Day 337: Castle Museum

Mandy, Sarah, Lily and I went to the Castle Museum in Saginaw.

Day 300: I Wear My Sunglasses at Night

We went to Pi's for Kelly's birthday. Lily visited me for a bit and we wore our sunglasses. Not only did she say my name but she also said "I love you".  ":)

Day 290: Clue

Went to the Dybas house to give Josh his birthday present and hang out for a bit. We had homemade crabmeat cheese and calzones. We also played Clue--Colleen won. [And on a completely unrelated note, I turned in my graduation application today!]

Day 266: Fly!

Day 251: Lily Vanilli

Lily was sick, so I stayed home with her and worked remotely. We watched Yo Gabba Gabba all day. I feel brainwashed.

Day 199: Texas Ornament

A Christmas present from Raven arrived in the mail today: a Texas ornament.

Day 191: Wine & Games

Today was Kayla and Josh's Christmas program at church.  After the service, we went back to Colleen's to have a game day.  We played Triominoes (dominoes but with three sides) and drank wine.  It was fantastic.

Day 188: Snowflake Ornaments

Last year I started a tradition, making Song Bird Christmas ornaments for each of my Godchildren.  This year, I decided to do snowflakes.  These are a few I made today.  I'll make more tomorrow.  Here are the final selections: 2010 Godchildren Christmas ornaments.

Day 183: Skype

Skype is so awesome.  Tonight, I got to talk to Raven and Willow via Skype.  Willow played peek-a-boo and Raven showed me almost every ornament on their Christmas tree... individually.  ":)  When we had computer issues and the call was dropped, Willow demanded to know "where is Jen!?"  What a great homework break.

[Last night, Ash, Dennis, Marc, and I played euchre via Skype.  How cool is that?]

Day 177: Christmas Program

This was the Christmas program at Gage's church.  It was chaos as you can see by the picture.  It sure was entertaining though.

Day 176: Lounging Lily

I went to lunch with Sarah, Gage, and Lily.  After, we walked over to Good Will to look around.  Lily found a good spot to relax and read a book.

Day 163: Lily's Birthday Party

I made this tutu for Lily's second birthday.  She loved it.  Of course, I couldn't wrap it, so I just carried it into the house.  I handed her the tiara (which says "Happy Birthday" on it) and Sarah put it on her.  Then she just stared at the tutu in my hand.  When I asked her if she wanted to wear it, she immediately said yes.

Day 134: Soccer Game

I went to Kayla's last soccer game and got to see her score.  Her team won, 6-3.  [After the game, I went to a self-defense class at Fred's martial arts studio and got to kick some butt.)

Day 120: Pumpkin Farm

I would've rather had a pumpkin picture for today since we were at a pumpkin farm, but Lily wasn't having it.  So, I went with the 24 car on the "train" ride.  We thought Lily would be scared, which is why she rode in the same car with Gage (probably safer that way too), but she instead she loved it and didn't want it to end.

Day 74: Scrabble

I gave Scrabble to Gage for his birthday.  Last night we played a non-scoring game so that he could get a feel for it.  Tonight, we played and kept score.  It was a lot of fun.  I can't wait to do it again.

Day 70: Kayla and Josh

Kayla, Josh, and I went hiking in City Forest.  Last Christmas, Josh gave me a compass and we just had to try it out.  Since there are so many trails in City Forest, it's easy to get lost.  If you have a compass, it's also easy to find your way back, since the parking lot is north of the forest.  After hiking, we picked up KFC and headed to the Fun Zone.  Josh suggested picnicking under the water tower, and since I'm trying to live a better story, that's what we did.  Then we played on the playground for a bit before heading to Baskin Robbins for ice cream.

Day 57: Kayla's Birthday Party

Today was Kayla's 10th birthday party.

Day 37: Giggles

Today was Gage's birthday party and I had today's picture all planned out.  I was going to take a picture of Gage and I.  And I completely forgot.  In fact, I only took a few pictures.  This was the best one of those.

Day 36: God-Kid Adventure

Kayla, Josh, Gage and I.

Today was the annual God-Kid Adventure.  We [Dennis, Gage, Josh, Kayla and me] went to the Dinosaur Gardens and a Paul Bunyan statue in Ossineke.  Then we went to the Sturgeon Point Lighthouse and put our feet in Lake Huron.  After that, we went to Lumberman's Monument, and we finished with a picnic dinner in a park in Tawas City.  Next year, I'm thinking we'll do Ludington State Park.

Day 31: Souvenirs

For our upcoming adventure, I made souvenir water bottles for my God-kids using BioGreen Bottles and permanent markers.  These BioGreen bottles are 100% biodegradable, recyclable, reusable.  AND they're made of recycled materials in the USA.  [I wanted to draw dinosaurs on them, but I discovered that I can't draw dinosaurs that actually look like dinosaurs.]