Finishing up the week

Here is Lou.  Wanna know why that carpet is folded over? I don't want her to pee on it.  She's taken to peeing on carpets.  It really tests my patience.  At the new house, I'm not laying down any carpets until Lou kicks the bucket.  Yay for hardwoods.

Below is Benny boo after his bath.  He is so handsome I can't stand it.

After bath again. I didn't know it, but Corncob spent the entire bath time on that white chair. 

Thursday during Hilly's ballet class.  Kate and Ben played the entire time.  I love that he can play with boys and girls and with kids of all ages.  I hope that makes him less of a chauvinist and more of a nice guy.  At school, though, he has his group of guys: Ben, Vali, Drew and Sam.  He has zero interest in any of the girls, and I think it's because his home life is so estrogen-filled.  Hey, maybe we will have a 4th and it will be a boy. ;)

After ballet, the older girls emerge and gather around Kate for hugs.

Looking out upon the landscape.

Hilly, feeling pensive on the way home.  Emily gave her that stuffed animal and she takes it everywhere with her.

Hilly's serious artwook.

Friday I picked Jack up from school for her wellness visit.  Hilly was supposed to have hers at same time, but Jackie took 20 minutes to come down from her classroom.  I almost lost my mind.  She told me they were watching videos of chicks hatching from eggs and she couldn't pull herself away.  So later that day I talked to one of her teachers and told her about a program where eggs hatch in the classroom.  She said she knew of it and they've been meaning to do it but keep forgetting.  So during Hilly's swim lesson I called Univ of DE's Embryology department (who knew?) and learned that they already had a bunch of eggs coming to Jack's school and they had another incubator for Jack's class! So it looks like it's happening.  I just wish the incubator could be kept at my house!

Anyway, here is Jack at the doc.  For height, she remains between the 5-10th percentile and for weight she is the 10th percentile. Still petite!  Perfect eyesight, perfect hearing.

Lunch at Panera.

Below they are discussing the deceased hamster, Lovey, of the McConnell family.  Very intense.

We dropped Jack off, I babysat P and Hannah for the afternoon since their nanny had an emergency w her daughter, put everyone in childcare and watched Hilly learn to swim.  This is a little friend she met in swim lessons.

After swim lessons- Hilly is making a terrible face.  Can't handle it.  Everyone wanted cereal and pizza.  Fine then.

Meanwhile, Jack had a playdate with her friends Sarah and Evelyn.  The little guy on the right is Sarah's little brother Billy.  I LOVE HIM.  He's sooooooo cute and he will be in Hilly's kindergarten class next year.  Sarah's mom took them out for ice cream.

Betsy bought Hilly a stapler when she learned that's all Hilly wanted for her birthday.  Here she is posing with her paper chain (she made for the xmas tree) and her new stapler.  She used up like all the staples in one evening.