a nice layer of chalk on our porch, the little kids watched a show, and me and my friend talked up a storm.
What a nice, nice day.
Safire
PS- Wondering what Juice is up to these days? There’s a post about him here!
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Mar 05
Everyone,
Tonight Butterfly told me it was the bestest day she’s ever had. So what made today so great? What is her formula for having a best day?
Morning: I had a bunch of errands to run this morning. I was going to a friend’s garage sale and really didn’t want the kids with me. So Juice, super nice guy that he is, stayed home with them and I ran my errands. He said what he did this morning was give her the cereal that she wanted and read books to them for almost 2 hours straight. These kids sure do love books.
By the time I got home, he was ready to go to work and not talk to anyone for awhile. I got Butterfly a new Sunday dress and a few new leggings to go under dresses. She has decided she will not wear jeans anymore. She only wants to wear dresses. Okay then.
We had her favorite food for lunch. Mac and Cheese! We also had some grapefruit juice, and some grapes. The boys went down for their naps right after lunch. She will not have quiet time in her room anymore. She and I watched a movie. (Well she watched, I worked.) I let her have girl scout cookies and conversation hearts while watching the movie.
She helped me make dinner. We had quiche tonight. She was so excited to see Daddy when he came home for dinner. She played nicely with the boys while dinner cooked. She ate 3 pieces of quiche and crowed about how good of a cook she is.
She played nicely with the boys after dinner too. She helped Daddy with the dishes while I put the boys to bed. She and I played games on the computer until it was bed time. We did fight a little over brushing her teeth. She thinks she can brush for a second, spit, brush, spit, brush, spit, etc. We had a good story time.
We even rocked in the rocking chair tonight. This is her favorite thing. She only wants to do it with me. When she was the boys age, this was the only thing we could do for her to get her ready for bed. And I think I rocked her every single night until I could barely move I was so pregnant with the boys. It’s something that I can tell she misses. It’s a special treat now.
It was while I was rocking her that she told me that this was her bestest day ever. I’m so glad Honey. So, so glad. 
Safire
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Dec 08
Everyone,
Today was a day. An okay day. The kids did beautifully today. The boys were so cute and happy and even napped for almost 3 and over 3 for their morning nap, and just under 2 for their afternoon nap. Butterfly even napped for 3 hours this afternoon. (Only about 20 minutes of that overlapped. I need to remember that the boys sleep for less time in the afternoon and put Butterfly down ASAP instead of playing with her.) The boys played happily together in their crib and when I went to go get them this afternoon, they were looking at each other and giggling. Very cute.
We even went to the toy store to pick up a birthday present for a friend and there was no crying, no whining. The boys ate twice as much food tonight and went down with only a slight fuss. Butterfly has been pleasant all evening. An all around okay kid day.
But Mommy feels like she is in a funk. Cross and crabby me. No specific reasons, just one of those days.
That and someone came to my door selling half a cow and a free freezer along with it and I’m put out I can’t afford it because I really want to.
Oh, and the dog is sick. Or at least throwing up so I had to clean that one up. At least it was in the kitchen so it was an easier clean up.
And I had to tell my friends no to a shopping trip because of said dog throw up.
So this is me being in a funk.
Safire
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