Whew!

What a weekend!

My brother came over Saturday night after AJ went to bed. AJ woke me at 7 the next morning, climbing into my bed saying, "Mommy. Mommy? MOMMY! Someone is sleeping on our couch! Is it Uncle?"

"Yes, AJ."

"Oh, good! I'll share his blanket!"

Terry is nesting and cleaned out the garage. It looks GREAT. Kyle, my brother, helped a great deal, too. I can walk from one end to the other now.

Grace is working hard on a jazz duet with her best friend, Alexis, for competitions in 2010. This is in addition to the group company competitions. They are dancing to a cute version of "Zip Adee doo dah" which is quite fast-paced and challenging. It's GREAT for them! We've made arrangements for Alexis and her mom to come to our house after our Monday playdates so the girls can practice and then stay for dinner. Lasagna tonight!

Sunday afternoon, I drove Grace up to Sanford for her 2nd cousin Katie's 6th birthday party at a Paint your own Pottery place. It was so fun. Grace had a blast. I saw my cousins, aunt and uncle, and my cousin Chad and his wife Meridith brought their new baby, Lukas. Grace chose a jewelry box with a unicorn on top to paint. Ironically, my sister Kellyn has an identical box. I'm sure Grace painted differently than Kellyn, but I thought it was cool. I also painted--Garden Stakes! We'll see how they turn out!

And my cousins Chris, Chad and I all have identical video cameras. What are the odds? (And I'm not talking cheap, common-denominator-of-society cameras, either!!) We are family!