Week in the Life - Monday, July 25, 2011

Even though Elijah's diabetes has brought many changes to our routine, other parts of our life are still going as they always have. Papa still goes to work and every morning he lays out the things he needs to take with him: keys, cell phone, teeth.

Every morning the kids want to be fed. This morning they won out and got to start off the day with cool, refreshing Jello. In Mississippi by the time it is 9:00 a.m. you are ready for something cool and refreshing.

Speaking of food, it is nearing the end of the month and the end of the grocery budget. I have $35.00 left to spend on groceries, so I need to be careful in what I choose to buy so we don't run out of anything we really need. So I headed to Save A Lot and after spending $29.64 I came back with this:

The ice cream and Diet Coke were necessities, everything else was negotiable. While I was unpacking the provisions, folks started arriving. Gabriel came over for some girl-time with Naomi, lots of beads, and wire, and laughter, and chit-chat.

Aunt Mary brought a slew of young uns to play in the pool

And Jace came up for some play time with Granny

and even better than playing with the bestest Granny in the whole world is getting to play with Granny's toys

While Granny and Jace enjoyed playing in the lovely air conditioned house with cool toys, the boys and Lizzie played in the pool with their cousins and Papa.

All in all a lovely day.