WHAT A DAY! Wow - I am pooped. Moira and her 2 buddies were here all day today. (2) 5 yrs olds, (1) 4 yr old and (1) 2 yr old. Let's just say I was busy ALL day! LOL! It was fun - the kids were great. Olivia was trying SO hard to keep up with the "big kids" - it was really cute. She did get knocked down a couple times and she also had the misfortune to walk BEHIND the swings a couple times and WHAM! Knocked down. Thank God she was ok. The poor kid can really take a hit! I took Moira and Brett out to Pizza Hut for dinner. They had both won coupons (from the school for a reading program) for free pan pizzas. Cool - cheap dinner! We get seated and ordered. Took a while to get the food but it FINALLY arrived. Just as the waitress started to unload the tray, I see my sauce fall (in slow motion, of course) and hit the floor. SPLAT! I feel a splatter of warmth on my left leg. I look down - sauce all over the floor AND my leg. My tan clad pant leg. With my new tan leather Etienne Aigner shoes on my feet. I whipped off my shoe (thank God for slides!) and inspected it, ignoring the apologetic waitress. Deep sigh of relief - the shoes are safe.. the shoes are safe. The pants? Well, hopefully the greasy orange "pizza" sauce stain will come out. If not, oh well. But - the shoes.... the shoes are safe.

I found out what caused the house fire on Sunday. An unattended candle. Scary.

Moira's playdate is on his way over. She also has a little buddy from up the street who also popped over. So - Moira and her 2 friends (both boys, by the way) will be here this afternoon. Oy. AND - Olivia wants to play with them too ::sigh:: God help me!

I *should* be going to bed.

Didn't do too much tonight. We all went to Walmart (ooh - the fun!) after Paul got home. Dumped a nice amount of $$ for what seems like nothing. I did pick up a couple cute things for the girls.. I saw these adorable denim capris for Moira that have daisies sewn on the hems. Very cute - she loved them! I made a bunch of copies of the Easter Bunny picture and will be sending them out to the family. The girls got a TON of candy - mostly gummy bears, worms, fish... ugh. I hate those things! Bleech! I MUST get my book for class - it starts on Wednesday. I will zip up there in the morning with the girls and then drive back up to class when Paul gets home. He doesn't get home early enough for me to buy it right before class. I did managed to wipe out my mountain of laundry.. I folded AND put away too! I am so proud of myself.

Ain't they the cutest?

Worst car of the Millenium - do you have it?

I have SO much work to do around here - my penalty for "slacking off" the past 2 days. I am have a MOUNTAIN of laundry :::groan:::. Speaking of mountain, did anyone else watch "The Ten Commandments" last night? Moira stayed up and watched most of it. We put her to bed right before scene where all the first born males die - including Ramses son. She wants to watch it again. I will have to get the DVD. I love Charleton Heston... and Yul Brynner ::sigh:: Say what you will about Heston - he's alwys working.

Melanie - Email me.. I can't get to your blog!

HAPPY EASTER! Had another busy (and early) day today. Moira woke us up at 715, totally thrilled that the Easter Bunny left her "Shrek" in her basket. We don't do candy because of Olivia's allergies, especially since it looks like chocolate is also a problem for her. Poor damn kid. Got them all dressed up in their Easter dresses ::sigh:: gorgeous! Paul went to church with Moira while Olivia and I stopped back at my inlaws place to pick up some stuff we left there last night. Then, Olivia and I visited my Dad and StepMom. My step sister, her husband, and their daughter were also there. Paul and Moira met us there after they got out of church. The girls had so much fun playing. Around 2pm, we all headed to my Mom's place. She made a huge dinner and we ate around 330pm. My Mom got sick later in the evening and had to go lay down. By 7pm, I sent Paul and the girls home and my brother and I finished cleaning up the remains of the dinner dishes, etc. Mom was so upset she got sick so we cuddled and chatted for a while. She felt better around 8pm and managed to get up and sit for a while. Paul called me from his cell phone. A house around the corner from us caught fire. It looks like there was a lot of damage. Geez - those poor people. That really sucks.

This will be a tough Easter this year. The first Easter with Nana gone. She always made a HUGE Polish dinner. Kielbasa, pierogies, pickled beets, saurkraut, rolls, home made pies ::sigh:: I miss her.

Made it home in one piece and got the kids right into bed. Let me tell you, the turkey was DELISH! Yummy! I made an apple pie a little while ago to bring to my Mom's tomorrow. Turkey dinner there too! "Singing in the Rain" is on TV now ::sigh:: LOVE Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor. I also caught the second half of "Easter Parade" with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland. Gosh - they don't make MOVIE stars anymore, do they? Not *real* stars anyway.. in my opinion.

Ok - the link for Irish Turkey should be working now! Ok - I really have to leave! BYE!

We are off to my inlaws for Irish Turkey Yummy! Tata for now

:::groan::: Why am I awake? I'll give you a hint... 2 rugrats... Oy.

Isn't he cute?

I just had a fun chat with Shelley and her hubby Scott. They are 2 wild and crazy teachers! Hope you have fun out tonight!

Good evening! I *just* turned the computer on a few minutes ago. Super busy day. Last night we took the girls to see the Easter Bunny.. Oh my gosh, it was so cute. I will post the pic soon. We stopped at Burger King for dinner and wandered around the mall for a while. Stopped at B.Daltons and bought the girls some books. Of course, they weren't very cooperative so Paul and I just got books for them, nothing for us ::sniffle:: The girls were so excited to see such a HUGE moon last night! Gosh, it was gorgeous! I kept waiting to see ET and Elliot fly in front of it ::heehee:: Today, around 11am, I took the girls out for a walk/bike ride. Paul had the day off and was working in our bathroom, patching the wall. Moira was riding her bike and Olivia was running after her. Up and back.. up and back. Nick, one of the kids on the block, came out to play with Moira. So, the 2 of them were riding their bikes up and back. It was so cute. I brought Olivia back home around 1245 and Paul took her out back to play on the swings. I walked back up and chatted with the other Mommies on the block. Came BACK home around 130 and made lunch for the 3 of us. Moira stayed at Nick's house. Olivia was SO pooped that she went right in for her nap after lunch. That's when Paul and I got a LOT of yard work done. It was such a nice day and we really put it to good use. Needless to say, we are pooped too! Paul got Moira around 445 and we ate dinner early. The kids got the meds, a quick bath and I put on "The Emperor's New Groove" and made popcorn. They were actually QUIET and mellow. Moira kep yawning! LOL! They were both in bed by 820pm! Woohoo! Tomorrow we will be eating an early Easter dinner at my inlaws place. We will be there most of the day. I still have to make chocolates to bring over. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend!

Ok - I have been corrected. The autograph below is NOT Erin aka Gigglechick. It was from ANOTHER Erin. Now - THIS autograph SHOULD be Ms Gigglechick:


And - by the way Erin, the note you snail mailed me was addressed to "Kate" not "Katie" ::teehee::

Any Steve Burns fans out there? I found THIS link and this on Melanie's blog. He was SO darn cute! Look at him - just so cuddly!


LOL! Now - well - let's just say he looks a little .... different now. For those of you who don't know who he is, click here.