back to africa

orange day!

and look who's the line leader! 

this was after the 3rd attack of the 2nd grader. on friday addie and i walked out early and were set to be the first in line. que 2nd grader, who bolted out of his house from across the street. addie started running, because we were already half way there. of course, the 2nd grader beat the kindergartner and this mama was disappointed. i know it's super silly, but my sweet little 5 year old clearly should have been first in line. big deep breath. 

so for today grandpa took addie out and she got there first. according to grandpa, 2nd grader came and stood right next to her. granpda, who knew the line leader drama, said very kindly in his grandfatherly way, "uh-oh, she was here first. maybe you can be first tomorrow." and hopefully we can put the line leader drama behind us. this mama's done.

yesterday was laney's turn to be sick and feverish.

me loves a cuddley baby!

sweet baby! she laid with me on my bed and i rubbed her legs and sang to her as she fell asleep.

i.love.her.

small baby, big bed.

i taped some of frankie's preschool homework to the table so she could write without the paper moving around and found this taped to the wall. pat yourself on the back, frankie!

and i love creative kids. dollhouse dolls on bunkbed blinds.

finally laney was feeling better. and rags are always nice on heads.

exciting news!!!

grandpa got his medical clearance to go back to africa. so we celebrated with dinner at olive garden. yummm!

mom and dad and laney time.

today was purple day!

everyone loves granpda's hat!

lexi came home at 11:30, matt came home at 12, we kissed grandpa goodbye and headed out to salsa's for becky's farewell lunch, then to a lexi dr's appt, then to a lexi eye dr appt. it was kind of a juggle, but matt dropped l and f off at alecia's and then headed up to dulles to drop grandpa off. after lexi's eye appt we picked the little girls up and finally came home. 

selfies with a happy girl.

two chin cutie.

these are sweet, sweet days.

yummy baby!

and i'm dreaming about staying for a weekend at this place.

ultimate lighthouse experience out in the middle of the atlantic!

yummm, spaghetti...

aaaand story time.

 

 the days of our lives.