Thus far....

On Sunday we had a Super Bowl party with some friends. Actually, I invited like 10 families and either people had plans or they got sick. By the time the game started, my friend Emily, and her husband Cole, and Beth, and her 4 girls (her husband was sick) were the only ones that could come. But we all had a great time! And yes, we girls even watched the game! We talked a lot too- and ate! My oh my! We had some yummy food. When everyone left, Lee declared that he had never been more full. Sorry- didn't get any pictures.

The kids didn't sleep well that night.... that's always fun. But I dragged them to Home Depot on Monday morning anyway. I needed some wood to build another shelf for Will's room, 2 smaller ones for Amy's room and some bathroom shelves for us. I'm going to be a building fool! :) 

Amy was a wonderful helper. She'd stand on the end of the cart and hold onto the wood so it wouldn't fall off. Several people asked if they could borrow her. 

She even helped me load the wood in the car. She was so cute! Dad would have been proud! :)  The kids thought that riding with wood next to them was the coolest thing. They each got to hold a piece (they are smaller, thinner ones, not as big as the large boards!) and what could be more fun!?!? 

One the way home I decided to stop by Ross and look for a curtain for Will's room. I didn't find anything, curtain wise, but I DID find something I've been wanting for a long, long time..... 

Converse Sneakers!!!

I have no idea why I've wanted them for so long. It's just one of those things. I happened to see them, in my size, in a 'different' color (as opposed to the black everyone wears) and they were an awesome deal...... so now they have a home. Welcome home Pink Converse. :)

Today has been a day...... Amy woke at 5:30am, which is becoming quite the norm for her, dreadfully! At 6am I let her go watch cartoons and eat a bowl of dry cereal (I prep the night before, cereal ready, water in a cup and the tv on PBS). But I didn't get to sleep much longer, as Will gets up around 6:30am. Amy declared she was sick and has a cough to match it. I knew it was going to be a long day when I made a frozen pizza for lunch, and noticed it was only 10am. To help pass some of the time, I made Amy some playdoh. But in true Sarah fashion- I couldn't just leave it white, or even just one color, no, I had to add glitter too.

She loved it, and it was pretty. Last night I made the dough for some Valentine cookies and this morning, when Will was napping, I decided to bake and decorate them. I don't know what possesses me to do such things.... for some reason, in my mind, I can do it all and have it cleaned up during naptime. WHY do I live in this false sense of reality??

This is my counter.....

This is the other counter.... then I decided I didn't like this particular frosting, so I wanted to try another.

And this is the sink (luckily everything on the left is actually clean, I just didn't put them away yet). I laugh at my "Keep It Simple" sign everyday. I bought it to help remind me to keep things simple, but instead I laugh at it.

Every single piece of silverware was in the dish washer- clean, but waiting to be unloaded. Will woke up at about this time and constructed this....

and when he was bored with that, he either ate an apple.... (I'm sure he ate those missing seeds)

or read a book. Right in the entryway of the kitchen.

Amy has been bugging me and bugging me for WEEKS to buy celery. For some reason she had it in her brain that she wanted to try it and wouldn't let up about it. Today I finally got her some (it's not something I 'normally' buy because we don't use it often) She decided she liked it, but I think she thought it had some magical powers or something because she was quite disappointed that she still felt sick afterwards.

And at the end of all my efforts, here are all the cookies I completed. I kind of feel like there should have been more! Although I am guilty of eating a few.... or more....

Lee is going to the temple tonight and I will be putting the kids to bed early... so I'll get everything cleaned up and then I am SITTING (happy, Aunt Lynn??) and watching tv for the rest of the night. Will has an EEG in the morning (just to make sure his brain waves are 'normal' with the increased dosage of his medication) so it'll be another long day. Gosh, I hope Amy is feeling better! Lee has class and I'm going to hate bringing her to her friends house if she's still coughing. But I think it's just because she's had a few late nights... so hopefully she'll feel better after an early bedtime.

If anyone is curious- I tried a few new recipes this time... the sugar cookie recipe can be found on Our Best Bites here..... it was really good! Originally I tried their royal icing recipe. It tasted good, but was pretty runny and I couldn't get it to thicken just right. So I tried a different recipe from Sweetopia and that ended up being a great flood frosting.