Well hello there!

Hi diddly ho there! We're still here... still alive... still pregnant... still busy. :) Here's last week in a nutshell. We played outside... A LOT.We did SOME schooling... NOT a lot. :)I turned 29 for the 3rd year in a row, so we indulged in cake and fruit...We bought a new car to house our growing brood. Used 2012 Chevy Traverse baby... I heart it.
I turned 35 weeks today. 5 more to go... I'm hoping for 3 more to go... but healthy is all I truly care about.Bryan re-carpeted the stairs, weeded and mulched,
and resealed the driveway.
I shopped. :) (For the record... I've been told to lay down and take it easy. I do what I can around here, which is mostly keeping things cleaned and organized. Not supposed to be doing everything I WAS doing a couple of weeks ago. I'm trying REALLY hard, but I'm finding it hard seeing projects that need to be done and knowing that I physically can't do them.)We cleaned out the garage and moved much of the contents to our storage unit.We also met with realtors... many times... with many questions, and we've finally chosen one to work with. With just a few little minor projects left to cross off the list, we should be listed soon!!!! :)

Our week... abbreviated

Rachel here. Oh this week. This week was kind of a lot... more on that another day. We did our work boxes, but mostly we played outside and goofed off.

Here's some of Reese's work: (CoaH)Emma Grace attempted to learn how to fold socks. ;)She also attempted to pour water... she's a mean spiller.Then there was some more work (letter e). (CoaH)And some numbers.An impromptu picnic play date with preschool friends... where my children adopted other mamas to push them on swings.We had kitty and puppy races in the kitchen.And then gave those kitties and puppies pretend water out of old baby bottles.We spent a good chunk of the week outside... when it wasn't raining. Bryan worked on mulching and mowing... Reese worked on finding bugs and other "dead things."EG just did weird preschooler stuff that makes no sense to anyone else... and had a blast.We threw in a little more work. (CoaH)And had some more outside time.
I've decided outside time is nice... especially when the girls can be so entertained, and I don't need to do anything. :)

Then of course there was house shenanigans and projects and baby drama... I'm pooped... and still pregnant... no worries there. :)

Friday/Saturday

Rachel here. Friday we didn't get much accomplished per Mother Nature. Here I am on Sunday feeling mediocre at best sitting down and downright miserable standing up. Okay I get it... I need to step back, sit down, and relax. If preschool gets done... awesome... if not...Reese won't become illiterate. If the grout in the bathroom gets scrubbed... awesome... if not... Bryan won't get hit by a bus. (Thank you Andria!) My children will be smart... or hell... I'd settle for just a little bit smartish, and my house will sell... maybe not the first day, but it'll sell. Because of my new found hopefully soon gone crippledness status, I'm not sure where we'll go with the preschool shenanigans. I guess I'll continue to put work boxes together when I can and we'll see where it goes. That's all I can do, and I need to be okay with that. I'm learning. :)

And so... here is what we did Friday... I didn't get many pictures, and I'm not entirely sure what the girls did after 1:00pm. :) I do know Emma Grace threw herself a tea party of sorts and soaked my living room floor. :)And then she walked away from said mess and created a coloring one in the playroom.
I did Reese's number assessment with her. After calling out "12", she was certain it was "20." That's the only one she mixed up... awesome. :) (CoaH) And we move to Saturday. Reese... roll one dice, count the dots, circle the number in the square... then do it with two dice. She REALLY enjoyed this. (CoaH)EG doing her e do-a-dot. (CoaH)Buckles, zippers, and snaps.
Shape silhouette match. (CoaH)
Reese worked on her cutting/pasting pictures. Shape puzzles.
Patterns. (CoaH)Letter tracing.
Bryan was working on windows and screens, and Reese wanted to join in. :)
Then there was some outside time before our annual St. Patty's Day dinner out and our first downpour for the next god only knows how many days.