Days with the Dorans

Well, the Goose is 14!!! I'm a bit in denial! We had fun celebrating him!

We started out celebrating my favorite girl at the movies! We all went to see Mary Poppins Returns (Joey went too, but he went with Ella) and then came back home for food and fun. This has become a tradition the last few years and it seems a perfect "easy" way to celebrate in a laid-back way after all the craziness of the holidays! There's not a girl on earth I love more than this one! Happy Birthday my sweet Ali Jane! Love you soooooooooooo much!!!

 On the 14th, I picked Al back up from dance, drove to my school to finish up my sub plans and then we headed to the Bigs' school to surprise Joe in his locker! We taped his favorite candy to the inside of his locker (with a sock puppet card which he would "get") and Al decorated the outside. It was fun being sneaky! Of course while I was doing my thing during the day, Joe was at school and he reported it was a GREAT day! Everyone was wishing my shy guy a Happy Birthday and his friend Anna Lein actually gave him a present which was super sweet! After cross-country, Dom's dad, Scott, treated the boys to Slurpees! Joe sure is a lucky guy!  I couldn't wait for Joe to get home so I could give him this. I was so mad that his other phone (which was my mom's old 6s and really nice and I PAID for) died when he went in the water after one of Marty's toys with his phone in his pocket. He was mad too. He was doing something helpful but it was dumb... s...