An old LLL friend and fellow Leader might be stopping by this afternoon, so it would probably make sense for me to get off of the computer and continue taking care of dishes or laundry or something while the kids are all happily occupied.

Ella has decided she wants to wear her hair in pig tails all of the time. It's pretty amazing that she actually wants me to do something with her hair because usually she just barely tolerates it. The only way I can actually brush her hair and get it out of her face is if she's sitting at the computer playing a game or watching a video. Otherwise, she'll just run away.

Cole is playing with clay and a variety of toy animals and Pokemon figures. Lately he's been going through a phase of wanting to be sure we write things down so we remember it all. Today he told me to write down that we're watching A Baby Story on TLC and that there are lots of people coming over to visit the family.

Accalia is hiding upstairs in one of the bedrooms because Ella wouldn't stop pulling off the blanket she was covered up with and Accalia wanted to be left alone. She wants the neighbors to come over and ring our doorbell - haven't seen them today - and I told her she and Cole could go over to see if they're around. She doesn't want to do that, though. She just wants them to appear at our door.

This morning we ran to the store to pick up a few groceries - I hope to avoid doing that during the busy and hectic weekend ahead - but that's about all we've done outside of the house. Cory's delivering pizzas tonight, so it'll be just the kids and I hanging around.