a post where mia isn't the star

i know mia gets a lot of face time on the blog, but her cute little mug is home with me all day and i can't help it:)

other stuff going on:van was home sick with a fever on tuesday and spent all day in bed watching movies and sleeping. poor little guy. other than feeling yucky he didn't mind though. he got extra special treatment from mom, and had his "sick" tray filled with whatever he wanted. he was bummed when he had to go back to school.

(note to self: remember how cute he looked when you went up to check on him and he was sleeping with the "i love you" note that you put on his tray tucked under his arm.)

he usually doesn't have much to do with mia unless we're all around her, but i caught him playing with her the other day when he thought no one was looking. it was cute.

jasmine:
we went to 8th grade registration last night to sign her up for classes for next year. she's excited for her last year of junior high (i can't believe she'll be in high school after that!). she's taking pre-ap algebra, pre-ap english, theater, choir, keyboarding, texas history, and health.

she's also having fun being in young women's and going to mutual activities, playing with mia, bugging van, listening to her i-pod, helping mom around the house with chores, writing stories for her english class, and of course reading. she spends a lot of time at the public library, and her school librarian named her the "unofficial" reader of the month (i guess she checked out the most books in the whole school last month, but the librarian wasn't able to do an official spotlight for some reason).

getting donuts with the girls

hanging out with the gang after a mutual activity

dad:
is enjoying working from home, which gives him more time to spend with his favorite people (we're all enjoying that actually).we have to close the doors to the office because mia knows he's in there and wants to get in and play with him.

and she started saying "da da da da."
no fair.
"ma ma ma ma" spent 9 months carrying her in her belly and went through major surgery to get her here!
oh well, i guess i'll allow it since she has such a good da da da da:)

me:
well i'm just busy doing my thang, slowly getting the house put together, always a "project" in the works

having fun working with the youth


taking care of my super cool family

and my fave...being a mom