August 23 = Malia's Checkup Day

Malia had her three year old well visit today... taking three kids to a doctor's office is so so fun ;) Everything thing looks good- she's developmentally on track and there were no shots to get so all in all, it was a good visit!

Joey enjoyed having a quiet day with all of us gone.

December 25 = Christmas

Well this is embarrassing.  This is all I have from Christmas...

March 16 = Halfway There Day

We've survived Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and now we just have Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday left.  One thing that I would have definitely appreciated Zachary's presence for today was this bug on my wall.  I tried to be brave and covered both my hands with toiled paper, tried to knock it down from the wall with one hand into the other hand, while getting chills all over my body.  I don't like bugs.  It didn't work.  The bug fell to the ground so I went and got a candle and turned it over on top of the bug so it couldn't escape.  And it will remain there until Zachary gets home. 

My little helper:

 And my little sass pot:

We've spent a considerable amount of time at the gym since Zachary's been gone... it gives us something constructive to do so I'm all about it!

January 25 = No Work Day!

USNA was shut down today because of the snow so we got to keep Zachary at home for most of the day!  He did go check in because he loves his job but we got some good family quality time today!  Here's the snow I had to battle to get in the car:

First let me show you some Malia sass and then I'll tell you a funny story that happened today that reiterates her sass:

My friend, Amy, went to pick up her daughter, Evie, from the Kids Club at the gym and they commented that she was doing a duck face a lot.  The girl added there's a girl that comes in the evening a lot that does the duck face the whole time.  Amy asked, "Are you talking about Malia?"  She was.  Malia is known as the duck face girl at the gym.

We went out to dinner.  This may seem like a minor detail of the day but we never ever go out to dinner.  We went to Red, Hot & Blue and got some ribs, mashed potatoes, fried okra, hush puppies and french fries.  The kids were not perfect... but they weren't terrible.  So it was a win.

And Zachary got to enjoy some late night snuggles with both cats!  Marley is there on his chest with her pretty little pink flower and Joey's in his lap- not quite as visible but he's there!

May 15 = Brio Day

I had an appointment today so we took Liam to the Navy day care but kept Malia out because she's usually pretty easy.  Well let this first picture give you an idea of the kind of attitude she had today:

We had gift cards to Brio which is not a good place for Mr. Liam to go to because he doesn't like to sit still and quietly so we've been planning on going while he's in the day care- we didn't even think Malia might be tough but she decided to keep us on our toes because today she decided to be so mad about everything- she didn't want to be in her car seat so we took her out and then she didn't want to sit still so Zachary took her over to a bench- thankfully we were sitting outside so it wasn't difficult to let her move around.  They had some good bonding time while I finished my delicious lunch.

May 7 = Walk Day

We met with some wives of the guys Zachary goes to school with for a walk today at Quiet Waters Park.  This was Malia's opinion about it: