happy birthday charlotte claire

Today she is four years old....how can that possibly be? I got some ice cream yesterday, and she has already asked me twice when I am going to make the cake. She wants spaghetti for dinner, which is funny because that is my old stand-by, my ace-in-the-hole dinner. For some reason we haven't had it in weeks. So tonight, in honor of the sweetie-pie, we are having spaghetti. I even have a bag of frozen meatballs, so it will be easy...oh, I bought fresh burger yesterday, so I will make homemade....I am going to be busy today!

Evelyn Joy didn't go to school today. She said she is doing all review and it is boring. I never actually gave her permission to stay home, she just didn't get up and get moving, and the next thing I knew, I was getting the other kids out the door, and there she was, on the couch. hmm. She gets excellent grades though, and is only in the fourth grade. A day home with mom won't hurt her. She is mature enough to take a few little girls outside while their mommy decorates a cake, too.

When I got home from the store yesterday, I put the rest of the dozen donuts I had bought into the back of the van. Then this morning when I finished walking Rosie, I stopped by the van and got them out....the kids were pretty happy when I brought them in for breakfast. Such a healthy breakfast, with milk, ha. But like everything else, when it is done only occasionally, it is okay. And they DID have milk. 1% milk. When I grew up, we always drank whole milk, and there were hardly any fat kids. I wonder if it is just working mothers and video games and television and computers, thus inactivity. Drive through any neighborhood at 4 in the afternoon, and you will be lucky to see one or two kids on their bikes, or maybe playing basketball. When I was little, all the kids in the neighborhood were outside after school. We played big games of jumprope and kickball, and hide-n-seek around the whole block. Sometimes we turned on the tv, but my mother usually made us go outside unless it was pouring out or we were sick.

Oh joy, I just got the dreaded call from my mother-in-law...she is coming over in half an hour. Do not get me wrong, I love her very much. And I knew she was back in town for the summer, but mercy on me, the house is a mess!! I was literally gone all day yesterday....rrr. Camille is still sleeping, my hair is a mess, the dog stinks, Charlotte Claire is still in her jammies with her pull up on, and the clothes monster is back on the couch!!!.. Where do I start???