How To Draw A Dinosaur.

I had a great time watching Gracie, Luke, and Drew last week while Leslie unpacked.  We took some walks and explored their new neighborhood, colored a lot, played games, and read a LOT of books.  All 3 kids are so sweet and cuddly.  And creative!  I casually mentioned while we were coloring one afternoon that I only know how to draw bubble letters.  Luke was so surprised that I couldn't draw dinosaurs!  As I was leaving on Wednesday evening, he handed me "step by step" directions on how to draw a Stegosaurus. How cute is that?!  As he gave it to me, he reminded me that "Stegosauruses (or is it Stegosauri??...) have 17 plates on them- don't forget that when you're drawing them." Check. Thanks, Luke. :) And now I have a picture diagram to follow. Exhibit A: How to draw a Dinosaur-

Gracie also showed off her talents.  We're superstars, obviously. :)  Exhibit B: Gracie's Thank You note-

Notes like these melt my heart, and make me excited to someday have a funny little kid of my own that I can play with all the time. (Don't get too excited, Mom. I'm excited to have kids, but not extremely anxious at this point. And no, this is not a creative way to tell people I'm pregnant!) 

Kids are tiring, no doubt.  I crashed into bed each night after trying to keep up with 3 kids who have seemingly endless energy.  I have such respect for Leslie- she's up and atem bright and early every morning, keeps the kids entertained throughout the day while working on side projects like laundry and preparing a few delicious and healthy meals.  And after the kids are tucked into bed, she is STILL going- doing all the "grown up" stuff that she wasn't able to get to while the kiddos were awake.  E-x-h-a-u-s-t-i-n-g.  

I'm sure (for the most part, aside from that pesky unpacking of a new house) that it was just another day in the life for the Hedenberg clan, but I was happy to be there with them and enjoyed my time playing with the kids and observing a stay at home mom in action.  I will consider myself a lucky lady if my future kids are as sweet as Leslie's. 

Exhibit C- 3 sweet, adorable kids and their happy, tired babysitter:

March Madness

Welcome to my world! I plan to use this blog to keep family and friends up to date on what's happening in our lives...
...wait, what's that?  I have had this blog for a couple years now? Huh.  Perhaps I should resume writing on it.

The truth of the matter, folks, is that lately life hasn't been too exciting. March seems to have changed that, though.  Here's a run down of what is happening at Loft de Weaghan.

• The whole family spent a long weekend in Houston a few weeks ago.  We celebrated three separate birthdays, most notably my Great Grandma's 90th.  It was a fun weekend, full of lots of eating, drinking, hanging out, kick boxing, and watching embarrasing home videos, circa 1986-88.  Let me tell you- we. looked. good. back then. Ugly hair, ugly shoes, and ridiculously short shorts for everyone!
• Lent is upon us, and it feels like it's lasting far longer than the 40 days that it is.  Will and I decided to really challenge ourselves this year by giving up 3 of our favorite things- Bread, Pasta, and Potatoes.  GAH!!! Torture.  We further torture ourselves by talking, all the time, about what we can't wait to ear after April 4th.  Let's see, what have we drooled over in the past few weeks? Red Robin french fries, a Jimmy Johns sammie, PIZZA, sandwiches in general, PIZZA, Sister Schuberts rolls, just to name a few.  Good news? We're dropping pounds.  Bad news? No fish-n-chips to celebrate St. Patty's this year.
• Will celebrated his dirty thirty on March 2nd.  He was really not looking forward to hitting the big 3-0, so we didn't do much to celebrate.  But he did get a big present- the 55" TV he's been eyeing for a long time.  I guess he needed a big TV to compensate for his failing vision now that he's old. :)
• We are very excited for one Mr. Jimmy Buffett to come to Nashville in May.  He's putting on a concert right down the street from our place!  Cari and I are in full out planning mode.  We went shopping last week for accessories for our homemade Parrothead hats. One word- HIGH-larious.  We are going to look smashing.  Our goal is to make Buffett cam again.  I think we have a good shot.
• I'm proud to report that my boytoy now holds dual degrees- one in Business from The University of Colorado, and the other? A degree in Hamburgerology from Hamburger University.  Yes, Will was up in Chicago last week learning all about McDonalds.  One step closer to the goal of his dad retiring and Will taking over.
• I am going to be traveling our great state of Tennessee in the next week!  I'm heading to Memphis on Wednesday to see an old Chicago friend and her husband.  They literally JUST moved down here and she needs a hair model for a job interview.  Hey, at least someone is getting interviews in this state!  I'm happy to help her out, although she'll have her work cut out for her taming my mop.  Next week I'm venturing over to Knoxville to help out Leslie and Ben with their move.  I will be on "kid watching" duty while Leslie works her magic and gets their house in working order.  I admit I'm pretty excited to see Leslie in action.  Her house is always so organized- I hope to pick up some pointers while I'm there.  Overall, though, I'm excited to have friends and family join me in Tennessee, and even happier that I can help out where I can!

See? I actually do have a lot going on right now! Woo!

Oh yeah, still no job. Boo.