hugs

Me to Yoda one day when he looked like he had grown a few inches overnight, "What if you get so big I won't be able to hug you any more?"
Yoda, very concerned and re-assuredly, "I'll just have longer arms to hug you!"
Me *aw!*

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Greg took an exam this month-- keep your fingers crossed until we get the results in a couple months!

When he got home everyone was SO happy to see him!  It's like we don't see him at all while he's studying. 
 

Mimi goes horseback riding

I might have a photo of her actually ON a horse, but it's on someone's camera...

And the project for right now is the stairs...

Before

 One day Yoda stayed home from school sick, then Mimi called from school also sick.  I saw myself being trapped in the house with sick kiddos, so I panicked and started pulling up carpet! 

I stained and polyurethane-d every other step.  Then once that set was dry I repeated the process on the opposite stairs.  That whole process took 2 weeks just for proper dry-time.  And this way the stairs were always operational.  I'm hoping to finish them up this week--but don't hold your breath! 

Movies

 Yoda asked if he could sort things.  I found the box I call the collection.  We've done this before...

Spiderman off to school...

Mimi wearing her NYC shirt (thanks, Sonya)

I got it in my head to make a pretty cake for the cake auction.  This is full of minty goodness.  I kept this one for us to eat and made a prettier cake for the auction. Turns out the person who won the auction liked the idea of it being minty and would have bought it pretty or not. (Yoda was pretty excited to put the cake on the blog, he took this picture)

 

 

While watching Pinocchio, Yoda said, "are they putting fire in their mouths?"

While watching the "We built this city on Rock & Roll" video on youtube, Yoda said, "Is that the city they built?"

Ears

Yoda pinched my ear...
Me, "don't pinch my ear, it hurts.".
So he pinched his own ear to see how it felt...
Yoda, "Ow! You're right!"

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Also, Mimi learned how to twirl a towel on her head, she's pretty proud!