I loved this week. So much awesomeness. Snoopys and family pictures, classes and crafts.

Has it really only been a week since Father's Day?

Since we were up the canyon last week, the girls and I decided to celebrate Father's Day for Steve today. We wrapped his present and gave it to him, along with breakfast in bed. The girls and Steve then enjoyed making "blankie lasagna" and other silly things with their blankies and pillows after Steve finished eating.

Yesterday, we had family pictures in the evening, but getting ready took me days. We took a trip to DI on Tuesday to find an outfit for Cecily that would match the stuff I picked out for the rest of us. I can never thrift shop for a short amount of time. This trip was no exception. But we found a lot of fun stuff. Two outfits for Cecily. A couple of things for each of the rest of us, too, including a pair of "cowboy boots" for Emilia to wear for her horseback riding lessons.

Cecily found four Snoopys to add to her collection.

Snoopys!

The outfits I originally picked out.

Wednesday, I shopped for ribbon.

Thursday night while I watched a movie, I made bows and a headband to match outfits.

Saturday morning, I painted everyone's nails and toenails. (Okay, not Steve's.) That's 80 nails that got painted yesterday. Phew! I forgot to re-cap one of the polishes at one point and of course it got tipped over and spilled all over the floor. Of course there were a number of bumped nails that needed to be redone. And of course, which colors to put where was a source of much deliberation. But I love the unique combos everyone picked. We had to bathe everybody and do everybody's hair. Plus, I gave three of us haircuts (one of them was me--the jury is still out on whether that was a bad idea).

We also managed to FINALLY install the kickboard and the frame on the mirror in the girls bathroom. All I have left to do is decorate and paint baseboards. WAHOO!!

Thursday, I also finally took the crib down. Cecily hasn't been sleeping in it for over six months, but her crib mattress fit next to the crib on the floor, so I've been lazy and left it that way for this long. But no more! The crib is down. So I can put her bed up this week, too.

Thursday was also new treadmill day. The frame under the tread on our old one cracked, so we found a "new" one on KSL and the guy was nice enough to deliver it. I had to clean out the garage so we had somewhere to store the old one until we could take it to the dump. We needed room to maneuver a new treadmill into the basement, too. Steve and I managed to get the old treadmill out in a matter of five minutes, so we told the neighborhood guys that agreed to come help, that getting the new one in would be a ten minute job. Ugh. Try over an hour. The new treadmill was wider than the door both directions. We ended up having to open the treadmill, stick the tread part through the door first and angle it up the stairs, then close it as much as possible while we got the bottom end of the front through, then we had to drop the tread part one step and lift up the bottom of the front to chest height to get the top of the front through. When we finally got the entire thing through the doorway, we had to close it up and shimmy it through the gap to the family room where we could finally roll it to where we wanted it. It was a trying experience. I felt like I'd been in the trenches with those poor guys.

The girls and I went to the library this week, got donuts, and went grocery shopping together. On Monday night for Family Home Evening, we all went to the dollar store to buy supplies for 72 hour kits. I bought backpacks at DI a while back to pack everything in. So tomorrow we will pack our 72 hour kits and try to find a place to store them  in the garage.

An upside-down look at three books I found for sale at the library. I only got the large atlas, but it was $1 and there were two National Geographic maps inside that I can hang on the wall. Yay for deals!

The girls also had swimming lessons all week (including Cecily this time) and their classes on Wednesday.

Waiting for lessons to start. Cecily is in pink at the back of the 2nd row from the right.

Cecily, left

Mira, middle (obviously)

Emilia demonstrating her back float.

