Rachel's Art Show

Rachel's daycare which she affectionately calls "Friends" put on an art show last night. Even though I'm a little under the weather, nothing was going to stop me from going. It was 100 degrees in there, or maybe that was just me.

Rachel was super pumped. She said "We always do Livie things, but this is all Rachel Totten Claire." (oh yeah she always says her name that way. I have corrected her countless times, so now I just go with it.)

She's right, she goes to a lot of Liv's things. So I can understand being excited about her own art show. She was even more excited that both sets of her grandparents came to support her.




They put a blob of paint on the paper & wrapped a piece of tissue paper around a glass then twisted it.



"Free Draw" -- Rachel's elbow is right by hers. It's our house if you can't tell. I'm surprised it wasn't just a page of purple paint since that is her favorite. She told me "Lili had the purples" quite sternly.



Van Gogh has nothing on my little artist. The kids were given the project of making their own "Starry Night" picture. I think she nailed it!



This is a self portrait. I think it's great. She's got her blue eyes. But I think it looks a lot like one of the pacman ghosts.




Here is her penguin. So stinking cute!




And her pink flamingo. She was really excited about this one. Flamingoes are Aunt Sarah's favorite so she wants to show her. So here you go Aunt Sarah.



A chalk drawing. She told me what it is, but I don't remember.



This is a stained glass window. Can we tell purple is her favorite color?!



She did one of these ears of corn. She was super excited to show Daddy this one. She said "It's corn just like your corn Daddy, but don't combine it!"




Rachel, we are so proud of you. Your art show was a great time & we are so glad we went!

She woke up this morning & first thing while she was still in bed asked me "Was my art show awesome, or what? You're still proud of me, right?" Adorable.


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Why Didn't I win the Mega Millions?! & Andrew's Birthday

Days like yesterday make it extremely difficult to come to work today. Why oh why didn't I win the mega millions so I could call in "quit" today. Alas, I did not win so here I sit. At least I am in good company. We pooled money here at work & bought tickets, so that means Laura didn't win either.

Oh the things I would do with 1/9 of the winnings. For starters, call in "quit". Other than that, just sit back & enjoy the spoils of getting like $19 million a year for the rest of my life. A girl can dream...

Yesterday, we celebrated Andrew's 5th birthday.

I still cannot believe he is 5. That means Rachel will be 5 later this year, & that doesn't seem possible.

We had the most gorgeous weather! 85 & sunny!

Here is Rachel with her besties - Avery & Andrew

It was so hot. The kids were begging to get in the pool. My Mom said her pool doesn't open until May. So we settled for the slip n slide. The kids were hilarious trying to do it. But Olivia is the master! She was the only one who slid on her belly all the way down.

Rachel kind of scooted through it. It was so funny. She probably went through at least 20 times & each time she yelled "Mom, I did it!"

Jarrett had a good time in Chicago visiting his brother. They played golf - which I would pay money to see Jarrett golfing. I picture something like Happy Gilmore - minus the long drive. Which would be just a lot of cursing.

Olivia's Big Day

Today was the bowling state tournament. Olivia was so nervous & was saying she didn't want to go last night. Luckily, she changed her mid because she did so good. I'm so proud of my girl. She rocked it. 54, 51, & 65 -- it was awesome!


Her little team. That's Kaitlyn, Mallory, Olivia, & Morgan. All of the girls did so well! I'm so proud of them.



And, of course, my Rachey girl was there.



And Jarrett too. But he was behind the camera this time. I'm so glad Olivia did well. Even better was that she had fun.

The kids they bowled against were pretty good. I have no idea where in the state they were from, but I thought we were going to be the "hicks" there -- turns out I was wrong. Not that there is anything wrong with that. But that man's twangy voice will be replaying in my head for days to come. Whew.


Now I'm off to try to sleep, while the J-Man is visiting his brother in Chicago. The girls decided to sleep camp out style in the living room. Any bets on how soon this bed becomes full? I'm venturing a guess of 10 more minutes. Or just long enough for me to get really comfortable in the middle of the bed. I digress...


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