Here it is Sunday evening...Miles is off at a youth fireside...the girls are in bed, "asleep"...and I am taking a moment...
I'd like to "post" once a week, at least, and Sunday evenings seem the perfect time. Every other day of the week I have to surrender the computer to Miles so that he can work on school...Sunday evenings he is either gone, or prepping a uniform...polishing shoes...or other military prep stuff he has to do before a new week...so the computer is all mine...HA...HA...HA...:-)
Anyway, we had a fairly uneventful remainder of the week. Maddie returned to school Thursday morning, and while her teacher reported that all went well, when Maddie came off the school bus she clung to her Mommy, and refused to be put down. However, she got up Friday morning all excited about a "school bus" day...so that is a good sign.
Last night we went to our ward's annual chili cook-off. What an adventure! To begin with, once we arrived Emma split...she just took off and joined the mass of children who were running pell mell through the cultural hall. Maddie?? Maddie found a seat, sat down and refused to move until she had some chili! :-) It never ceases to amaze me what she grabs onto and just won't let go...once she had consumed a bowl of chili, she was off with the rest of the kids! I had the wonderful opportunity to be selected, at random, to participate in the judging...to appreciate the irony I might explain to those of you who don't know that I really am not a big fan of any kid of soup, and chili is one of my least favorite of all "soups"...additionally, I really do not have the "hot food" gene...mild often leaves my eyes watering, and me reaching for another LARGE glass of water. So, here I was tasting no less than 20 different chilis all competing for "sweetest", "most unusual", "best overall" and "HOTTEST!" Needless to say after one bite of what would become the winning chili in the "HOTTEST" category, I couldn't taste anything else the rest of the evening...my mouth burns just thinking about it. Miles, who did receive the "hot food" gene...in abundance...did admit that the winning chili was "pretty warm"...SIGH!
The only other moment I wanted to share was our first Maschger Family "Tea" Party. Emma received a "tea" set for her birthday, and whereas she has had many tea parties with her sister, her friends, cousin Katy, and Mom...this was the first time we got Dad involved. This proved to be the coolest "Tea" party of all, because Dad insisted on providing cookies, and marshmallows (a favorite food of our girls). So, yesterday morning, we set up all of our tea party finery, Mom poured the milk, and Dad passed around the cookies, and the girls had a blast! Ever since...mind you that was less than 36 hours ago, both Maddie and Emma have asked for another tea party at least a dozen times each! It is the little things! :-)
Ahhh...I am off to put my little girls who are "asleep" back into bed! :-) Bring back memories anyone?
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