Bits: Straight Up

I may not be a drinking girl, but I do know how like my bits this week.
 
Straight up.

And good to the last drop.
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:: Bunked in with the girls until they fell asleep and Joe ran an errand.  Came back with milkshakes.

True love and my kind of buzz.

:: On the subject of milkshakes, our favorite of Hope's family night dance party variety.

Blend 1 cup of milk, 1/2 cup half and half, 1 cup frozen strawberries, 1 tsp sugar.  Sometimes I do half this recipe again to make enough for all five of us.

:: The state of our mailbox recently.  If you've sent us love, know that it has been savored to b-i-t-s.

:: The one bonafide morning person in our family.  Seriously wakes herself right up, decides to do a book report for fun, and makes a diorama while she's at it.  All before I've had my coffee.

Where did she learn the word "diorama" anyway?

:: Alysse, you dressing yourself is good stuff.  Very good stuff.

:: A friend who offers to come along to the library while her girls are in school.  And picnic with us at the park.

Sweet.

:: On the subject of sweet, one morning the girls had a couple of not-listening episodes.  While I was upstairs dealing with things, Hope and Maddie quietly unloaded the dishwasher and put the dirty dishes inside.  Then straightened up the living room all on their own.

Some precarious stacking going on there, but-- hello-- awesome.  Learning to make amends.

:: Little girls speaking in rhymy, sing-songy Seussical style all morning plus lots and lots of stopping to read.  TGIF and happy birthday to the Dr.!

:: Sometimes on a Saturday.

Muffin tin pancakes fueling a day trip.

:: Almost always on a Sunday.

Shenanigans before church.

:: Forever in my heart.

~Katrina