Look who has a nightgown

Look who has a new nightgown to wear to bed, in addition to all those PJs like the boys.  

No way would she have worn this if I had bought it for her.  Luckily, the Easter bunny brought it, so she's all over it.

And speaking of big . . .

Will has been going to the eye doctor since he was about four months old.  He has always sat in my lap while he was examined.

A couple of weeks ago he had another appointment.  He just got up in the chair by himself and sat there like a little man.  When did my little guy get so big?

Running the Bases

If there isn't another game starting, Helen and Will run the bases after Charlie and Joe's baseball games end.

Helen is the epitome of an "I can do anything my big brothers can do" child. 

But doesn't she look so big here in her own right? 

The Last Six Hours

2:45 - I leave work
3:00 - I arrive at school to pick up Joe
3:15 - Joe and I arrive home (Will is already home with Gramma)
4:25 - I leave home
4:30 - I arrive at school to pick up Charlie
4:35 - Charlie and I arrive home
5:00 - Cort leaves work
5:15 - Cort arrives at school to pick up Helen
5:30 - I instruct the three kids at home to pick up and get ready to leave
5:35 - Cort and Helen arrive home
5:40 - I instruct all kids to get in cars
5:45 - Cort and Joe leave home
5:50 - Charlie, Will, Helen, Gramma, and I leave home
5:55 - Charlie, Will, Helen, Gramma and I arrive at school for healthy chef's night
6:00 - Cort and Joe arrive at the baseball fields for batting practice
6:10 - I leave school
6:20 - I arrive at baseball fields to pick up Joe
6:30 - Joe and I arrive back at school for chef's night
6:40 - Charlie and I leave school
6:50 - Charlie and I arrive at baseball fields, where I drop Charlie off for batting practice
7:00 - I arrive back at school
7:10 - Joe, Will, Helen, Gramma, and I leave school
7:15 - Joe, Will, Helen, Gramma, and I arrive at the drive-through of the new Chik-Fil-A (yes, I see the irony in the fact that we have to order fast food because we were too busy at healthy chef's night to actually have a healthy meal)
7:20 - Cort and Charlie leave the baseball fields
7:25 - Joe, Will, Helen, Gramma, and I leave Chik-Fil-A
7:30 - Joe, Will, Helen, Gramma, and I arrive home, followed immediately by Cort and Charlie
7:35 - Helen sets the table and everyone begins eating
8:00 - Cort and I begin herding kids upstairs to get ready for bed
8:15 - Charlie and Joe go to bed
8:20 - Will and Helen go to bed
8:45 - I make muffins for breakfast

Our little competitor

Helen is competitive. Very competitive. She's not quite as into sports as her big brothers, but she is VERY into winning. In fact, she thinks about pretty much everything in terms of winning.

Case in point:

The other day I told Will and Helen that we needed to go pick up Charlie and Joe at their friend Colin's house. Who's Colin? Helen wanted to know. (They've been friends with Colin for two years now. She should know him.) I reminded her that Colin was Charlie's friend from school. She said she didn't know him. I tried to jog her memory--remember, Colin was on their soccer team too. Nope, she insisted she didn't know him. I said, "Remember, he has a little sister named Kiera and she is going to be in kindergarten with you." We have discussed this pretty much every time we have seen Kiera for the last year. Will and Helen have played with Kiera multiple times during the boys' soccer games and practices. Still, Helen said she didn't know Kiera or Colin. Since Kiera also played soccer last fall, I tried that tact: "Remember, Kiera was on the red soccer team?"

To which Helen immediately responded: "Oh. Yeah. I know Kiera. We BEAT them. Twice. And they LOSED!!!!"

Things that make absolute sense to a child

After eating donuts for breakfast, I told Will to wash his hands and then get dressed. His response?

"But I licked my hands. So they're good."