Well--they were all supposed to have classes on Wednesday. And I drove to all of them. But we were running late to Cecily's tumbling class, so I ran her in when we got there and left the other two in the car just until Cecily was situated. Her class is upstairs and down a hallway. I get to the hallway and it's dark and all the doors are closed. So I look at my phone to make sure I have the right time, and instead of seeing the time, I see the notification for Mira's dance class. So I think, "Oh crap! I mixed them up. We're supposed to be at Mira's class!" So I run Cecily back out to the car and rush back to Springville. The whole time I'm yelling at the slow drivers and feeling frustrated at the lights, and then we're a couple blocks from Mira's class and I realize I set up notifications on my phone for an hour before classes start. I had it right to begin with! It was Cecily's class we were supposed to be at. So then, I have to call the tumbling place, explain the completely illogical workings of my brain to a twenty-year-old with no kids and try to figure out a make-up day. Which happened to be Thursday. At least Mira was early to her dance class!

Mira is front row, middle in the dark pink shirt and dark pants

It was 98 degrees for Emilia's lesson this week. And there is NO shade.

Since it was so hot that afternoon, and since Steve was going to be at D&D, I decided to get us all Wendy's (kids meals are only $1.99 right now) and take them to the splash pad. I got to read for 2 hours while the girls cooled off. Plus Wendy's Bacon Mozzerella sandwich is heavenly (if you don't mind being completely unhealthy).

Some random pictures of my kids being cute:

And pictures of us going to get pictures taken. When we get the photo shoot pictures back, I'll post 'em. Have a good week!

Quick week prepping for East Canyon

I'm tired tonight. We had a weekend vacation at my parent's/Megan's "cabin" up East Canyon. Lots of fun and early mornings and sunshine.

Cecily, on the way there.

Where we were.

What everybody did most of the time.

Okay, this, too.

Plus, making and eating food.

Everyone was tuckered out on the way home.

Earlier in the week, I taught my summer camp for three days (only 2 hours each day though), ran kids to their activities, and got ready to have a long weekend. I've been writing a lot lately, too. I'm about half-way through my latest book and I hope to finish before the end of July. It's kind of a long shot, but I like having goals that really push me. Wish me luck.

Emilia more *fell* off that platform than jumped, but she was super proud of herself, so I am proud, too.

Mira didn't graduate to the next level, but she loved learning.

This was at our friend Anessa's house. Gosh the girls love going there. Cecily couldn't resist wearing the Storm Trooper hat this time.

Her pose as she talked on the phone to Nana.

Cecily is such a character. She makes me smile every day. This was at the splash pad while Emilia had horseback riding.

Summer is fun and Facebook Funnies

Despite this last week being packed full of activities, it actually wasn't too stressful. It's been a real treat to have all the kids home all the time. Which is not something I thought I would ever say, and I'm proud of myself for progressing as a mother. :)

On Monday and Tuesday, I was supposed to teach a summer camp at the high school where I did creative writing club. Unfortunately, nobody showed up for my "How to Draw" class, so I did all the preparation for nothing. However, I did learn some things that have been fun to practice, so it wasn't a complete waste. It does make me not want to put a lot of effort into preparing my "Get Published" class that is supposed to start tomorrow. Watch a bunch of people show up and catch me completely unprepared.

We started swimming lessons this week. Half an hour every day except for Friday. The girls are loving it, and Cecily is not happy at all that she isn't participating. We signed up the older two girls for two sets of lessons and Cecily for one. So she will get to go starting a week from tomorrow. I think she'll be ecstatic.

Emilia is in the rainbow suit next to the number 4.

Mira is in the middle.

Cecily's "I hate that you're making me sit here while my sisters swim" face.

A broad view of the pool.

We also had lessons again this week, but since Mira's went so badly last week, we skipped this week for her. We started Cecily in tumbling this week and she did very well. The teacher was impressed at what she could already do and how quickly she picked up new things.

I forgot to take pictures at tumbling, but I got some at horseback riding.

If you look close, you can see Emilia on a horse at the far side of the stable.

It was 91 degrees when I took this picture. I was glad to be standing in the shade in flip-flops. Emilia was a trooper, though.

It got hot this week. In the 90s most days. My plants are taking it well, and the girls have been good about still going outside to play with friends. I do see them sitting in the shade a lot of the time though. One day, they were jumping on the neighbor's trampoline and Cecily came in looking like this.

