- Forgot to mention another gem from Wed., Mom's bday. We got the cake out for Mom, and Aly comes up to me with Emily and says, "Mama, something magical happened!"
"First it just said 'Happy Birthday' - and now it has Lola's name on it too!"
Apparently, she'd completely missed the fact that I was talking to the Kroger cake decorator while the girls were getting their complimentary cookies from the bakery.
**The girls still like to believe in magic. :) This is one of the things that really sets Natalie apart from her big brothers. They're "too old" and the magic is gone. :( **
- Yesterday, they'd made homemade clay, and they wanted to make some more at home, so we did. Natalie had made a "rock" and a "mouse" in class. Emily and Aly made "food" products, including a pizza, a tortilla rollup, and a hot dog. At home, they decided to make facial hair...
**Oh my, this is hilarious! When I first read her email, the photo wasn't open and I wondered what she meant by facial hair. I had this horrible image of strands of dark hair. Ewww...**
- At one point yesterday, Natalie was talking about body parts (again), and Emily told her, "You're becoming obsessive."- We went to the library yesterday. Every afternoon, they've been taking quiet time to read. Natalie actually finished her 5 books today. I finally got a decent pic of them this afternoon.
**Natalie's reading just took off this past school year. It was like a lightbulb turned on suddenly. She is ALWAYS reading. Love it!*
We went to dinner at Wendy's last night, and their kids' meals were based on the show America's Got Talent. Aly got a CD w/ dance music on it. Natalie traded her CD in for this eyeglass/nose w/ joke book.
**Doesn't this picture just scream "Natalie!"? Eric saw this picture and just started laughing and laughing. Yes, this is a true-to-life portrait of my little princess.**
This is a better pic of the girls with their art boxes today, on their last day of camp. They're holding the painted canvases that they made today - sturdy enough that they could even put up the canvas in a frame in their rooms, if they wanted to.
**Great! More stuff to put in Natalie's room! Unfortunately, my girl is a pack rat like her mother...**
I rented Tooth Fairy, which Emily had already seen, so Aly and Natalie watched it last night/this morning when Emily was at her home. This afternoon, we all watched The Spy Next Door (with Jackie Chan). It was a cute movie - at least, I liked it better than Tooth Fairy. And good action sequences. The girls did their Jackie Chan poses here.
After lunch today, I had the girls help me clean up. Emily helped me wipe up a spill on the floor, Aly was wiping the table down, and Natalie was supposed to sweep up (she had fish maho and bread for lunch, surprise, surprise). After Natalie had put the broom away, Aly chided her for not picking up all the crumbs and proceeded to sweep some more on her (Aly's) side of the table.
Natalie says, "At home, we don't clean the table or sweep the floor. We just wait 'til Thursday when the maid comes."
And she proceeded to tell us how messy Anthony is when he eats.
**Patrick and I were completely horrified to hear that Natalie said that! Of course she doesn't even realize that her parents do that sort of cleaning in between visits from the maid. What this means is that Mama and Papa will be giving that privilege to the kids from now on. (Insert evil laugh.)**
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