We played outside this afternoon because it was so warm!

Lauren and Kendall came over today to drop off this sweet gift that Pam got for Vivian and Kate:

I was thinking about getting something like this for them for Christmas but never did, and I'm so glad now that I didn't because these are so much better than anything I could have found!
The same lady that made the towels made the ribbon diaper bags, and she does lots of other cool things. Her name is Tiffany Harned, and here are some pictures of the things she can make, if you're interested. Her kids go to the school where Pam teaches :)

On Tuesdays I have Vivian all to myself :) We go to the library, as I've posted before, for storytime.

Janelle has started to bring Avery the last few months and Vivian has loved having another friend there.
Either before or after the storytime, Vivian likes to sit in the house in the kid's section and look at books. She borrows two books each week to take home.
Our day varies after we leave the library. We usually go to Aunt Sierra's house to visit, then maybe a quick shopping trip or eat lunch with Daddy. But sometimes we have a playdate with Avery until it's time to pick up Kate!

On Wednesdays I have Kate all to myself and we have fun things planned to do together. After we drop Vivian off, we go straight to her music class, called Melody Makers. I posted about it when we first started. Here are some more pictures from today's class!The teacher is a little on the cheesy side, but she's just doing her job because the kids love that silliness of course! The songs are very age-appropriate...Kate loves them.

I was just playing around with the effects on the photo editing program on this new computer.
After that class, we head over to Mrs. Pat's house. This is a very special time...Kate plays by herself while Pat teaches me how to quilt. Yes, I am learning to quilt! We only go once a week, so the progress is slow, but it's definitely a lot faster with a sewing machine instead of hand-sewing everything like I did the last time. :)

Yes, that's right...today we took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese after the kids worship! We had a ball. It is so exciting for me to see them have so much fun. It's probably been 20 years since I had been there, and they must have recently remodeled because everything looked so clean and new...I was impressed! And the great thing was that even though it was such a rainy day, it wasn't crowded at all and there was plenty of space to move around and for our group to take up a whole area. First token of the day...drivin' with Chuck E. Cheese himself. Cohen went along for the ride.The pizza was delicious...made this little girl very happy! Shannon and Daniel kept her company while I kept track of what Vivian was doing.

Kate was very timid to ride anything at first, but when she found this bus that sings, "The Wheels on the Bus," she was anxious to get on it. I was glad she could be adventurous about halfway through our playdate.


I couldn't help myself from taking this picture of Jody playing basketball. She was pretty into the games and probably used up as many tokens as the kids did :)

Last night before bed I caught Vivian being the storytime reader to a very captive audience:
I guess she gets the idea from our storytime at the library on Tuesdays. She enjoys it, although sometimes she has a hard time paying attention. Maybe that's why I heard her tell the animals to "listen to me, I'm reading to you!"

After a few minutes, she promoted herself to the rocking chair. Maybe in a few years she will like to play "school" like I did when I was growing up.

Kate is a jokester. She likes to play this game with me, especially in the car. When I turn around to look at her and make a funny face, she tries not to smile. She tries so hard! I can always break her, though. It is hilarious and makes me genuinely laugh.

Our little Kate has been fighting an ear infection in both ears for more than a month. She has been on antibiotic three different times, trying to get rid of the same stubborn infection that just wouldn't go away. I have learned a lesson...next fall I am really going to be paying attention to symptoms of ear infections, and insist that it goes away the first time so that we won't have another drawn-out winter of irritability!Thankfully we will be done with this daily routine in two more days! She is doing much better and we are dealing with much fewer weeping/tantrum sessions.