Author: Abe Darais

Art Show, Mary’s and Clarissa Play Day

Today we allowed Mary to stay home from school because she and Clarissa wanted to play together. They played magically for hours and built a gigantic fort out of furniture and themes. Lily wrestled with the decision about whether or not she should let Mary stay home, but as an occasional think, I’m so glad she let Mary stay home. Mary and Clarissa really bonded today.

In the evening, Lily and I took all the kids to go see the displays of Lydia and Mary’s art projects at school.

Lydia
Lydia

At home, Ammon gave me a tour of the amazing fort that Mary and Clarissa built.

Smorgasbord

I was sorting the kids papers today and I also received a copy of the photo taken of me and Martha Stewart at X4, so today there is a smorgasbord of photos to share

Lydia has really taken off recently with her art. Below is a brochure for a school project as well as a design she made for Foothill’s yearbook. Unfortunately we did not submit the picture (mostly parental mistake we feel awful about), but we are so proud of the work she did, and Lydia was nice about the miss and happy that her friend’s picture was selected for the yearbook.

Below Clarissa copied a picture that Lydia gave her. I was amazed at how good it was and almost didn’t believe Clarissa did it at her age.

I recently got this picture from X4. Some customers we were hosting got their picture with Martha Stewart and I happened to be in line with them, so I got my picture too! It wasn’t meaningful in the sense that I didn’t get to know her at all. She did ask where I was from, and when she asked how she looked before the photo was taken, I said, “you look great.” and she clarified that only her make-up assistant is allowed to answer that question, lol. Still, kind of a neat thing to have a moment and a photo with such a famous person. She seemed really nice.

Ammon and Clarissa Cuteness

It is adorable the way Ammon and Clarissa pal around and goof off together. Today it appears one of the older daughters caught Ammon and Clarissa goofing together in the back seat of the car. I love this video (even though no one realized they were probably speaking too loudly into each others’ ears) because it’s a peak into the hours and hours of goofing off they do together. They can be so cute together!

In the evening, the Ammon and Clarissa cuteness continued when they performed a couple of dances for me.

A Fun Saturday with Friends

Today Todd and his kids, Kasey and Cora, came over for breakfast and we had the greatest time. Lily and I always love talking to Todd and the breakfast spread was delicious (pancakes/fruit, bacon (from Todd), eggs). The kids had an awesome time together. Ammon had a lot of fun making fairy houses in the backyard with Cora.

After our time with Todd and his kids, our kids prepared a tea party for us all. They did an amazing job. I think Lydia was responsible for most of it. She’s so good at making things eventful!

  • Clarissa being silly
  • Ammon was really excited at was his eyebrows could do when he made this face and he wanted me to take a picture.

In the evening, I had the best time with the kids. The had built a massive fort, and I played in it with them. Then we pretended that we all went to an outing to the fair. I ended up being a bucking bronco, a twirling swing ride, and another ride where I carried the kids around (and Lydia was live advertisements along the way). Then we all rode the train and Lily joined us for that part. We pretended to be different characters getting on and off the train and it was really fun. We also had an America’s got talent performance as well as a ballet performance from Clarissa. It was all very fun!