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Here’s one more Elle everyday post . . . I found this pic on my laptop. Apparently I edited it on there while my desktop was out of commission. I’m still hoping to put all of these images together in a book. Maybe I’ll start working on that today since we are home from school AGAIN- not that I’m complaining! However, I will be complaing when we have to make days up :(.
I’m happy to report that the boys are fever free today, so that meant that they were able to enjoy the snow! We had a fun day. It looks like we will have a 90 minute delay tomorrow- what a great week :).
The boys and I all had a snow day today, however we already knew that we wouldn’t be going to school becuase last night all three boys had fevers. Isaac had the “high score” (as the boys said) with a fever of 103.2. Luckily no one has beaten that “score”. In fact, all three are in pretty good spirits today- the fevers are down a bit, but they are all still pretty lathargic. So we hunkered down in the basement with our pj’s on and watched a movie together- even Elle who hung out in the bean bag.
Joe has been on an insane Lego kick. For those of you who have boys who love putting together those massive Lego sets only to dismantle them hours later, know how impossible it is to actually find all the pieces again and re-assemble them. Well, Joe is prepared to prove you wrong. Over the past week Joe has organized all the Legos by color, downloaded the instructions for the many Stars Wars Lego ships we own and begun the daunting task of re-assembling them. Amazingly, he has re-built two of the big ships with only a handful of pieces missing (which he has ordered online). I have never met a person with such perserverance (or maybe we should call it obsessive-compulsion). At any rate, the boys are beyond thrilled to have these ships back in tact. They are also taking great care to keep them that way :).
The truth is, I had this announcement designed and ready to go weeks before Elle’s birth, however it said “Quinn James” and looked much less “girly”. I re-designed the announcement while I was home on maternity leave, but never actually got around to printing and sending them. So, I’ve given up on actually sending her announcements. I ordered one for her baby book and I’m just posting this as my *official* announcement (seven weeks after her actual birth).
So many people have given Elle such wonderful and thoughtful gifts. I wanted to share two handmade gifts she received. Elle’s sweater was hand knitted by Mrs. Alexander, the mother of Paul Alexander who is a Math teacher at SJHS. It is so soft and adorable! The quilt Elle is laying on was made by Julie’s mom (my photg friend from Plain City). It’s made from chenille, fleece and cute kitty flannel. I can totally see Elle taking this little blankie with her everywhere. Thanks SO much to these two ladies for taking the time to make such special gifts!
Friday night was the annual Pinewood Derby at St. Vincent. I wasn’t sure we were going to make it in time. We were literally watching and waiting for the paint to dry on the boys cars. Once we arrived, the boys weighed in and both cars were over the weight limit. Thankfully Mr. Kastner (Truitt’s friend Sam’s dad) helped to drill holes into the cars and remove weights so that the cars qualified to race. Truitt’s hammerhead shark car placed first in the first race, second place in the second and finally third place in his last race. Isaac’s Lego car took second place in his first three races. Neither of the boys made it to the finals, but that’s o.k.- they had a blast rooting for their friends. It was such a hectic evening I totally forgot to get a photo of the boys with their cars. I’ll try to do that sometime today and add the images to this post. All in all it was a fun evening, I know the boys will have great memories of this.
This is Elle at precisely six weeks old. I’m still playing “catch up” with Elle’s photos. I’m happy to report that both my laptop and my desktop computers are finally working. I have a few more days to post of Elle Everyday, but of course I will continue snapping pics of all my kids.
It’s my sister’s BIRTHDAY today! She sent me this pic of her desk all wrapped up by her co-workers in Chicago. They even wrapped her chair. You may remember when Jim did this to Dwight on The Office . . . check it out for a good laugh (I crack up everytime I see it). Have a great day B!!!
Well, Elle can’t be happy everyday :).
I should add that Elle wasn’t crying all day, just for her photo shoot. She has quite a set of lungs. Owen usually puts his hands over his ears and says, “The baby needs heeeeeelp!”.
My laptop is finally back in business, but I have no idea what the color is going to look like on this image as I rarely edit photos on it. My desktop is STILL out of commission . . . ugh! So, Elle Everyday will be back in spurts and most likely the days will be totally out of order. It’s actually a pretty telling of how life is around here lately! Today Elle is officially six weeks old- I can’t believe it! I head back to school on Tuesday (since tomorrow is MLK Day). It will be a bittersweet day. I will miss being with Elle so very much, but I feel fortunate that I love my job, my co-workers and my students(well, most of them). It makes heading back to work much more bearable.
