items of discussion

I bet you've been wondering what we've been up to.  Downloaded this picture from my new "easy/quick" camera (#5, my favorite easy/quick camera appears to finally be dying) and thought it covered enough topics to be useful.

1.  Kids' Christmas tree -- still up.  We spent most of the holiday busy with other major household projects (declutter/install upstairs wall unit/new lighting/storage unit clean-out/garage overhaul) that I didn't quite get to that yet.  I did at least get my Momma tree taken down.

2.  Ryan got the upstairs wall unit/entertainment center finished and assembled.  He's pretty proud of it, since he designed it and built it himself.  It is impressive.  We still have to add crown moulding and paint and all, but for now it's functional.

3.  The girls got some new "dress up" make-up.  It included a charcoal eyeshadow.  Delaney thinks it's interesting to look like a zombie.

4.  Laundry.  Thank goodness for my front loader!  I would like to take a moment to note that all of my kids are in a PE class that swims each time (bathing suits, towels, work-out clothes), 3 are in dance classes (leotards, tights, shorts) and 3 are in Y basketball (more work-out clothes + jerseys).  Factor in that girls seem to need to wear at least 2 different outfits a day, item #3 above which requires smearing of makeup onto towels and wash cloths, and my kids seem to prefer hand towels to paper towels for their constant kitchen messes ====> lots of laundry.  Whew.

Comments

[Toni]

That's awesome but I want to see a better pic of that entertainment center! I think front loading washers are one of the best inventions. I certainly don't have near as much laundry as you but Hannah does produce a lot of riding clothes, especially in the winter when she wears 3 layers to ride each time and has 4 rides per week. She produces more laundry than Dave and I put together! My mom's top loading washer is "high capacity" but it holds about a quarter of what mine does.

[Amber]

oh my! Delaney looks mahvelous! I hadn't thought about how much laundry all your fun adventures must create. I AM jealous of your front-loading washer tho.

[MeeMee]

I wish to have it noted that the evil MeeMee was NOT the one that provided the over-the-top make-up this time.