Another week and another cute photo. Just wanted to share some highlights from our otherwise ordinary week. Jack's Lego characters are getting more elaborate all the time. This one had shoulders, f
eet and even knees.
And my favorite of the week, Lauren and Rob. This was Lauren's first day with a hairbow. It was desperately clinging to about 5 strands of hair, but it managed to stay on all day.
It was an ordinary week for sure, but I recently saw a comment about what a blessing it is to have an ordinary week. TRUE! No car troubles, financial problems, medical mishaps or general drama. Cooking, cleaning, taking care of the kids, errands? Yes, but what a blessing, indeed.
We had a fantastic time at our Trani (et al) Family get together last weekend.With cousins stretched out all over Southern California, it is rare that we all sit down to a meal together.
Jack had his first school concert last Thursday. We were WAY more excited than he was. I kept asking, "What are you going to sing?" But he didn't want to discuss it. Finally I said, "Hey, tell me what you're going to sing about...or else!" He responded, "OK! Jesus loves me. NOW can I watch my movie?!" Ugh. It's like he's 17 years old already. Anyway, he looked adorable. Singing, not so much. There are 12 boys in his class, not one girl. So you can picture the line up of mostly stoic expressions. The music came on and the boys just stood there. I don't recall even one of them moving their lips. OK, so teachers got out rhythm sticks for the second song. Now picture all the boys tapping their sticks together, still no singing. 
Finally it was time for parents to take pictures of them, so the boys all started untucking their shirts and showing bellies. Yep, that's my boy :-)
After the concert we had snacks and an art exhibit in his class room. It was a much longer evening than we had expected, but Lauren was a trooper through the entire thing. Even the most seasoned parents were squirming in their seats by the end of the performances, but Lauren just soaked it all in happily. What a doll!
! Have a fabulous day :-)
yesterday and passed with flying colors. She weighs 12 lbs. 9 1/2 ozs. It's scary to think some babies are nearly her size when they are born! She also cracked the two foot mark at 25 inches. She is still barely on the charts for weight, but Dr. Chronis says, "We should all be so lucky." :-) The bummer? 4 shots! Boo hoo! She only cried for about a minute, but poor Daddy shook like a leaf for at least an hour. The saying is true, it really does "hurt me more than it hurts you."
Today was haircut day for Jack. We were looking at Easter pictures and were shocked to see how long his hair had gotten. He became shaggy overnight! So Daddy took him to see Dawn today (He LOVES her toys!) and now he is handsome again. After being such a big boy for his haircut he got to pick out a new toy at Target. He loves his Joker cave. It really stimulates his imagination. He came out of his room during naptime today telling us Joker shot a missle at his bed and he couldn't nap because there was a hole in his bed. Thankfully the hole was imaginary. Darn you Joker, naptime foiled again!
