March 11, 2004
Charity (13) drew this bunnyfor
Charity (13) drew this bunny
for me -- I love it. :)
Later...
I should talk about the bunny first, since he's up here. Charity drew him for me as a birthday present, as I've always loved bunnies. She is extremely talented for her age, I think. She also surprised me by doing a lot of cleaning and straightening up while I was gone last night, plus she did the dishes today.
The day went pretty well. I maintained a pretty good attitude, although the day wasn't perfection itself. Cassandra and Mark came over to celebrate my birthday, but they came over at about 11 am to do their laundry as well. Mark had to go sleep in Jason's room because he worked all night, and Cassandra was really sweet and helpful. But she has to talk --- and talk and talk and talk. And what I really wanted to do was listen to Rush, listen to music, read, write, and play with PSP7 -- which is why I gave the kids the day off from homeschool so I didn't have to nag them and check their work. I got to do some of the things I wanted to do, but it was an effort to keep listening and sounding interested. She really is sweet, but I just wanted a little more solitude today. She did make dinner and dessert. She made stir-fry chicken & vegetables with rice. And for dessert -- German chocolate cake and ice cream.
I will say this about Cassandra -- I think because she has given us such a hard time in the past (since about age 3) and also because of her personality and nature -- she is the child that will make sure that we have family events and get-togethers from now until we're dead. As long as she draws breath, I know she will be there for me, whether I like it or not. ;) But really, I am very grateful that she's getting herself together -- sometimes it's just too much love for me. Oh, and she got me some nice foot spa stuff, which is more her thing, but I'm sure I'll still enjoy it.
Jason walked in from work with a beautiful birthday card covered in butterflies, and a BEautiful purple shamrock plant in a very pretty ceramic pot with purple flowers -- the boy knows what I like. It's amazing! And he got it home safely in his moped -- will wonders never cease? They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and I'll be sure to take some as soon as I get camera batteries. It's so cool to have big kids, but also kind of sad. Sometimes as a mom you miss the the crude crayon cards and drawings on lined notebook paper -- funny how that is.
Ian and Christopher -- they fought a little less. Christopher wanted to make an animated graphic for me, but that's code for "Mom, I want to play on your computer."
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