Checking the Summary off of my list

It’s time to bite the bullet.  Has anyone noticed that I write a long catch up post and then do a ton of little ones, and then take forever to get back?  That’s because I never feel like I have the quiet I need to really compose something, and so I put it off and it just seems bigger and bigger and once I finally do, I’m freed to do a bunch of random posts. 

Man.  That last paragraph was boh-oh-ring. 

So here I am, tasked with a big catch up post, with kids not due to wake up or get home for 20 minutes.  Can I do it?  Oh, yes, because I am nothing if not fast.  (Ask Ryan.  My bathroom clean-up times are legendary). 

Here we go…one super speedy catch up post:

  

Here’s a picture I took with my i-phone, while I was driving one Saturday to the grocery store.  If you look closely, you’ll see Emma and cousin Mallory, biking to Albertson’s with a wad of cash in their hands.  You and I are equally surprised to see my daughter miles from home all on her own.  While a little jarring, it was fun to see how big and capable she is, and she and I are dreaming of a summer of independence, because she’s so super responsible and old.

While I looooove Faith’s bumpo chair, I would not recommend it as a bath apparatus.  As the water filled, the bumpo floated and quickly dumped Faith over the side.  Lest you call the cops on me, I was closely supervising and provided a quick rescue.

For everything else though, that thing works miracles.  She is so much happier in it than anywhere else.  You just have to stay close by when she’s on counter tops, because, like other Romney siblings, she is a) strong and b) super wiggly and can work her way out if given sufficient motivation.

 

Here are some pictures from cute Jane’s 6th birthday.  It was kind of a dream come true because it included:

a) crepes for breakfast

b) presents

c) a bike (that she rides constantly and looks super teeny on and LOVES because she can go as fast as her siblings and has resulted in the most torn-up set of knees that keep getting reinjured over and over.)

d) a pool party at Aunt Marcy’s house (she’d actually been begging me to take her to Aunt Marcy’s pool and, no lie, Marcy randomly called and invited us to come for a pool party ON JANE’S BIRTHDAY.)

e) a huge Costco cake (okay that was a dream come true for me, because I didn’t have to make it)

f) a evening on the rides at Riverfront park with just the big girls

Here’s Emma with her cute piano teacher after their recital on Saturday.  She was the last one on the program…and you all know what that means, right?  As any self-respecting daughter of a piano teacher (moi) knows, you put the best players last.  And she did very well.

This what happens when I tell Seth, “Go get ready for Meghann, she’s coming to pick you up for preschool.”  That’s him, on his big wheel, with his backpack on and hair slicked down.  I watched him big wheel right up to her car door as she pulled toward our house.  Apparently, despite his not-so-impressive Home Co-op Preschool Three Year Old Assessments Given By A Bunch of Moms, he’s excited to participate. 

These pictures are proof that we

a) are fun parents

b) are beyond excited that a super warm spring has arrived to the Inland Northwest. 

We’ve been taking bike rides and hikes and drives to the Lilac groves and long evening walks every chance we get.

Here’s reason #811 that I love my i-phone: Super sly pictures of my kids giving talks at church. 

Here’s proof we (as in the adults, Ryan and Jessica) are still cool.  Last night, we sat in our friend’s (picture above) cool living room, watching a cool sunset, drinking cool soda, while listening to cool live music.  I know.  You’re wishing you were as cool as us.

And lastly, here’s Faith sucking her toe.  Like it’s her thumb.  Does that affect my orthodontia' bills?

And my kids just got home and of course someone’s crying and someone’s arm is hurting and someone’s asking me if she can darken her face for her Sacajawea costume, so I’m done trying to form coherent sentences for awhile.