Some highlights of our past week

We've been pretty busy lately - this isn't really a typical week!
Last Tuesday - Made soup for enrichment night. Spilled soup on the floor of my new car (in a crock pot, in a box, but sploshed around too much in my rush to get to the church to set up). And broke my shoe on the way in.
Wednesday - helped in Olivia's classroom in the morning. Had to make treats to take to institute class that evening. My recipe had disappeared from the cookie section of my recipe book. Called my sister for no-bake cookie recipe. She says, "are you sure these are going to set up in time?" "Oh yeah, this recipe always works - they set up in just a few minutes."
Cut to an hour later, me pulling a tray of still-gooey cookies out of the freezer and throwing them in the car.
Back to that last hour: Finish cookies, John calls to let me know he's won't be back before the class. "I'm going anyway, we've got the treats." So Olivia takes over feeding Katelyn, and I make mac n' cheese for dinner, while listening to Olivia laugh at Katelyn's rice cereal beard. After being fed by her sister, Katelyn needs a bath but there's only time for new clothes and a wipe-down, and time to go. John made it for part of the class, and cookies were ready by the end!
Thursday - Clean up house, make a big bowl of pasta and some brownies for . . .
A houseful of people that arrive at my house for a surprise "good-bye luncheon" for a friend moving away that weekend. About 12 moms, 20 kids, and 2 hours of visiting, eating (they all brought food, too), getting food for kids, getting food away from babies, and getting 4th brownies away from more kids (namely, mine).
Friday - no school! And it's raining, we're staying home!
Saturday - clean out garage, Olivia Primary practice
Sunday - Got to be a proud mom watching the Primary sacrament meeting presentation! Our Primary is pretty small, so Olivia was still in the front row even though she's not a Sunbeam anymore. She of course picked out "the best outfit ever" to wear, and she sang all the songs! (Even the one that was supposed to be sung only by an older class).
Monday - cleaning day, then two friends at my house to learn how to make the "very best chocolate chip cookies." (Like I know anything about perfect baking - I just happened to find a really good recipe).
John gets home late, just minutes after Jackson throws up from gagging on an entire string cheese he was trying to swallow, Olivia crying because there's puke on her carpet, and Katelyn crying because I put her down to go clean up the puke. I ask John how his surgeries went. He says he needs to get a new job. A four-minute family home evening (including eating some of the cookies), and time for bed.
Today - watched friend's kids while she took her turn to volunteer in the classroom. Now time for the bunny party that Olivia planned out last night for us to do after school. Plans include: eat lettuce and carrots, play with bunny stuffed animals, draw bunnies, then we'll do some hopping around- if everyone will go along with her instructions, that is.
And the rest of this week should be pretty busy, too. A friend just loaned me the third vampire book, so I might have to put some time into that. And narrowing down Jackson's list of Halloween costumes. Not to mention the laundry . . .