Mrs. Brightside

It is a cold and kind of BLAH week, the bright side being that every little event is so much more welcome. Basketball was great, three-year old dribbling around cones and bounce-passing is a lot of fun to watch. Ashton's participation and mood covered every spot on the spectrum, but at the end he announced: "Myme had a good time, Mommy." Totally worth it.

Tomorrow I get to read to the boys at school, and we are celebrating Sean's birthday. He is taking the boys to see Coraline (I am really jealous, I think it looks good) and then we will have cake- another Better Than Sex cake*.

Saturday the boys get to spend the night with Grandma and Papa after Mason's first game, and then we will celebrate Sean's birthday again when we pick them up on Sunday. We like to stretch out our birthdays around here!

Mason has been so busy with school, right now his class is working on saving a part of the coral reef. Each child has to do helper jobs around the house to earn pennies, and then they will count and roll them in class. The goal is $75.00- that's a lot of pennies. He is also making leaps and bounds in reading, we've been working on the sight words a lot at home. He brings home a new book from school every day to read to Sean and I, and after he has read 30 he earns a book from Linda, his teacher. Both classes (Montessori and Kindergarten) are preparing for big V-day parties. We have been wrapping shoe boxes for a couple of weeks now for the kids to decorate. Both kids finished all of their classroom valentines last night, and we will do homemade ones for family this weekend. Ash is going to help me make a red and pink salad for the party, watermelon and red apples and pink yogurt being the main ingredients. Sean will be out of town for lovey-dovey day, but I have plans to buy myself some chocolate and watch The Notebook. Only when he's away can I watch such a guilty romantic cheese fest movie. I can't wait!







*Cornacks, I will save you some.