Busy day so far, but a good one. 

Julia and Patrick had dentist appointments.  My mother came with us to watch Matthew in the waiting room and to sit with whichever child was not currently in the chair.  They both had great checkups and the dentist told Julia not to worry about not losing any teeth yet.  She'll probably lose one in August, and then they'll all soon follow.  (She is quite bummed at being one of the only kids in her class who has yet to lose a tooth.)

Then, we went to the bank and Julia dumped all of the change from her little cash register bank (was my Dad's as a boy, and then mine as a little girl, and now it's Julia's) into the coin counter.  (At our bank, there is no fee if you are a member)  So, she wound up with $26.25 in change.  We added the $10.00 in one dollar bills that was also in her bank and she deposited $36.25 into her savings account.  (We let her keep out the $10 bill she got from Grampa in case she decides she wants to buy something.)  I also deposited $25 for each of the boys that my Mom gave them for their birthdays today.  (Yes, their birthdays were in February and it is now April, but you may remember that she broke her leg right before birthday season, so she's just getting around to it now.)  So, their little accounts continue to grow ever so slowly, but it's something!  

Then, we came home and had lunch and the boys went down for naps.  That was 2.5 hours ago and they are both still snoring away in their cribs.  Who knew the dentist could be so exhausting?  Julia and I played her Angelina Ballerina board game, and I finished clipping coupons for one of the two potlucks that I sold online.  When the boys wake up, we're going to the park to meet my sister-in-law and neice and nephew.  It's 42, but it probably won't get any warmer this week, according to weather.gov, so we're heading to the park, all bundled up.  We'll get cabin fever otherwise.

I've also got the last of the laundry in the house in the dryer right now, and I will put it all away tonight.  Last night, Rob and I did a sock sort.  We pulled out the basket where I put all mismatched socks at the end of laundry day, and we matched them up.  Then, this morning, I took the rest of the unmatched ones around to everyone's bedroom and sock drawers and saw if I could possibly match them up.  If so, I made the matches.  After hitting everyone's sock drawer, I tossed out the remaining mismatched socks.  No reason to let them hang around, taking up valuable space in my home!

Oh, and this morning I went through a bag that was in Patrick's closet.  I tossed out the whole bag, except for a crockpot cookbook and a doll that was still in plastic.  Julia doesn't want it, so we'll sell it at the garage sale.  I also tossed (from the bag) a photo album that had pictures from college.  The pictures were primarily from a fraternity formal that I went to with my boyfriend at the time.  I'll never see those people again, except for my college roommate, and I've got better pictures of the two of us anyway.  So, out went the album.  Oh, I did pull out one picture of me and my old dog, Keebler.  Loved that dog.  :)  He's laying on the couch next to me, and I've put a baseball cap on his head, and made it look like he's snuggling with a reindeer stuffed animal.  Then, I'm snuggled up next to him.  Ooh, he was such a love. 

Tonight, I'm making beef stroganoff.  Should be yummy, and no one really complains about that one.  Oh, and yesterday we had my Mom over for Easter and had lasagna and salad.  It was delicious, and it was a very relaxing day.  I went to Rob's church with he and the kids, and my Mom came as well.  It was nice.  Then, we came back here and hung out and she went to our church.  Then she came over, and, as I said, we all just hung out until dinner, and then ate, and then she went home and we bathed the kids and we were all in bed early.  It was a nice holiday, but a long one.  Oh, right as we were sitting down to eat, the phone rang and it was a friend of mine from school.  She and her husband had been on their way to see her family in New York for Easter, and as they crossed the border into NY, their tire blew out.  They got towed all the way back here, and I picked them up at the service station and drove them home.  Poor things.  I felt badly for them, but they had a plan for chinese food and a bottle of wine in lieu of dinner with the family, and they seemed okay with it.  I was just glad that they weren't hurt.  They said they went from 75 mph to 20 in under a second.  Scary stuff.  Which reminds me, my brakes are squeaking and I have to take the car in to get that checked out.

I also have to mail in my first 40 pages of my book and my synopsis.  I've been rereading it, just to make sure it is good and thought provoking to make them want to read more.  I think it's not bad, so hopefully, since I'm my own worst critic, they'll think it's great! :)