Crooked Pigtails

Sure sign of baseball overload

Me:  Great news!  The Red Sox won the World Series last night!!

Miss H:  Didn't they already win that, like, two days ago?

How to kick off the summer

Things we had planned for the weekend:

1. sleep in
2. create Miss A's new bedroom by enclosing doorway between kitchen and the room formerly known as the book room.
3. move (temporarily) girls into newly created room
4. buy paint
5. paint Miss H's bedroom
6. order boarders for the girls new bedrooms
7. order new bedding, curtains, etc...for the girls rooms
8. mow the back yard
9. hang pictures in living room and laundry room
10. bathe the dog
11. go to BJ's and buy juice boxes and laundry softener
12. get my hair cut and colored
13. watch Crash (for book club)

Things we did this weekend:

1. went to Blockbuster to rent Crash, discovered it wasn't there, settled for Cheaper By The Dozen 2, popped some corn and made it a family movie night instead
2. woke up Sunday morning and realized that summer has arrived
3. bought a new bike for Miss A
4. debated whether or not Miss H has outgrown her bike
5. contemplated buying Miss H a new bike
6. took the girls for a long bike ride
7. made several trips to the home improvement stores
8. spent most of our time at home improvement stores looking at fencing and playground sets
9. bought paint for Miss H's room
10. created the wall between the kitchen and book room (I learned how to drywall!  Yay, me!)
11. walked along the boardwalk while the girls dribbled ice-cream cones down their chins
12. picked out the boarder for Miss H's room
13. spent alone time with Miss H looking at invitations for my sister's bridal shower
14. fielded a bunch of wedding planning anxiety calls from my sister
15. watched Curt Schilling win his 200th career game
16. washed and folded every stitch of clothing we own.  Twice.
17. laughed, snuggled, recharged, reconnected

With today still to share, we've had a perfect weekend.  How was yours?

Opening Day

In less than an hour Curt Schilling will throw the first pitch of the Red Sox 2006 season.  The weather has been spectacular all weekend, but today you can smell spring in the air.  It is time to throw the hot dogs on the grill, toss the ball around the back yard, and wrestle the remote control out of the children's hands every evening at 7:05, when the game starts before That's So Raven ends.  This is the time of year when the world is full of possibility; today is the first day.

In our home; today is sacred.