Needless to say, it freaked me out. It's hard to tell in the picture, but the spots that aren't bright red on Cecily's face are paper white. It was all splotchy and hot to the touch. I made her drink a glass of ice water and sit in front of a fan while I questioned my good friend google about whether this was life threatening. According to google, it's pretty normal, but I'll ask the doctor about it the next time I go. The funny part is, every time Cecily goes outside now, she comes in and tells me, "Mommy, I all red. I need drink. With ice."

I put this on Facebook, so sorry to all the Facebook friends, but I want to document it here, too. Emilia decided a few months ago that our cat needed a birthday. She randomly picked a day on the calendar and wrote "Happy Birthday, 😺!" This afternoon, she was near the calendar when I heard her gasp and exclaim, "It's Poofy Kitty's birthday!" She then made decorations, threw a party with the neighborhood kids, and made a birthday cake out of wet cat food and cat treats. (Can you see the cat on the top of the cake?) Best ‪cat‬ birthday ever.

Here's a picture of my garden so far so I can compare it later in the year. Peppers and onions nearest me. Then tomatoes and green beans, zucchini and potatoes, and at the far end, cucumbers and pumpkin. I also planted peas along all of the trellises. I've never had more than a couple peas because I'm too lazy/busy to plant things before mid-May. So I'm trying them near my other plants this year hoping they'll be shaded and happier. Emilia told me today she enjoys working in the garden. I'm glad. Working in the garden was always my favorite kind of yardwork, too, though my dad would have probably told you otherwise at the time. :)

I like to transfer the funny things my kids say to the blog, since most of my readers aren't on Facebook. But I realized today I haven't done it in almost a year! Here's what you've missed if you're not on the Book of Faces. ;)

6/10/16
Listening to Cake by the Ocean by DNCE on the radio.
Mira: Cake by the ocean--not my style. But cake by the park? That's okay

6/9/16
Mira: Can I have apples & peanut butter for lunch?
Me: Sure.
Mira: Thanks. I'll order something else when I'm done.
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I was playing Fruit Ninja on my phone last night while Mira and Emilia watched. I got a high score and Emilia turns to me and says, "You are a splendid mother."

5/28/16
Mira, saying her prayers: Thankful my parents stop being lazy when they don't stay up late.

5/14/16
My kids regularly make me question my sanity.
Cecily, at Home Depot: Mommy! Mommy! Mommy! I want mmmn.
Me: What?
Cecily: Want mmmn.
Me: What's mmmn?
Cecily: Mmmn!
Me: That doesn't tell me what it is.
Cecily, smiling: Yes, it is.

5/7/16
I was gone all day at a writing conference and when I got home, Cecily ran up the stairs shouting, "Mom! You home!" I could hear the TV on and guessed Steve was watching a movie with the girls, so I asked (after squeezes and greetings), "Are you watching something?" Her answer? "Yeah, Wikkins!" Can anyone guess what movie they were watching? It was The Force Awakens.

5/1/16
Highlights from this morning's stuffed animal testimony meeting--
Mira (for small Stormfly): Even though my mother is lost, I know I'll be safe. Because Heavenly Father will watch out for us when our parents aren't here. He loves us and our parents love us even when they're mad at us.
Mira (for Meowth): Even though I have a loud voice, I keep the commandments!

4/29/16
Cecily: Dad! I can't see. I can't see!
Me: What can't you see?
Cecily: My eyes.

4/27/16
Me: Argh. It doesn't fit.
Steve: Just "Argh"? Not "Grr-argh"?
Me: No. I say Argh. And Grr. And Gah. But not together usually. Is that weird?
Steve (ever the good husband): No.
Me: I mean. I say those things out loud. Do other people do that, or is that just me?
Steve: Pirates do.
Me: But not regular non-pirate people?
Steve: No, not really.
Me: Does that mean I'm a pirate?
Steve: All evidence points to the affirmative. (Yes he actually used the word affirmative)
Me: What is "all the evidence"?
Steve: You say Grr and Argh. And you have some nice booty. That's pretty good evidence to me.

