It’s been a bit of a long week. I, for one, am very happy that Friday is finally here.

Meanwhile, our crazy weather has my poor children confused.

If I just wear my boots and a little sweater over my sundress that should be ok, right?

And this getup is perfectly acceptable for a donut run with Daddy on the weekends, right?

My hat will keep my toes warm…

(Yep, she went out this way. Fashion, smashion.)

But let’s take a closer look at that cutie hat, shall we?

I got each of the girls one of these hats at the Silent Auction for Em’s school last weekend. I love them. A mom at our school makes those and I’ve wanted to get one for them for awhile now. Although they kinda make the girls look all hip and OLD.

Speaking of looking so much older, I’ve been trying to braid Em’s hair all the time for school. I used to think it made her look a little more like my little girl.

I don’t know, though. I’m not sure it is working so well any more.

Although, it could just be that I only see the top of her head lately because her nose is constantly in a book.

Yes, I did buy her a dictionary for her birthday. I was so tired of, “Mama, How do you spell…?” I was totally unprepared however with how much she would love the dictionary. She has carried it back and forth to school all week. The first word she looked up in it was – dismissal. For her journal entry. My sweet, little nerd.

Ad’s friend EJ has been staying with us this week, which has led to a very interesting shift in the house dynamics. EJ has two younger, wilder brothers. She is used to being around boys. And being the boss. Our Addie is used to being bossed around, but I think she is kinda not so enamored with her BFF right now. And she is clearly not thrilled that EJ and Emma Grace have been inseparable, as well. EJ thinks Emma Grace molded, colored and hung the moon.

So Addie has become even more of a Mommy’s shadow.

“You need me to help, Mama? I can do it for you!”

It hasn’t hurt Em and Ad’s relationship, though. Never fear, they are still “tight.”

While we are on the subject of “helping each other out,” I alluded a few weeks ago to J. and I joining a co-ed, adult soccer league. I was talked into it because they needed more girls, so I said yes. And then I talked J. into doing it with me, because it “will be something fun for us to do together.” Right? Yes. Remember neither of us have every actually played soccer.

Hmmm…well, the first week was r-o-u-g-h. Ouch. It is way harder than it looks. And I am in decent shape, but…OUCH! And J. was convinced that he was only on the field for comic relief. But last week? It was so much better. And we kinda looked like we knew what we were doing. And J. really looked good. So now we are not dreading our soccer Sunday afternoons, and it really is “something fun for us to do together.”

So we are running off to our weekend fun. Hope you are too…