Penny had another box to open yesterday - a package from Matt's sister and her husband. (Clothes and a Superman toy, continuing the back-to-school and superhero themes...)

I need to remember to have her sit down and "write" thank-you notes soon.

Matt took Penny to the daycare's back-to-school carnival last night, and she had a blast. She came home with her face painted like a cat's; we made sure to take pictures before washing it off for bed. (I haven't uploaded them yet, though. Sorry.)

I stayed home with Alex -- he went to bed shortly after they left, and I had almost two hours of just sitting around and basking in the quiet and calm. It was nice.

After Penny went to bed, I did a couple pages of scrapbooking. All in all, it was a lovely, calm evening for me.

And Alex was good enough to sleep until 5:45 this morning, and he was in reasonably good spirits for most of the morning. Yay, cute babies!

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Not much else is happening right now. I'm trying to decide if my knee is up to a walk this morning -- I think I pushed it a little too hard on Tuesday, but I remembered my wrap today, and the weather is too beautiful not to take advantage of it. Maybe if I just walk and don't try to run at all...

Lunch with Matt today, though he's stuck in a more or less all-day meeting, so it'll need to be someplace near him and relatively quick. Not that that's a problem, in New Town.

Nothing really on the schedule for tonight - baths for the kids, hot dogs for dinner, and I might try to make the cupcakes for Penny's party. That way they'll have a day to cool so that we can frost them tomorrow, and they'll have a day to set before the party on Saturday. (I don't know about anyone else, but I actually prefer cupcakes where the frosting is just barely dried on the outside so there's a thin crust you bite through before getting to the creamy part. It's textural.)

But if I don't get to the cakes tonight, it won't be a disaster; it just means I'll ice them Friday night after the kids are in bed. Penny won't be able to help then, but she'll survive.