4/25/16
Emilia, coming home from the park: Ooh, look! A roly-poly.
Cecily: A WHAT?!
Emilia, pointing and waiting for Cecily to come look: That bug is called a roly poly.
Cecily, all knowing-like: Oh-h-h, a beedo-deedo.

4/12/16
This morning in our family scripture study, we read about the 3 Nephites.
Emilia: Wow! They're so old!
Me: Yup. Thousands of years old.
Mira, matter-of-factly: Not older than Grandpa though.

3/8/16
I know Emilia has a big vocabulary for a seven year old, but sometimes she still surprises me. Saturday, she went to Disney on Ice featuring the movie Frozen, and yesterday she was talking to us about it.
Grandma: The sets were amazing. And the costumes were great, too.
Emilia: Elsa's dress was too short though. It didn't mimic the original like I thought it should.

3/8/16
A story by Mira:
There was this girl name Lulu Lopsie and her best friend's name was Falufala Poo. And her last name was Pancake. They boing boing boinged into space and Lulu said, "Eww. Stars are weird." And she made fun of her whole world. Her friend said, "No! There's a black hole." Then they had a sleepover and put their faces on top of their sisters' pillows and the tree sabotaged them.
The funny ending to this story:
Emilia: Do you know what 'sabotaged' means, Mira?
Mira: Yeah, it's where they rub all over your back.

2/16/16
Cecily steals a phone and lays on the bed.
Steve: That's my spot.
Cecily: Where mine??
Steve: I don't know, but that's mine.
Cecily hops up: That yours.
Steve: Aww. You're giving me my spot back? That's so nice.
Cecily gets back on the bed: I steal spot. *giggles*

2/2/16
Playtime with the bucket o' monsters...
Cecily: What dat?
Steve: A bugbear.
Cecily (giggling) That a funny name. (Picking up a 'treachery demon' [I had to ask]) It Bowser!
Mira: *hums Star Wars opening titles music*
We are well-rounded nerds.

I must really have felt out-of-control yesterday because last night I had a vivid dream in which the four extra adults living in my house* ate all the brownies I made last night--which were made to bring with dinner to a neighbor tonight--then laughed at me for being a curmudgeon. Also, Steve took out an entire tub of ice cream and let it melt all over the table. When I confronted him about it, all he did was shrug and say, "Sorry. I didn't realize I left it out."
*there are no extra adults living in my house

1/31/16
Overheard conversation--
Emilia: This is indestructible!
Mira (whacking it with something): I cut it in half!
Emilia (in a condescending tone): No-o-o. Indestructible means it can't be destroyed or broken.
Mira: This is my lightsaber. It's indeglowable! That means its light can't be shut off.

1/28/16
Mira: Is this my right hand?
Emilia: Yup. Good job, Mira.
Mira: I eat my cereal with it.
Emilia: People write with it, too.
Me: Not everyone though. Some people write with their left hands.
Mira (whispering): What if people could write with their teddy bears?

1/21/16
Mira saying dinner prayer last night: Please bless the pizza to health us so we don't die.

1/5/16
A conversation with Mira:
Mira: She said Mac and Cheese floating on the sea.
Me: Who said that?
Mira: The girl in my story. (She points at the American History book she was pretending to read). Doretha. It was her tease.
Me: Her tease?
Mira: Mmm-hmm. Doretha said "Mac and Cheese floating on the sea." To the pirates.
Me: She said it to pirates? Why was she with pirates?
Mira: Because she dressed up as a shepherd.
Me: Shepherds are usually in fields. With sheep.
Mira: She tried to dress up a mouse as a sheep. (giggles) Then the pirates tried to do a tease. They said, "An octopus sails a pirate ship." But they weren't funny. Doretha told them they weren't funny, and they were like, "Yeah, that wasn't funny. You win."
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A conversation with Cecily:
I'm trying to change her diaper and she reaches up and grabs my necklace, which is shaped like an arrow, pulling me down.
Cecily: I get a edabader.
Me: You got the elevator? Is that what you called it? An elevator?
Cecily grins up at me and nods, still holding me down.
Me: I think they're called arrows.
Cecily (narrowing her eyes): No! Edabader.
Me (sighing): Good job getting the elevator.

