Hump Day

So it's Wednesday and it's been a long week already. Monday was pretty good; Grace had her preschool story-time at the library. Since it's from 1:00 to 1:45 and we normally eat lunch at one we got to the library early so that we could spend time at the library before her story-time and then leave as soon as class was over and get home to eat lunch. But I suppose we got there a little too early because she spent time with the computer that reads books to you and then picked out a few books (at my prodding) and she was already asking if it was story-time yet. I'm guessing that we shouldn't get there quite so early the next time we go. Next week is spring break so it will be a couple of weeks before we're back there.

After that we just came home and hung out. Grace has been congested and coughing this week, especially on Monday, so I really just wanted her to rest so that she'd get better without really getting sick. Tuesday was preschool and she was so happy it was nice to see. She got up and did her homework before going to school so we didn't have to struggle with that. I had stayed up late Monday night baking cupcakes for Grace to bring to school because she was the snack person Tuesday. One of the kids in her class who is actually a friend of hers, Kenny, is allergic to eggs and tree-nuts. So I had found a recipe some time ago for cupcakes that doesn't have eggs and I used it to make these Monday night.

They were actually pretty good. The frosting was incredible. Honestly the cake part of them tasted pretty good, but I thought it needed something. And I'm not saying they needed eggs, just that it needed something and I couldn't figure out what it needed. Anyway, they were a big success as Grace came home and couldn't wait to eat the leftovers. But she saved one for her Mom to have when she gets home. Speaking of Mom, Monday was her birthday and she "got" to celebrate all by herself on her trip.

Tuesday was preschool for Grace and she brought her cupcakes with her. Apparently they were a big hit as there weren't many left. I honestly don't remember much else we did on Tuesday. After staying up so late making the cupcakes the night before I was too tired to do much on Tuesday.

Tuesday was my Mom's birthday (Happy Birthday Mom!) and Monday was Julie's birthday--yes she celebrated all by herself in California--and yes she's a St. Patrick's Day baby. Now on Wednesday Grace has dance and gymnastics and we went through the day as usual. But as the week is progressing I'm noticing that she is missing her Mom a little more each day.

So that's where things stand so far this week. Julie is supposed to come home on Friday, but we are also forecast to get 5-8 inches of snow so hopefully that won't affect her flight home.