Words With Friends

I finally got talked into playing Words With Friends, and while my vote's still out on whether I even like the game or not, I can lay claim to a couple of good moves:

108 points! It was fantastic! *grin*


And this little beauty for 45 points...

Buddies

Connor has been asking and asking when he's EVER going to see his buddy, Cody, again, and we finally were able to get together with them to help celebrate his birthday!


Normally we see Cody on a pretty regular basis, but the last month or so has been really crazy between appointments and illnesses, and everything else, so definitely a lot of time had passed. It was wonderful seeing our friends (works out nicely Cody's mommy and I are good "buddies" as well!); as you can see, Connor and Cody were pretty happy to see each other!

Girl's Morning Out!

Emily and I had time to kill before her free consultation appointment with her new orthodontist (with her teacher's permission, we skipped the hour and twenty minutes of school she would have attended before needing to be picked up for her appointment), so I took her for her very first pedicure!




Cell phone picture doesn't show off the colors very well, which I only just now realized! Em's toes are DAY-GLOW pink, with pretty white flowers on her big toes.


We had enough time to drive through for treats (White chocolate irish cream mocha for me, cupcake steamer for Emily) at our favorite coffee shop before arriving at her appointment.

BTW, no braces just yet, but we go back in 8 months to check on her teeth...

Friendly Student Award

Connor received the "Friendly" student of the month award at his school this week! Each month there is a new theme, and one student from each class is chosen. I'm very proud of my friendly little guy!

Piano Recital

Emily had her very first piano recital a week and a half ago. She really enjoyed the whole experience, and plans to perform this same piece in the talent show at her elementary school later in the year.



It was so fun watching her perform, and although she was REALLY nervous about playing in front of so many people, she did a wonderful job!

Headbanz

My mother-in-law bought a new game called Headbanz, and the kids had a BLAST playing it! Some of the words were a little above my kids' level (especially Connor), but we just dug through and made sure they got ones they would decently be able to guess. I heard there is a kid version of the game, but we figured we could easily just make our own "kid" cards to go with the existing game!

(I realize Connor looks like he's naked, but I promise, he's got pants on! LOL)

In a nutshell, you have a word on your head, which everyone else can see, and you have to ask questions to try to guess the word. It might be a food item, a vacation destination, an animal, a movie star, etc.

Going down an inappropriate road, my FIL got the word "beaver", and the first question he asked was, "Am I edible?" (keep in mind, he didn't know what the word on his head was). After the rest of us adults in the room laughed, his next question was, "Am I a destination?" Maybe you had to be there, but it was pretty funny!!!

I can see us all playing this game again, for sure!

HATS!! (and more hats!)

I made Eva an owl hat as part of her birthday present (can you believe she's two??)


I purposely made it a little big since winter is basically over for this year; that way it'll for sure fit nicely for next fall/winter.


Alisa found a hat online that looked like hair, with some cute flowers clustered on one side, and asked if I could do something similar. Turned out pretty cute!


She also asked if I could make Eva's cousin, Bella, an owl hat as well.


I attended a baby shower over the weekend for my friends, Kristina and Jess, and their newly adopted son, Mikey. Couldn't resist making him a monkey hat, similar to the one Connor has!