1/3/16
Emilia made up a 'marry ceremony' after church today. These are the instructions I overheard her telling Mira:
"First you look into their eyes. Then, you make your noses touch. Then, when they're not looking, you tickle them."
I think all weddings should follow these instructions, don't you?

12/26/15
Steve and I went down the street to shovel the sidewalk of a neighbor's. When we got back, Steve yelled, "We're home!" The first response was from Cecily. Little feet running and the word, "Sorry!"

12/17/15
Stepping out of the car at Walmart...
Mira: Ew! What's that smell?
Emilia: It smells like gas.
Me: Yep. It's cars. Gas and exhaust and air pollution at its best.
Stepping out of Walmart to get back into the car...
Mira: Ew! Now what's that smell?
Emilia: Cow dung.
Mira: It's cow poop! Or horse poop. Or another large animal. Their poop all smells like that

12/13/15
Emilia: My brain eats books. And math. My brain eats books and math. He's like, "Mmm, these are super yummy."
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Emilia (singing in a robotic voice): A negative, B negative, C negative, D negative, E negative, F negative...
Me: What's that?
Emilia: The alphabet in negative. I made it up!

12/6/15
Emilia:(singing) *tooting around the Christmas tree...*
Mira: No, there are flowers around the Christmas tree.
Emilia: Were they tooting around the Christmas tree?
Mira: (giggle, giggle) That's ridicleous. (giggle, giggle) They rode a reindeer.

12/4/15
Mira: I'm really smart, huh, mom?
Me: Of course!
Steve: Everybody in our family is smart. But being smart isn't the most important thing. Do you know what the most important thing is?
Mira: Chores!!
(Told you she was smart.)
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Emilia (five minutes after going to bed): Mom, I can't sleep because I have a headache.
Me: You said you had a stomach ache last night and you were just fine. Go back to bed and go to sleep.
Emilia leaves and comes back right away: The problem is, that telling me to just go to sleep doesn't help. Telling me to go to sleep isn't helping my cause.
(I don't even want to imagine how this is going to play out when she's a teenager. *sigh*)

1/1/15
Cecily's version of Jingle Bells: "Tinkerbell Tinkerbell la la all the way, yeah! Batman smells hmm la la all the way, yeah!"

11/1/15
Me: What do you want to watch, Cecily?
Cecily: Dragons.
Me: Do you want to watch the movie or the ones on the disk?
Cecily: Dragon stick.
Me: Oh. Do you mean Race to the Edge? (Also a HHTYDragon show)
Cecily: No.
Me: Okay, so the movie?
Cecily: No. Dragon stick.
Me: Oh! You mean the dragon disk?
Cecily (nodding): Dragon stick.
Mira and Emilia commence telling her that it's "disk" not "stick" and Mira says repeatedly, "Can you say disk?" to which Cecily replies, "Stick."
Me: Let's try this: Cecily say "d" "isk."
Cecily: "d" "stick"!

Steve goes in to get Cecily out of her crib.
Steve: You took your clothes off! Why did you do that?
Cecily: Don't know!

10/5/15
Some things to know before you read this overheard conversation--Cecily often just repeats whatever the person she is with says. Like if I say, "Say thank you." She will say, "Say thank you!" Also, Mira is a quick thinker.
Cecily, upon finding Mira: Hi, Momma!
Mira: I'm Mira.
Cecily: I Mira.
Mira: No. I'm Mira!
Cecily: No, I Mira!
Mira (with the thinking): I'm Cecily!
Cecily: I Mommy!
Mira: Ergh...
Cecily: I Daddy!

