Life is Never Boring

My baby #2 is officially a 1st Grader

A pleasant surprise, my dad was able to come with my mom and Lele to the graduation. He works so much that he is rarely able to come to things like this. Aidan was hilarious (well she was herself, which is hilarious). She danced and waved vigorously at us the entire ceremony. They started by marching in to a song the name of which escapes me. Then they did the pledge and sang the national anthem. They each said a line, in between each classes lines they sang three more songs. Then the principal Dr. B said a few words, she even wore her doctoral robes, it was so formal. Then they called each child's name and had them pose like the photo above. It was all very cute and cheesy. Afterwards we had a reception on the front lawn, which I remember just before we left that each family was to bring refreshments. We swung by the commissary on the way to the school, so it all worked out.

Tomorrow (Friday) is another fun filled busy day. As I type Kale and I are sitting in folding lawn chairs in our living room. Jason came over earlier to move the couch and chair in the garage in preparation for the new sectional tomorrow. We are very trashy tonight. Jason and Rosy wanted us to pose or a pic so they could post it on our family site. I, of course, refused. They think they are very funny.

Last day of school and my children are wearing outfits Grammie (mil) made them. I? Hate them. Kale? Hates them. The girls? Love them, well of course Grammie made them for them. This time she didn't tell me she was making them until after she had already picked out the pattern and the fabric. I hate the pattern and the fabric is something I would never have picked. But I didn't say anything and they will wear them anyways, even though Kale told me to pretend they were lost in the mail. I will post pics next Wednesday.

Aidan has an eye appointment tomorrow, not a moment too soon. Her glasses were mangled a couple of weeks ago, I fixed them well enough to get her by until the new ones come in. She was rolling down the hill in my parents backyard and slammed her face into the concrete foundation of the house. It gave her a black eye and a pretty good cut, luckily not bad enough to require stitches. The glasses were bent and twisted. They fall down on her nose quite a bit still, some of the paint chipped off, but I fixed them good enough.

Mom, Lele, and I are going to see Sex and the City tomorrow. I was a big fan of the show. I only kept HBO so I could watch it, cancelled it when the show went off the air. That will be fun, I hope. We had to change Worlds of Fun to Sunday. It might rain on Saturday and my mom said Sunday is better for her. Since she's giving up her day to watch all FIVE of her grandchildren, I will not argue with her. Green says it's better for him too, then he can go to his Model UN meeting/dinner thing on Saturday. Plus my aunt said if we go Sunday she and my cousin will join us, she is a ton of fun.

With Kale's departure eminent, we have decided to have his going away family dinner on Wednesday. Only problem is Rosy can't come, she is starting college next week. He picked Famous Dave's to my mother's joy, she loves that place. Everyone but Rosy and Jason love it, they don't like a lot of our favorite places I think they like to be difficult. It will still be tough getting a table, it always is for a family with anywhere from 11 to 15 people eating together. But it's worth it, we enjoy being with each other. I think we look like a freak show when we go out. People ask us "What's the occasion?" we are always puzzled and say "Dinner".

I guess I have rambled for long enough. Hope you have a great weekend, I know we are! :)