Here is the scene as I saw it: Lorelai and Alex came running into the living room at Lorelai's house. I noticed that Lorelai had something white and fluffy. Cotton balls. Lots of cotton balls. She hands them to Alex and they start to throw them in the air, celebrating something very important. Ever since their Sunday School teacher led them on a Praise Parade 4 Jesus there has been lots of celebrating. So as I sat there on the couch, cotton balls are being thrown into the air, at each other, and all around. They are in plants, on the floor, in corners. It's really quite pretty, for me - winter without the cold. Apparently Lorelai had been told the day before not to do the very thing she was doing so when the mommy found out it was trouble time. She asked Lorelai to pick up the cotton balls and throw them away.

We left it at that.

I thought it was done. Then Alex shows up in the kitchen with a wad of cotton balls. "Where did you find those? Did you get them out of the trash?!" I asked. "Nooooooo! I diiiiiiiddddn't! Realllllly, I didn't. I found them under the chair in the living room!" He whined. Yes, he whined. Lorelai showed up just after this with a little grin on her face. "Why did you hide them?" I asked. "Because I was being sneaky," she whispered. HAHAHAHAHAHA! I loved it. Perhaps you had to be there but this story is hysterical because of Lorelai. This is not the princess Lorelai that I have known. And I have known her all her life, really I have. She has a crazy streak coming out in her. I must now tell my sister that I am sorry for all of the laughing I will be doing if she keeps it up. She is full of surprises! I would never have thought this princess would have this wildness but the girl definitely has a mind of her own. You go, girl! Sorry, Aunt Em.

And yes, Lorelai, in the human world we DO celebrate friendship day. Will you be my friend?

A lot has happened since the last post. The above picture is Alex and Audrey's new home. Right now it looks more like a swimming pool but Audrey would be okay with that. She is convinced, as she has been since January, that we will NEVER be able to swim this summer. We should be able to move into our new home the first of July - a fitting way to celebrate Anaiya's birthday, I suppose.Birthdays have passed for Alex and Audrey. Alex considers himself a "new" six year old. This only comes out when he is asked to do something he doesn't feel fits into a brand new six year old's agenda. For example, me: "Alex, It's time to learn to tie your shoes. You don't want to be in first grade without knowing how to tie your shoes, do you?" Alex: "Mommy, I never had to do that when I was five and I am just a new six year old."

Audrey is very proud that she is four. She was not liking it that Lorelai was already four. Now Audrey tells her cousin Alyssa that she is older than she is. Alyssa will be four in a couple of months and could not care less that Audrey is older - or so it would appear. Audrey is the only one counting. As of right now, Audrey is crying, and crying, and crying, and crying and crying...you get the picture...all because she had to pick up her room. For those of you who have had the pleasure of hearing the most fake cry in your life, you know what I am going through. For those of you who have no clue, give me a call and I will ask her to clean her room and she will start.

Alex just asked me if South America was real.
"'Cause I've been thinking about going there. It's like America. Wait, is it like America? Do we live in America?"

"No," said Audrey, "we live in a city."

"We live in North America. I suppose it is similar in ways to South America - buildings, trees. But there are lots of rain forests," I said.

"Audrey, guess what?! South America is the same as America and we live in North America. So it looks like most of the stuff in 'Up' is real."

Today we will be off to the library. Alex is on Spring Break. I can't believe just a couple more months and he is going into the first grade. My little boy!