9/29/15
I was picking tomatoes in the garden today when Mira and her friend came and asked me to do something for them in the back yard. It was easier to climb up the retaining wall than pick my way through the garden, so that's what I did. Following behind me, I hear Mira say proudly to her friend, "My mom's tough." Later, when she needed my help again, she told her friend, "My mom's awesome. But my dad is awesomer. He's taller than my mom."

9/19/15
I went in to tell Emilia it was time to stop reading and go to sleep. She astounds me sometimes.
Emilia: Mom, I've been thinking. When I read a book, I have all the stuff I read at the front of my mind. But then I want to read another book, and that other stuff has to move to the back of my mind to make room for the new book. And then I read another book and that other stuff has to move to the bottom of my mind, and the second stuff moves to the back, and the new stuff goes in front.
Me: Does that bother you?
Emilia: No. It's just that my mind sort of has traffic, too. That's why I have a hard time falling asleep. All that traffic in there going around.

9/16/15
A conversation with Mira.
Me: That is Not a Good Idea is in my church bag. Go get it.
Mira: What's not a good idea?
Me: The book. It's in my church bag.
Mira: What's in your church bag?
Me: That is Not a Good Idea. That's the name of the book. It's in my church bag.
Mira: Church bag is the name of a book?
Me: *sigh*

9/13/15
We're at regional conference today and half-way through the second hour, Emilia and Cecily are going crazy. They have sat still for far too long. So I tell Emilia to take Cecily out in the hall and walk around for a while. Emilia excitedly complies, but a minute later, she's back. Before I can ask why, she flings a diaper at me. "Mom, Cecily's diaper fell off." Ahahaha! The people behind us were laughing as hard as I was.

9/5/15
My kids went with the rest of the family to the pool while I stayed with the napping little ones. When they got back, I asked how it was.
Mira: There was a kid's pool.
Emilia: Yeah and a splash pad. But we didn't get in the big pool because it was cold.
Mira: (echoing Emilia) c-o-o-o-l-d. It was as cold as the sun is hot.
Wow. That's pretty cold.

8/31/15
I detailed my car today. Washed, waxed and polished inside and out, vacuumed, scrubbed the melted sucker out of the cup-holder, and managed to run the battery down by listening to the radio without the engine running. I had to scramble to find someone to pick up Emilia. One step forward, one step back. *sigh*

8/30/15
I've decided that Cecily is basically Pinkie Pie (except in human, toddler form). Her basic mode of perambulation is hopping, she is constantly excited about life, and she can shovel in sweets of any kind without chewing.

8/29/15
After we arrived home from the beach, Steve took Cecily in to shower her off. Apparently, he got in first to rinse off his feet.
Cecily: Daddy, you doin'?
Steve: Washing my feet. Because they're dirty. Dirty as sin!
Cecily: Yeah. Exacwy!

8/16/15
From Mira's primary teacher today:
Some older people came into Sharing Time and were sharing stories of Jesus as if they were actually there.
Mira turned to me and said, "Fat people are weird."
I said, "What do you mean?"
She said "Well, look at them! They are all fat!"
I said, "Do you mean old?"
She said, "Yeah! I get those words confused all the time!"
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Today I held up a picture of two kids fighting and asked what they were doing.
Mira said: Fighting
I said: Good, and how do you think they feel?
And she said: Vexed!
At the end of class she likes to re teach my lessons, so she held up the same picture and asked, "What are these kids doing?"
I said: Fighting
She said: How do they feel?
I said: Vexed
She puts the picture down and says, "You cant just say the same things I said!"

8/12/15
When Cecily thinks something is scrumptious, she always says, "Mmm! Dish-iss!" (Which is super adorable, BTW.) Tonight, she picked out paint samples at Home Depot and as she looked through her choices, told me, "Mmm! Colors dish-iss! Nom, nom, nom." Totally an ‪‎artist at heart‬.

