"Labor Day"

Here is Lili's quote of the week.
She can't wait to go back to school, which doesn't start until Sept. 2nd, and we are of course all anxiously awaiting the arrival of her new sibling, who is due on August 22nd. This was our conversation this morning:
Lili "So I start school the day after Labor Day, right?"
Me: "Yes"
Lili: "The day right after Labor Day?"
Me: "Yes,"
Lili: "I really hope the baby comes tonight so I can go to school tomorrow."

Here's hoping our own personal "labor day" comes before Sept. 1st!!!

In honor of the Olympics

Today the Burch kids paid us a visit and Emily, being the great mom that she is, came bearing supplies for the kids to make tissue paper torches and aluminum foil medals...it is way too hot to do anything outside other than swim, so arts and crafts are always a hit. (On a side note, the girls have started cheering everytime we go somewhere that happens to have covered parking) Everyone had a great time until Lili decided to create a new event- running with your eyes closed, which Audrey adapted into running with your hands over your eyes and smacking into poor defenseless Finn. I think we need to form a committee to decide if she should be stripped of her foil medal.

The Star Wars Table at Borders

Lili is on a play date today, so Audrey and I had some one-on-one time. We went into Borders, and as we entered the Children's section Audrey was sucked in by a cartoon poster of Yoda to a large display table full of Star Wars books. Of course we had to read them all. Audrey reminded me of her godfather Uncle Joe when she found the "I can read" version of Darth Vader's life. The pages were black with white letters and as she opened it she exclaimed gleefully, "Ooooh yeah, nice and dark!" But the crown jewels of the table were the cookbooks, which combined two of Audrey's favorite things; food and Star Wars. I think what attracted her to "Wookie Cookies" and "Darth Malts" were the glossy photos, which featured Star Wars action figures posed among the prepared recipes. Some of them looked pretty tasty, and they all had catchy names, like Qui-Gon Jin-ger snaps and Boba Fett-ucine. I think these books might be making it onto a wish list next Christmas...