Partied out.

Yesterday I spent the afternoon painting the bead board in the downstairs bathroom, and Andrew spent the day at Rian's playing on her new Wii. Susy took Mali and her sewing machine to JoAnne's, where it has been shipped off to the sewing machine hospital.
Last night we all just vegetated, after eating Susy's delicious meatloaf. Well, everyone but Andrew, who was frightened of it. He put together his own dinner from apples and peanut butter, bread and cheese, and carrots. Afterwards we just watched our last Veronica Mars of the disk and went to bed early.

Mali and Andrew are both over at Rian's now, Wii-ing. I brought Rian home with Andrew after swim practice to ensure he ate a decent lunch. I cooked eggcakes/Swedish pancakes for both him and Rian while they played a rousing game of Candyland with Mali. Then they all walked to Rian's.
I am about to fight with the bathroom sink and install a new faucet. Woohoo!

Straight A's for Mali!!!!!!

Since Mali was in 3rd grade our standing offer has been that as soon as she gets a straight A report card we would let her get her ears pierced. This was very convenient for us, since elementary school gives out only S's and O's and other random letters.
Today, Mali's first middle school report card came in the mail. Tension was a little high. She has taken the start of this school year very seriously, paying a lot of attention to her grades.
She took her report card up to her room to open it in private, you know, just in case. I knew we were okay when I heard a squeal, quickly followed by much dancing at the top of the stairs.

Mali chose Chinese food for her celebratory dinner, and we just returned from China Bay. She's up in her room now with Led Zeppelin cranked up on her stereo. Her friend Rachel's favorite song is The Immigrant Song, and apparently Mali has been influenced.

We've got Saving Grace from Netflix. I hadn't updated our queue lately. We're going to watch it tonight so we can quickly get back into Veronica Mars.

Finals week.

Not much happening here today. Last night we watched Veronica Mars, all four episodes on the DVD.
Today and tomorrow Southridge gets out at 11:00 because of finals. I'm expecting Andrew soon, with news of his Japanese and Chemistry tests. Then he goes back for swim practice this afternoon sometime.
Today's theme for Highland Park's week of craziness or whatever is: crazy colors. Mali did not rise to the bait this morning.

Foggy Soccer

Mali's team got a practice in at Beaverton High School last night, complete with a scrimmage, scrambled with an older girl's team in the fog under the lights. Mali made her penalty kick while I watched, and her team won.
Got home to a very late pizza dinner and a showing of Veronica Mars off our latest DVD.

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Mali made the cake yesterday afternoon, with hopes for accolades from Andrew and his friends. When he showed up alone she made him call Rian and invite her over. We ate most of it right then.
We received and finished the next Veronica Mars DVD - season 2/disk 2. It's posted back to Netflix today and we eagerly wait for the next installment.
Dinner was chicken noodle soup, since Susy and I weren't feeling well. Andrew was happy eating leftover spaghetti, since the rest of us wanted onions in the soup.

Veronica Mars

We Netflixed Veronica Mars disk1/season2, so had a cozy evening last night with the first two episodes. We love this show.
Today is the start of the Halloween festivities. We're providing pizzas and punch for the Mali/Rachel bash at Rachel's house, then taking off to Robert and Jennifer's Wandering Pirate Party.

Mali has changed her costume AGAIN!!! Now she is planning a scientist costume, with not much time for implementation. Rachel apparently changed hers too, from a Federal Agent to a pirate.

Andrew will probably go to the final Southridge football game - his friends are all going and he's nothing else to do. His party is Wednesday - Kyle's family has a big bash at the club house.