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‘Round Here

Yesterday we were driving in the car and Maggie noticed a school bus out the window and freaked out yelling “Bus, Bus!!!!” while pointing at it. I think she had thought that her very own little bus at home had come to life and found us on the road. After that, she kept pointing out the trucks and cars and telling me that she was ‘yooking’ for another bus.

Mags was showered with valentines from Barry’s mom, Sue, the Merk boys and my grandparents and I can officially say that she now knows how to open a present on her own, so there will be no need to practice before her birthday this year. (Thanks for the gifts, guys! Our little sweetheart loves them all!)

This past weekend I hosted our annual Cousins Dinner and set up a craft station for everybody to make their own crown; because who doesn’t love to wear a crown and eat, right? Anyhow Maggie has absolutely fallen in love with putting stickers on herself and anyone in a 10ft radius. The other night Barry had stickers inside his ears, which I thought was very clever placement.

We’ve also got our coffee table covered in butcher paper and Maggie has spent quite a bit of time drawing and coloring away.The other night, if I could just brag for a moment, she accidentally scribbled an “M” and then noticed it and pointed it out to Barry and I, who were sitting with her. She did it a few times, but then started scribbling and claiming the scribbles were other letters, so the Miracle Moment was short lived. But still. She made her first “M” and I’m proud.

Today we’re going swimming with our A-Town crew at the new pool by our house. It should be interesting, but hopefully we’ll all have a good time and it can become more of a regular thing.

Eeek. Mags is shouting for me from the other room, so I better wrap this up.

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Weekend…

This whole weekend was an absolute pile of goodness. I love weekends like this and we’ve been pretty low key for a few weeks, so having a jam-packed weekend seemed to feel just right. On Friday Maggie and I met up with Cole and Caroline to see what the newly remodeled aquatics center was like. It did not disappoint. It was AWESOME and we’ll go back again for sure. Maggie has been in the water quite a bit, but this was the first time that I felt like she was really pumped up about it, it was if she’d turned into a fish.

Saturday we met up with Krista and Lance and had brunch at their house, which for some reason I’ve held onto the wrong address and it took us a while to get there. All in all, it was fun to let the kids play and the adults talk. At one point Krista and I were upstairs with the kids while Lance and Barry stayed downstairs talking. Krista and I are so similar in our loudness and the dudes are way more laid back. We were shrieking, laughing and being not quiet while we played with Will & Mags.

The men, on the other hand, had a quiet calm conversation that we couldn’t hear from the top of the stairs. It was a serious conversation and they both took turns talking, never interrupting one other. So unlike Krista and myself. Girls will be girls. Can that be the excuse.

After we left the Hoffman household, we headed over to Brian and Darcy’s for the evening. I may or may not have eaten too many pieces of shrimp and sipped a bit too much wine while at their house. Sometimes that happens when we’re all together…the shrimp and wine combo is killer.  So much fun though.

We didn’t watch the Super Bowl today, instead we went to the beach. (The above photos are from last week and our attempt at a self-timer portrait…photos from this weekend to come). We thought we were clever by going to the beach, but every other little family that didn’t want to watch the Super Bowl was there too. It was still fun.

And now.

We’re about to enjoy a delicious dessert to cap off our weekend. Pictures to come from the photo challenge, etc.

Ta to the Ta!