The children are generally in good spirits when they wake up.  I love the morning snuggles when they fold into me.  I think Josh was having fun when he put up this cereal barricade to peer through at Mira.

The girls were well behaved as I drove them all over, again, running errands today.  They have an amazing ability to calm themselves when a lollipop is at stake.  I always get wonderful smiles at my Snow White and Rose Red when we are out and an inevitable, "Are they twins?"

We had tea again this afternoon when Josh came home from school.  We had to run out.  Life was truly hectic at that moment but we stopped, ate a snack and talked about the day for 15 minutes before rushing off again. It set the stage for a much more pleasant evening and Mira looked forward to it all day. 

On the way home from picking up our turkey, which the kids handled very well, Josh and Mira fell asleep in the car.  Evelyn was chattering away.  I hated to wake them but neither had dinner in their belly and normal bedtime was still an hour and a half away.

There are many things we 'got right' in our new kitchen and a place to cook with the kids' help was one of them.  We made pancakes tonight with everyone's help and then enjoyed them at our new table. Everyone ate a great dinner.  Afterwards we cleaned up and had a short dance party.  The weather was awful today and the kids needed to move! Mira's choice of music was Star Wars. Then it was up for a bit of bedroom clean up in preparation for guests on Thursday.   

Off to bed and we will do it again tomorrow!