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Father's Day was an excellent excuse to go out to eat! And that's about all we did. We enjoyed the Chinese buffet, as always. Dumplings!! But then Daddy had to go to bed because he was due into work for the midnight shift. We did stop and buy something, and you'll see that below.

And here is what we bought!!! At the thrift store, no less! A real brass, canopy, twin bed for Brooke!! We got a new box spring and used the mattress from Brooke's old bed, the daybed. (Mark swears it's the best mattress in the house.) She is SO proud of her bed!! Olivia was a little jealous, but she got over it very quickly (thank heavens). Just a couple days before, we had moved Brooke's old bed into Olivia's room at both their requests. They like sleeping in their own beds, but they want to be close to each other. So now they share one room. They love it! Because the brass bed is so tall, it needed to be on the far wall from the doorway, where Olivia's bed originally was. Olivia still has to move her artwork from the wall in back of Brooke. Brooke has new artwork of her own to go up in it's place. Olivia's bed is across from Brooke's. The bed is tall enough that we have little doggie stairs for Brooke to use to get on the bed. brooke's old room has become... the "Library". All of Olivia's bookcases and books got moved in there, along with her writing desk. If we refer to it as the "playroom" we get reprimanded!

We spent all last week at Vacation Bible School. The girls had a blast. I was a "crew leader" and had 5 little ones to herd from one activity to the next. They were great kids and were well behaved for the most part. But I was worn out by Friday. The kids are all invited to sing at church tomorrow, but I don't think we'll be there, since Olivia had a fever and was puking all day today. She is very disappointed and I know she'll be fighting about it tomorrow.

Here's Brooke playing dress up.

Brooke is officially registered for pre-school starting in August. She will be in the "young 4's" class, held Monday-Wednesday-Friday, from 9-1. The really nice thing is that the school is within walking distance, so maybe I will get some exercise? Right! (Get real, huh?) This is the same preschool Olivia attended and they are great folks.

And, finally, here is a butterfly that came to visit today. I was struck by how pretty he was. He stayed for a long time. One of our home-grown special needs butterflies has passed away, but the other fellow is fat and happy, living in his private butterfly house and dining on oranges.