Daddy's flown across the ocean Leaving just a memory

I think I set too high of a standard for myself on my To Do Lists while Dave is gone
I am sort of recalling getting so many things accomplished while he was in China in March and I really was on a Roll..............and then this happened.................................

and this....................his face is really distorted like this in real life....it is really weird

I never knew Strep caused puffy face
that must have been my problem all these years ha ha
In light of these I still managed to get some stuff done
and my kids got to have some fun

Sam got his preschool Birthday day. I found out he may be Mrs. Jensens pet. He just ate up all the attention and the gyrating all over Sandra's lap while she sang to him. Logan on the other hand way back at this age wanted to crawl under a rock and die on this day. Aunt Sands even checked to see the color of his underwear. ONLY in this preschool can a teacher get away w/that. I love this preschool. Makes one want to just keep having children so you have an excuse to go.

I removed the walls of Neve's bed so she could be a big girl. It has been 5 days I think and she still doesn't get out of bed until I come get her. When I put her to bed that first night she kept saying "fick it mom, fick it" She wanted me to fix the walls of the crib because it seemed broken to her. Dave will have left Baby Neve and come back to the Big Girl one. Speaking of that yesterday morning she said "mom I ana talka daddy" I said "neve you can't he is in China" and she walks over to the computer very sassy like and points at it and yells at me in a very witchy voice "I ana talka daddy wight now!!!" She knows he can be in that computer somewhere.
Logan and Ella talk to him on Skype most mornings while I am still asleep because I have been staying up late w/ridiculously exciting entertainment

Like thisI actually love puzzles and someone who loves me knows I do so she thought she'd give me this challenging one where there is no picture to follow. It has been hard but I am loving it.
Nope no dinner on this table for a few days. Good thing for a bar.

Last Saturday was a crazy day but my kids were in a little program at the Ward Christmas party (which was probably the best put together one I have ever been to). Ella was in the Angelic choir. They used all the girls that had semi recently or still fit in their dress recently been baptized. It was very cute and Ella enjoyed it. Logan was a shepherd and had a line that he felt was unfairly too long.
I only got this one picture though but I did gain a great respect and or sympathy for single mothers. Holy Hannah! I was so freaking worn out from this day (this was pre puzzle). I had to miss seeing things because I needed to be somewhere else to deal w/someone else. Logan was also part of a live nativity but I was home getting the other kids ready to go. I hope someone else has pics for me.
I videoed the singing part so Dave could see it when he got home and realized that when you video you don't really see it either. I guess we can watch it together. Dave was not sad to miss the ward party. He gets his antisocial groove on when it comes to big functions like that. Most women catch my drift.
I spent the afternoon w/my Mom today. My Dad offered to keep my sicklies and She had the better % off at Kohls. I took her to lunch at the CC to try to use up the rest of Daves food minimum since there hasn't been much golf lately. I still failed. We even took some meals take out for my Dad and Adam. I knew we should have ordered desserts.
This weekend is starting to look like it may be crazy like last but luckily for us all Dave will be home for at least part of it. THUMBS UP! to that
This is getting novelish so I will stop and finish the last 20 pieces of that puzzle and go to bed early for a change since there is a very yucky feeling settling into my throat.....booo!