today was a school day - it was the first day of music class and red day for malloy! she was so excited to to wear her red clothes and was devastated that she didn't have red shoes to wear. when i asked the kids how school was, they replied:

malloy - i read a story about a mouse and a bear, but not a real bear, and the mouse ate a big strawberry. we were all feeding the bear. it wasn't a real bear, it was a pretend bear. it was a tissue box and we put strawberries in it. 

she also told me that gianna wasn't in school. she was super bummed about it :( 

rex - i played with a horse and a cow. (a man of many words) 

both kids made it through school - mrs. messina said that rex didn't cough much at all but his nose was runny.  mrs. w. said that malloy was fine! phew! 

we went to dinner at chili's tonight. i asked malloy if she wanted to go to dinner with daddy. and she said "yeah, and uncle ryan!" she misses her uncle! we had a great dinner. rex still isn't eating too much - i think his teeth are bothering him in combination with the cold. he was in good spirits, though! malloy did a great job eating her dinner and then we all shared a yummy dessert! that was a special treat/compromise - malloy was saying that we needed to go somewhere else after dinner to get dessert. 

it was a late night and the kids went down fairly easily. malloy had to call me in once to tell me that she was coughing. as if i couldn't hear her!! she's a bit of a drama queen, i have no idea where she gets it ;)

being silly

red day

being silly like his sister

chili's!