ah! i totally forgot to write last night. you'd think by now i would remember hahaha


yesterday was thelma's birthday! she turned 12. i took her for a walk because it wasn't too cold...she hasn't been outside in ages. weeks, maybe months. imagine that being your life! anyways, i wasn't sure if she would think it was cold, or be scared, or whatever...but she did her happy dance the WHOLE time. it was awesome! her happy dance is very distinctive, because she usually doesn't move that much. when she's happy, she moves her head from side to side and claps, and tries to get the person she's with to clap too. it was so cute. i can't wait until its warm and the kids can be outside every day.

a couple weeks ago i noticed the kids down below and the boys had a lot of ripped clothes that wouldn't be too hard to fix...i don't really like seeing them running around in ripped clothes, knowing that in 5 minutes i could close up the holes...so i asked them to give me their ripped clothes. at first i had to beg for it, but now i have this huge pile of clothes on my kitchen table that need to be repaired! they love to watch me do it, even though it makes me nervous with the needles and pins. they have to give me at least a 2 foot bubble, even though i'm pretty sure i could teach jose and he would sew better than me :)