Marbles, Ash Wednesday lunch at Peiwei

A meltdown, some pom poms, a few dozen chopsticks ... Here's what
we've been up to for the last week or so. Looking forward to more
consistent blogging again soon ! Only a few more days till we're in
CHICAGO!

Dru, Secret Agent Man. Los Tres Amigos

During one of our last visits to Dru's school. We spied that Dru
wanted to be a secret agent. Ernie seems to fit the bill best. Dru,
Ernie, and Evelyn waiting for story time to start.

this is the smile. And the sound that goes with it is intoxicating.

I "got" her while playing "I'm gonna get you" ... she thought she had
out-smarted mommy by going in the opposite direction. she didn't
understand that mommy would be doing the same thing. million dollar
smile, babycakes.

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100 days celebration

Yesterday I blogged about Dru and his 100 day project. Today, we went
to his classroom, and participated in 100 day activities. I was so
proud of Dru when the teacher asked, "how might you count to 100 more
quickly than counting by 1's?" and he answered, "by 50s!

We flipped pennies, rolled dice, drew a picture of ourself at 100,
listed what we might buy with $100, made a hat with 100 stamps on it,
and made a snack with 100 items in it. Evelyn was particularly fond
of the marshmallows. Have I mentioned that Gene has me convinced that
she's an iguana? Well, it's even more evident when she eats
marshmallows.

Ernie was into the blocks, but really enjoyed sitting at the snack
table. Evelyn was into Carly, the turtle, and the flags. And, as
usual, she cracked up Dru's class. They just adore her. Then, we
came home, and I made essentially what I made last night with a few
changes. It's basically Chicken soup with dark stock - but it's not a
lot of the liquid. Is there a name for that dish? It was caramelized
onions, celery and garlic, deglazed with stock, then fresh tomato,
musrhroom, and chicken. Topped with some romano. Yummmmmmmmy! I
couldn't wait to get to the bottom so I could slurp it!

the 100 project

Everyone wanted to help Dru with his '100' project. We did 100 grains
of rice, shaped like a grain of rice. Dru counted 4 tiny bowls of 25.
When I first poured the bigger bowl of rice, Dru was certain there
wouldn't be enough. As he started counting he realized he'd be just
fine!

Ernie was psyched to count and glue - and Evelyn was so excited she
called her daddy to tell him about it!

Evelyn and the Lollipops

Go ahead. YOU try to get them away from her!!