By The Numbers

Number of evenings it was warm enough recently to lay on the trampoline with Grandpa and learn about the moon, stars, and planets: 1, but just barely.

Number of times since that night Makayla has offered to point out Venus to me ("I can tell, because planets don't twinkle!"): 57. At least.

Number of Valentine's Day-themed foods we've made recently:

Not enough, according to Hailey and Makayla...

 

....more than enough according to Grandma.

Number of words in Second Grader Hailey's Reading Vocabulary: Bunches and bunches.

Number of stories read to Makayla: As many as she wants...

....plus one more.

Number of *Blink* games Hailey beat Grandma in this week: at least half of the 2349 we played.

Number of Chinese Checker games Hailey beat Grandma in: Zero. Keep trying, Hailey.

Number of things the girls do daily that make me giggle: at least 2 dozen. Here they're sniffing the contact paper which "smells like a beach ball".

Number of Valentine's Day crafts we've made: well let's see....

there was the tissue paper heart above and the paint-the-newspaper-hearts below, so...

add 300..... take away 7....

divide by 2.3445.....that makes...let see.....

....exactly 1 gazillion.

 

Number of activities our singles' ward has in a week: 3 or 4 or 5, sometimes 6. This blurry picture was Friday night's Chinese New Year Dinner and Dance.

 

 Number of cookies Makayla helped me make for Sunday's Munch and Mingle: 8 dozen.

 

Number Makayla ate: 0 cooked. A few dozen uncooked.



Number of times I smiled, realizing for the first time in years I had no involvement in the planning, set-up, execution, or clean-up of a church dinner: 1, but that 1 smile stayed on my face for several days.

Number of inches of snow we've had this week: at least 12, but it's currently snowing, so don't quote me on that.

Number of hours we've spent fixing up our rental: 4,003,478.

How many units in this apartment we have finished: 2.5 out of 4.

Number of slated 2014 quilts I have done: 1 down, 4 to go (2 more baby, 2 for eight-year-olds).



Number of days I'm going to need to recover from number overload:

 I'll let you know when I get there.