7 Quick Takes Friday - VII

1. Car tour weekend! The kiddos have been looking forward to this *all week*. Baked for it all morning yesterday (to help boost the stuff to be made available in the hospitality room) - double batch of pumpkin muffins, and a double batch of biscotti. I was going to even do the white chocolate drizzle on the biscotti, but I only have one square of white chocolate left - so I'll just make that available to the hubby, which will probably mean it will be gone approximately 27.3 seconds or so after I tell him. ;)

2. I took Calla over to McD's Wednesday to play at the playground there. She hit it off right away with another child there - a little boy, perhaps a couple of months younger, perhaps not, but around her age. They played with his Happy Meal toy for a bit, and explored the play area together. She even managed to convince another boy - who was perhaps four years older than she is - to join them for a bit, LOL. It was cute. Mostly because she wasn't being *bossy*, but rather, inviting - "Come on! This'll be fun!"

3. She also gets to play with a little boy at speech - he's fiveish, I think, but isn't enrolled at school there. I've been meaning to ask his mother if they homeschool. Didn't get to this week; her baby was being "talkative" (in that very cute 4-month-old babble/squeal language), and it was just too freaking adorable to interrupt. Eeeeeveryone in the office there at the school was commenting (positively) on it.

4. Just barely over a week until the beginning of NaNoWriMo. I've signed up, and have been bouncing a few ideas around in my head. Still not sure which one I'll go with - I think I'll pack a notebook for the car tour; if I get any ideas or decide a definite direction, I want to be able to scribble down some notes. Not start writing, though - can't do that until Nov. 1.

5. The hubby has been watching Dead Like Me through Netflix (direct streaming to his comp). I've been needing to have my headphones on to focus on doing anything else - and I'll still catch myself watching instead of doing whatever it is I need to be doing. Netflix has been MORE THAN worth the (pretty darn minimal) cost. Less than what we'd spend renting two DVDs per month.

6. Kiddos have discovered Winnie-the-Pooh. The "Un-Valentine's Day" videocassette and the original Disney movie (DVD) have been heavy favorites now. I should probably get that videocassette copied over to DVD just in case.

7. Calla went with us this morning to drop Patrick off at school. She typically likes doing that (though some mornings, she tells me I have to go with Patrick, and she has to stay in bed) - and she wanted to go this morning. She is now happily playing with a LeapPad - then soon it will be off to get a few things for the trip, then my big, exciting activity of the day - laundry. :D

Have a great weekend!