And here we are back into a busy week ... no rest for the weary! I shouldn't be weary though, I did have two BIG naps on Saturday and Sunday not part of my normal routine!
So what was so BIG and BUSY about our weekend well where should I start ...
I can begin with dropping Eva off at G&G Slechta for her "sleep over" since she has become the big girl she is for more than a month now of wearing underwear and no pull-ups! YEAH ME, or should I re-phrase that to say YEAH EVA! :)
***This photo is actually of her coming home, note it is the same outfit she came it ... child was determined that she was going to stay in it!***
So, I dropped her off with Grandma Helen and she was as excited as could be. She had her suitcase unpacked within minutes of being there. Toothpaste and tooth brush in her bathroom, CHECK. Pillow and fussy pink blanket on her bed, CHECK. PJ's laid out, CHECK. She was already to go, ahem, to stay! So, she waved me good-bye and on we went. G&G took her to Hu-Hot despite Gpa's attempts at asking her if she wanted Red Lobster or Olive Garden. Then they went to the grocery store and bought some powder sugar donuts for breakfast, and a few other things I am sure! After that, what happens at Gma's stays at Gma's other than I know I have pen stains on her favorite new PJ's and we had to wash pen off her hands ... wonder how that got there! *BIG SMILE*
***At Hu-Hot with Gma, and that good old cheesy smile of hers!***
***I assume this is in the morning, but for all I know it could be before bedtime too!***
As for the rest of us, after dropping Eva off we picked up Micah Gugel to our group for the night as it was Camdens long awaited turn at having a friend over for a night! Emily was quickly taken to Gpa Marner's till dad could get there and I went up to IC with the boys to take some of that energy out of them at the Mercer Aquatic Center!
I had not been there since, well we are talking back to my HS Senior days when I used to work at the IC Press-Citizen and I would pack my swim suit and go there to get in their hot tub after work some evenings. Oh how I miss that body ... I mean those days! It was really nice there, the boys played for close to an 1.5 hours and I even got myself into the Hot tub like old days and watched the boys from where I was at. I told Jon we will have to go back there with Emily again some Friday evening after school, it was GREAT!
We made the stop at Hy-Vee where not one, not two, but three employees did not know where the Pizza Sauce would be ... the fourth one pointed us in the right direction. And we headed home for some homemade pizza that Jon had ready for us. Emily was Jon's special helper in the kitchen, and she also got to cuddle in bed with me that night until Jon came to bed to try and off-set the feeling left out! They boys where up quite early, like crack of dawn early! Jon made pancakes, eggs and bacon ... Micah just wanted toast and bacon! HA, shows sometime the hard work is just not needed! But the eggs and bacon were good for the rest of us!
Emily had dress rehearsal for her Dance recital that morning so off we went to that ... it is always fun to see what they are dancing too before the big dance!
Micah stayed until after lunch, and everyone had naps ... even Camden who was not tired slept for almost three hours!
Then it was time to get Emily all ready for her recital. She likes to have her hair done, it is fun she says ... but she does not like make up. She was okay with me putting on blush and I did get some eye shadow on but I could not get lip sick on her. They really do need it under those lights, it is amazing how pail they become even with what makeup you do put on.
Emily danced great! I had some doubts that night for a little bit because that morning she just did not want to dance. But she did a 360 once they started practicing and remembered what fun it is! At practice she kept watching her teacher or the girl in front of her, and was off a bit ... which is okay she is only 6! But at the recital she did great she looked out and smiled! I was very proud of her!
I really loved the outfits this year! They were so cute up there looking like little princess'!
I was trying to take some photos of Emily for my online photo class I am taking. As always I waited tell the last minute to try to understand the lesson. When posting my photos and reviewing the assignment I realized I did most of it wrong, I am totally bummed!
Can you tell she was in just the right mood for mom to say ... "just a few more photos" over and over again! She just loved the camera and coming up with these poses on her own!
