a few little things

 i love that olive wears her tutu to bed with her pajamas

she was showing me some ballet moves, too

eleanor is the best

she is the FIRST one to get her jammies on 

almost every night

and she's TWO! 

sometimes she does it before we even ask

she's also the first to get her coat and shoes on whenever we're going somewhere

bless her and her sassy pose

eleanor told olive she'd catch her

but luckily olive said, "i'm too heavy!"

 i love hazel's nightstand covered in books

 yesterday michael gave blood for the first time

 then he asked if i wanted to come give blood, too

on the way there eleanor and i saw the helicopter and airplane

accompanying president obama

and once i realized that's who it was i excitedly told eleanor

and she responded for the first time ever, "NO WAY!"

i loved it

 the lovebird blood doners

 hey o!

 after i gave blood at michael's work

i went and got olive from school and then picked noah and hazel up

and realized i had michael's keys and my keys

so he wouldn't be able to get home

so i was trying to take his keys to him

when i got hit by a truck

that got hit by a little car

driven by a woman who was accelerating and looking out her window

despite me being stopped waiting to go through a light...

 we only got damage to our trunk

but the lady in back's car is trashed

i'm amazed she was ok

 the truck in between us didn't have any noticeable damage

 luckily everyone was ok

and we made it to ballet on time

eleanor has a little obsession with this little baby

and the baby's mom is super nice to let her hold her newborn every week

 olive chip clipped her nose this morning

 just for fun, obviously

 i made a potato leek soup for dinner

and when the kids got home from school they helped me make whole wheat pretzels

they loved helping me