7/26/15
Mira was the only child in her primary class today. After the teachers finished their lesson, Mira decided to teach. I asked her what she taught about and she told me, "The old lady who saved the baby from being flushed." That's a funny thing to teach about, I thought. But after asking the teachers about it, I found out she had found this picture and pointing to the Pharoah's daughter said, "The old ladies are trying to save the baby from being flushed in to the ocean." Such an imagination! And not too far off, really. Except maybe the "old lady" part.

Charmed Life

Last week, I told you about my plan to institute chores over the summer and on Monday, I introduced it. Here was the plan: In order for them to be able to watch TV each day, they had to earn the privilege. This is the sheet with the rules.

Then, online, I found some sheets with pictures of chores on them (so Mira could pick her 1 chore for the day without help). I hung this page and the chore pictures on the magnet board in their room. They also each get $0.50 each day they earn screen time during the week, so $2.50 a week if they earn screen time every day, M-F.

It's been going spectacularly. They've been complaining less, watching less television, and doing chores. This is big, people. My kids helped out with almost nothing around the house. And this week alone, they watered plants, weeded the garden, unloaded and loaded the dishwasher, fed the cat, took out the trash, and washed the windows. And that's on top of making their beds every day, doing acts of service, and cleaning up their toys every day.

I'm still skeptical this will last without major arguments, but man, this week, it was like living a charmed life!

Mira and Emilia also started their classes this week. Emilia's went beautifully. She got to ride a horse and learned about how to safely approach and walk around the back of a horse. I think it will go well. Mira's, on the other hand, went about as well as a commuter train derailing and killing all the passengers. They hadn't even got past warm-ups before she was a sobbing mess. She wouldn't move except to get out of people's way. She wouldn't even try to do the things she was being shown. She just sobbed and said, "I can't do this! I'm terrible at hip-hop!" over and over again. I tried to be understanding. I totally get not wanting to look stupid or incompetent in front of a bunch of people. I understand that she was psyched about this class and thought she was going to be awesome right off the bat. So when she couldn't even follow the warm-up routine, she was crushed. But it bugged me that she wouldn't even try. Luckily for all of us, the owner of the studio was there and observed the class. Since it was supposed to be for 5-8 year olds, Mira was probably the youngest kid there. The owner decided to split the class into younger and older groups starting next week. I hope it will go much better this time. *sigh*

Cecily slept in one day until almost 10 am, so I was able to get a non-dark sleeping picture of her. Love when she's still almost as much as I love her energy.

On Monday, we went up to my parents' house to celebrate Memorial Day and the May birthdays, Cecily and Ford. My parents gave her a new "beep beep" zebra and some additional tracks. Her birthday present from us arrived during the week, too, so we saved it to give to her on Monday. It was a figurine from Star Wars Rebels, and two Look and Find books: Doc McStuffins, and Mickey Mouse Club. She was super excited about all of it.

On Tuesday, she got all of her Go-Go Smartwheels out (she calls them beep-beeps) and played with them for the rest of the week, so it was a great gift for me, too. Thanks Mom and Dad!

I love Mira's hair in this picture. She is the only one of our kids that will fall asleep in the car.

Wednesday is the day that ALL of the girls classes are. It was a crazy day and I took no pictures of anything. On Thursday, the girls let me sleep in and I rewarded them by taking them to the splashpad.

Emilia wanted to try on my headphones and then giggled and said she looked like a DJ. I can't disagree. :)

We also went to play tennis with the girls on Friday night. We've been taking them once a week and they all love it, even Cecily, since Steve helps her swing the racket and therefore, she's even better than her sisters. :) After the girls were in bed, Steve and I had our weekly date and watched The Imitation Game. It was really well done, and the story was amazing and disturbing at the same time.

I put Cecily's hair in pigtails today, and she looked so cute, I couldn't help but take some pictures. Since I took my phone out, though, Cecily thought she needed to play on it. She wasn't happy when I told her no.

Happy Sunday everybody!