Random acts of Merediths

This post is dedicated to my favorite sister Lorie who has threatened me with one bee if I didn't fulfill her demands of more pictures and posts.

1. On Tuesday, we had an awesome enrichment meeting where we did an exchange where everyone brings their stuff that they want to get rid of, and then everyone takes from it what they want and the rest gets taken to Goodwill. So I was in charge of refreshments and we decided that hot chocolate was a fun idea, so I made a bunch of hot chocolate (which hardly anybody drank, but it was good!). Jeremy was out of town, so I had to take the kids with me. While I was setting it up, there was no nursery yet, so the kids followed me back and forth from the kitchen to the gym while I was carrying all this hot chocolate, and they were all singing "Hot chocolate! Hot chocolate!" over and over again. Super big nerds. It felt like straight out of Peter Pan, following the leader.

2. After this spectacular enrichment meeting, Liah says "Mommy, that was like a yard sale." Yes, it was. "But we didn't pay for anything" No, we didn't. "Mom, that's called stealing". So apparently, in my daughter's eyes, I am a thief.

3. One of the things I legally took without paying for were these awesome candle holder thingies. (Yes, I believe that is the technical term). So in honor of my new acquisition (there's my big word for the day), I thought I would light some candles. You can tell how often we burn candles around here. The moment I lit the first one, Sean starts singing: "Happy Birthday to you..."

4. You know it is going to be a fantastic evening when you think you're just going to make something easy for dinner, and you get the pot of water boiling, then dump in the entire box of macaroni and cheese, cheese sauce included. (not one word, Lorie... )

5. Liah and Emily both went to the pumpkin patch with their schools. They were both SOOO excited about their pumpkins. However, only Liah has personified hers the way she did. She seriously has been introducing her pumpkin to everyone who comes over.

6. Moira was over here playing with Sean while the girls were at ballet. It was so cute watching them playing in the Jeep together. Sean was helping her with the radio, but my favorite part was when he got out of the Jeep and lifted up the hood to run a diagnostic (or just to see why it wasn't running... no battery, does it everytime)

7. Addison has the cutest little bath towels. Here are a couple of my favorites:

8. Finally, here is the quote that inspired my sister's threat in the first place. We used to be obsessed with these "Deep Thoughts" by Jack Handey: "Whenever anyone says "I can't," it makes me wish he'd get stung to death by about ten thousand bees. When he says "I'll try," five thousand bees. ("I can," one bee.) " Here's one bee to you Lorie....