*sigh*

I just handed in (well, emailed) my last assignment. and true to form, i didn't give it a once over, and now i'm paranoid i left in some random note to myself. (i talked to a friend the other day who wrote a paper in grad school and the spell check turned the word "Verizon" in to "venison" (she was in communications, "verizon" was used a lot) and she didn't proof-read it...funny now, probably not funny when she got a crappy grade!)

anyway, now with all my free time (!) i'm hoping to catch up on the blog.

the girls during bathtime last night. i took so many pictures of bathtimes when they were little, but now that they're so much more fun and actually doing stuff...and they got new toys for avery's birthday, so...

goobers :)

*i saw (through fb) that amazon was having a sale on a home laminator. i started envisioning all the girls' crafts i can protect, and the worksheets i can laminate and use dry erase markers on and all the photos i can laminate. so i bought it (merry christmas!) and i'm so excited. (i'm also a huge nerd)

*i need to start figuring out christmas/new years cards.

*we are getting our miles out of "santa" this year. "girls, place nice, santa's watching!" or "santa is so proud when he sees you sharing like that."

*then the other day i told the girls we were going to make santa these amazing sugar cookies that avery got for her birthday and nola said "aw, he be SO happy!" and i melted a little, cause she's starting to recognize how are actions affect others :)

*avery told me today, "hey! do you know what an upside down 'p' looks like? a 'b'!" she just soaks up every single piece of information, regardless of whether we're actively teaching her or not. it's awesome and humbling. she also cut out a square (seriously, a perfect square) out of plaid scrapbook paper and when i asked her how she did it she said "mom, i just followed the lines on the paper." obviously...

*a few weeks ago avery repeated a VERY inappropriate word (i can't remember if i blogged it or not) and since zane and i have been extra cautious about our language and have done well to not let anything slip. until the other night. cleo hopped up on the counter during dinner and started to eat something. i grabbed her and put her in the basement, while i said "cleo, get away from the damn food."

nola chimes in: "no kee-lo, go outside. no eat damn food."

sigh, we're doing the best we can :)