We had a nearly perfect weekend as far as I'm concerned! We didn't go anywhere and got some things accomplished that had been neglected for some time.
Saturday I worked on cleaning up the piles of papers in my kitchen. Tacie worked on a project for school. Talia played and read her Unicorn Chronicles book. Tacie and I went and had our hair cut in the afternoon. Afterwards, she drove us home, about 13 miles. Later, Talia had a friend over to play with their American Girl dolls (it was supposed to be their book club meeting but only one ended up being able to come). Bruce worked on some metal art projects at the old house (involving welding).
Sunday morning I read the paper over breakfast. Tacie, Talia, and I played the American Girl board game (Tacie won!). Tacie finished her school project and felt great relief to get it done before the end of the day! It is a poster that illustrates a book she read, "Johnny Got His Gun". The girls played together for a while.
I spent all day cleaning out the basement. After spending so much time helping Mom with hers, I was inspired. You would truly not believe the amount of paper and craft supplies I have down there. I'm not done but I've made significant progress and found a few things I'd been looking for. Bruce went skydiving; when he got home he played Barbies with Talia.
It is a good thing that Tacie's school isn't far from my office. Her teacher instructed her not to roll the poster so I needed to drive her today.
Today Talia has a busy day. This morning she had Recorder Ensemble practice. After school, she has Chorus practice. After Chorus, she's helping out a Brownie troop as part of the Junior Aide patch she's earning (she planned a tongue twister activity to do with them). Tomorrow will be even busier for her. It is yearbook picture day so she has to take both her Art Club and her Chorus T-shirts. Then, after school, she'll be working with another Brownie troop. This time she'll be teaching them some Chinese calligraphy. (Part of what I'd been looking for in the basement were our calligraphy brushes and special paper).
