Shopping carts, water colors, and Zelda – oh, my!

Today started off with Cambria giving Zelda a ride in the shopping cart! 

 

After that, we decided to do a craft.  I bought a bunch of coffee filters to use in our crafting, and I gave Bri a couple and let her paint away. 

I was completely floored when I walked by a few minutes later and saw what she’d painted!  I didn’t think she’d done it on purpose, so I didn’t ask her about it because I didn’t want to influence her creativity.  When she was done, she excitedly came and found me and said, “Look, Mommy!  I painted the Earth!”  Um, why yes, you certainly did!

Is anyone else as amazed by that as I am?!  Insane! 

Zelda stayed put in the shopping cart for most of the painting, and then she decided to curl up on the rug instead.    As annoying as these cats are, they sure are cute.

Happy cats

We aren’t the only ones glad to be home. Our cats have made it undeniably clear that they are loving being back home as well.

Isis and Zelda

I was cleaning up from dinner tonight and saw what I thought was a really cute photo op!   They just looked so sweet sitting there on the windowsill together. 

Wordless Wednesday

Our week with Nana!

First of all, let me give you a quick update on me. I'm still feeling extremely exhausted, no matter how many hours I sleep. But I'm able to do a lot more than I have been able to do. My body still lets me know when I overdo it, and I'm not able to do nearly as much as I'd like to be able to. For example, we were grocery shopping on Saturday, and Bri wanted me to hold her. So I picked her up, and I hadn't even walked 10 steps in the store before I couldn't breathe. :( So there's definitely still some blockage. But things like vacuuming, carrying the laundry to/from the laundry room, etc are all things I can finally do again. I'm definitely making progress and can't wait to feel 100% normal again!

On to the post!

I love my Mommy. She has been so concerned for me since I went into the hospital and couldn't take it any more. So she booked a ticket and came down to spend a week helping me. I loved every minute of having her here and didn't want her to leave! She and the kids had a total blast playing, and I was feeling good enough a couple of days that we were able to do a few fun things, too. I also thoroughly enjoyed having her here to cook for me! Nothing like Mom's cooking!

We started the week off with a Wii bowling tournament! I don't think my mom has ever played a video game in her life, but here she is, kicking our butts! :)

They spent hours upon hours in the pool! It's been in the high 70's/low 80's for the past few days. Just perfect, beautiful weather! We've had our a/c totally off and the windows open for about 3-4 days now, and the cool breeze is just delicious. Yes, yes, I'm totally trying to rub it in! Is it working? ;)

Nana made the kids an awesome pancake breakfast one morning!
Kyrie got a crown, Bri got a ring and Asher got The Incredible Hulk!
(I accidentally deleted the pictures of the girls' pancakes, darn it!)


The cats spent the whole week outside, wanting to be in on the fun.
Little Zelda got stuck on top of the ladder! It was hilarious.


We went to the park in our neighborhood.

And the most fun thing was both Mom and I got hair cuts! Anyone who knows my mom knows she's had the same poofy hair for something like 25 years. Her cut is so dramatic and adorable!

Here's mine. I decided I was really sick of the length I had. And despite Derk's begging for me not to cut it, I did it anyway. And I'm so glad I did! He thinks it's too short but admits it looks good. I think I should get a pixie cut to show him what short really is! ;)

Thanks so much for coming, Mom!
We love you so much and had the best week!!