Isn't she so funny? She is also impossible and I don't know why people can't just be quiet and why they have to be so loud about all the time but whatever.  She is so cute and funny and she cracks me up.  Today she said Happy birthday! I said, it's not my birthday.  She said yes it is, Thanksgiving is every turkey's birthday!  My teacher told me that!  Ha!  I am grateful indeed, for old Maria, even if she does drive me nuts.  She is perfect with Anthony, she was trying to teach him the JOY of just petting Maggie and not pulling her dang tail.  She is - well, she is not perfect with the littler girls, she is a typical 7 or 8 year old, whatever.  She is one of the loves of my life.  Happy Thanksgiving!

Pictures and Catchup

Things are fine, moving right along.  Maria finished soccer, she is in Girl Scouts, she was St. Veronica for the All Saints Day Mass.  She wants an iPod touch for Christmas and I told her Mike and I were thinking about it and then she verified that fact every hour for two days until I told her she had to stop.  Situation normal.  Here's some pictures:

She got an excellent report card and I told her she could have whatever she wanted at the Ice Cream Shop, which was three scoops of cookies and cream.  Will I never learn?

They were going to church with Mike, so they were looking forward to it, ha! My schedule changed at work so I don't have to be there until 6:00 on Saturday so I've been going to 5:00 Mass so Mike can go to 10:30 on Sunday.

School Picture, second grade.  She told me she wanted me to curl her hair so I bought a curling iron and it came out great!  She has really perfected her smile.

Maria and Maggie, our dog.  Maria is probably the best with her.  Veronica and Felicity are always all up in her grill but Maria is really sweet and gentle with her.

Halloween, 2015.  Maria was a vampire.  She and Veronica really ran ahead of Laura and Felicity and me so I texted my neighbor, who was nice enough to keep an eye on them.  Every year I think maybe we'll all be on the same page but it wasn't this year!

With Anthony, before bed.

Saint Veronica.  Those little second grade kids all dressed up as their studied saint almost killed me, so cute.

So you're caught up!