Still February

We've had a nice week here. 
Monday was a day off of school for president's day.  I had ordered my groceries so we picked those up at 8.  It was really raining so we went with Dan's sister and her family down to the children's museum.  We had a fantastic time there and it made the day go by fast.  It was not crowded at all and as we left, they handed us a calendar of when the next "sensory" day would be--a day where the museum is supposed to be closed except to kids with sensory disorders!  OOPS!  Oh well, I asked them when we arrived if they were open and they said yes so I did my part!  For family night it was my turn to teach and we watched a video from lds.org geared to kids to help them avoid pornography and bad media.  There are kids at school that already have their own phones and such, so we want to make sure our kids know what is appropriate and what is not.

Tuesday started early with a run and then tutoring before school for Megan and Brooke. I got caught up around the house and did laundry.  I took Jack and Emily to story time at the library and we have a new children's librarian who is AWESOME!  It was so fun.  Just piano and the usual homework after school.

Wednesday we went to the fire museum for playgroup again.  We had a good turnout and it was really fun.  I watched kids for one of the activity days leaders in exchange for her giving Megan a ride which worked out nicely. 

Thursday I went running and then spent the day playing with Jack and my friend's little boy.  She is in charge of an event at school where they teach all about different disabilities and teach empathy and inclusion.  I had her almost 2 year old son from 9 am to 2:30 pm, but he is really easy going and he and Jack played well.  Candy, Brooke, and Megan had their first basketball camp with Aunt Ali after school and they loved that.  We had our dryer repaired that afternoon too.

Friday I took Jack to playschool and ran errands for a bit before going visiting teaching.  My companion just started teaching seminary last week--she was called to teach the 5 am (!) class for athletes that can't make 6 am work.  SO EARLY!  She's amazing though and doing a great job.  She has a son in the class too.  We watched our friend's kids that night so they could go to a workshop at church.

Emily's new trick--pushing a toy and walking behind it.  As you can see, it was really nice and warm this week, 70s and 80s.

Saturday was busy.  We took Dan's car in to have his brake pads changed and then dropped him at the church for a family history class, home for lunch, picked Dan up, took Megan to the Woodlands for a birthday party, walked around and had lunch at the costco in the woodlands, picked Megan up, picked Dan's car up, came home, took Brooke to a birthday party, had carrie over for dinner, picked Brooke up, had dinner, played games, said bye to Carrie, watched BYU play Gonzaga in b-ball, and went to bed!

Candy loved matching Emily yesterday.

 

We borrowed this little toy from a friend for the time being so Emily can wander all over the  house. She's getting pretty good at steering and loves that tiny baby doll in it too.

 

It's been a good Sunday.  Dan was home with us til we had to leave for church so that was nice to have his help getting everyone ready.  The kids were really good for sacrament meeting (except Emily who was super tired).  The talks were great--about opening our eyes to opportunities to give Christlike service all around us.  She talked about a time when she was a young teenager--her parents had just gotten divorced, the home she lived in with her mom and sisters was destroyed by a flood, they were in a car accident that totaled their car and they were living in a hotel.  They hadn't been to church for 2 Sundays because they had no transportation to get there.  Someone from the ward called and chewed the mom out a little bit for keeping her kids home from church--as soon as she got off the phone, the Mom just dropped to her knees and prayed for help.  A bit later, the phone rang again, again it was someone from the ward, but this person simply told the Mom they'd noticed they weren't at church and they missed them--was there anything going on that they needed help with?  The Mom broke down in tears and explained that they didn't have church clothes for the kids since the clothes were ruined in the flood and no means to buy more.  That person bought dresses for the kids and made sure they got back to church.  It's amazing what a difference we can make when we approach people in love instead of judgment.  The rest of church went well, it was a little busy to teach ten 9-year-olds by myself with a very tired baby, but we got through.