Monday

I have a cold! Yesterday I stayed home from church and so did Dave and the kids. I think we all needed a day without a schedule. It was unfortunate that it had to be a Sunday, because we don't enjoy missing church. The whole past 6 weeks have been very hectic, mostly in a good way, but still, I think we needed some downtime.
I have a cold, but yesterday, I still managed to wake up to the smell of bacon! Dave made pancakes and bacon. My room is in the very back of the house, and the door was closed, but still, the smell woke me up. I had that song, Best part of wakin' up, is bacon in your cup... running through my head halfway between dreaming and waking. (I know that is not how the song goes, but that's what it changed to.) I really, really like bacon, so much more than I wish I did. How many more times can I say bacon? Bacon, bacon, bacon!
I have a cold, but I am so excited because my friend Lara is arriving today! Everyone should be so blessed to have a friend like her. My house is a wreck, my kids are dirty, my hair is scary and I look awful (from the cold), my yard is full of weeds (my Webkinz yard is GORGEOUS, however!), and my bathroom smells like pee (from Anna's potty-training, I am guessing?). But I am not stressed out. I am not going to run around trying to correct all of this mess. I know she knows how it really is. I can't be fake with her, and if I tried, she would like me less, and not more. I am so glad she is coming, because I am exhausted and I don't have the energy to try and act like everything's okay. I am sad and things are rough but I know I will still have so much fun. I love her kids so much. They are each so special and so much fun. My kids love them to visit! They bring a certain element to our house that is usually missing. They are a little less, um, restrained (read: LOUD!) than we normally are.
Anna jumped up this morning and went and picked her giraffe shirt out to wear today. She came running in and said Lara gave this to me! Back in March, I think? I don't know how she remembers all of this stuff. She is keeping track of every little thing. I wonder where she gets that from??