Week In Review

On Tuesday, schools were out of session in observance of Veterans' Day.

We spent the day with Juliana, Maya and Natalia, and the girls had a fantastic time together. Somehow, it had been nearly three months since we've gotten together, so we had a lot to catch up on.

The girls spent some time picking oranges and lemons, along with other fun and games (like Violet singing a song for us, below).

 On Tuesday evening, we joined half of Santa Clarita at Kohl's, which was having lots of Veteran's Day sales. Combining two coupons, I was able to get Cora a needed pair school shoes for $5, regularly priced $35.

Violet also had fun trying on shoes, and really wanted these black, slouchy bow-ed boots. When we hesitated (because she has a huge box of shoes in the closet), she had a crying fit. Stace walked her around the store and she came around.

 On Thursday, Violet and I had no plans, so we took a nice long walk with Christina and Melanie, ending up at Starbucks. Then, I took little Lanie home with us for a playdate, and the girls played with playdoh.

 On Saturday morning, Cora helped Stace put on his MG's tires, since they'd gone flat.

Stace has just about finished with the carburetor, which he's been slowly refurbishing for months. Then he'll bleed the brakes, and hopefully we can take it out for a spin again.

Cora's such a beautiful, capable girl, clever and interested in so many things. She really is a good help to Stacey.