Weekend Plans

There seems to be so much to do, but when to do it is the magical question!

Saturday is still currently up in the air. We could...
- Work on taxes
- Work on our pile of CL stuff
- Make a visit to the fish store, as promised
- Clean the fish tank, preferably prior to above trip
- Do laundry - somehow this exploded this week
- Go to open swim time
- Paint
- Go to Lincoln as requested by Mom, a full day away
- Finish cleaning out her parents storage shed in Lincoln

I know so many fun options! But some are requiring attention sooner than later.

The first two items pretty much fall squarely on my shoulders and also fall into that sooner than later category. Carie will be of great help on #2, especially when it comes to being available for people to come get the stuff. But at this point in the juncture, everything is waiting on me to get the items listed. As far as taxes go, I must complete them soon. We need that return!

The fish store is inevitable. Ellie's fish took a turn for the worse the other day and she is heart broken. We aren't sure why Rosa Beauty kicked the bucket, but she hasn't been looking so great for quite a while now. It was probably just her time!

Painting, what can I say? This is the never ending project. It isn't like we have made any progress since the time I fell off the ladder, nearly 2 years ago. But it is high time to wrap this up! My goal is to be done before Spencer's b-day. Thankfully Carie thinks this is a great goal as well.

Laundry, it just never ends. Somehow though, this week it got a little crazy. Poor Carie has been doing laundry all week long, it seems. No, I know she has! Unfortunately, you can't tell. Unfortunately, all the bedding could use a washing as well.

Swimming, it is just cheap and fun for everyone. Why not!

And last but not least, we could go to Lincoln for a visit. I'm torn. If I didn't have all this other stuff looming over me, I'd say yes. But I'm certain that all this stuff isn't going to be magically resolved on Saturday either. I guess if we do go to Lincoln we could finish moving the items left by Carie's folks.

Sunday is a busy day, no way around it at this point. The girls' (likely just Ellie) will sing in Church. If it wasn't a sing day we'd consider skipping, but that isn't the case. Ellie really knows the song and sings it amazingly well. We'll then squeeze lunch in, somehow, and then Carie will take the girls and potentially a friend to the Rose to use our season tickets. I am just discovering that it is a 2 hour show this time around (many are 1) so it will be tight to make it back to Church for choir rehearsal at 4:50. We'll regroup for dinner and hopefully then we can all veg out!

The kids have been out of school and have another day off on Monday, but back to routine on Tuesday.

Fulfilling Weekend

Another great weekend in the books! The antibiotics seemed to be making a difference for some of us and the weekend went on as planned.

Friday night we met up with some friends to go trick-or-treating at the mall. Other than arriving totally late, it was a great evening. Arriving late did have its benefits as we managed to miss the enormous line of people waiting for the event to start. We enjoyed some dinner and then walked around the mall and trick-or-treated for a bit. We made it to the face painting area just in time. Abby & Ellie were thrilled to have their face painted, and the artist did an incredible job. The kids played in the play area for a bit and then we made our way out of the mall and headed home.

Saturday was our big day to go see Miss Bindergarten. The kids have been so excited about this day and they were glad it was finally here. The girls' actually had a chance to see the show recently through a school field trip. They were still quite excited to go to see it with us. While it was most definitely a kid production (not big time theatre), it was awesome. It was so exciting to see all three of our kids on the edge of their seats soaking in all that was going on on stage. While I enjoyed the show, watching our kids enjoy the show was the absolute best part for me. I'm so glad we decided to get season tickets and I can't wait until we get to go to our next performance.

After the show we got home and got settled. Mr. Spencer was ready so incredibly ready for his nap. Later that afternoon Grandpa, Yia Yia, Aunt Betsie & Uncle Mark arrived. We all just chilled out and watched some great football. It was nice that Carie's folks were able to come up and spend part of their last weekend with us. The kids especially enjoyed spending time with them.

Sunday was a stay at home day, a much needed stay at home day. We started the day off slow and relaxed. We processed an amazing amount of laundry, gutted pumpkins, ate lunch, carved pumpkins, and went to choir rehearsal where the kids had a little Halloween party. After all the partying we stopped at the store for some essential items and then picked up dinner before going home for the evening.

A Cinderella Experience

To add to our excitement this weekend, the girls' and I went to see Cinderella Sunday afternoon.

This was the first musical experience for them and they were so excited. Though, I guess maybe the My Little Pony show may have counted as a musical and we did go to that a few months back. For me though, this is at a different level! Abby's favorite princess happens to be Cinderella and she is Ellie's 2nd favorite with Sleeping Beauty being her top choice. After all, Sleeping Beauty is pink!

So after Church and a luncheon to celebrate our Pastor who is moving on, the girls' and I headed downtown to The Rose theatre. Going into that morning both Carie and I thought the other one was taking the girls. A while back Ellie had voiced that she wanted me to take them while Abby had voiced that she wanted Carie to take them. Thankfully they were so excited to go they were in the moment and didn't really care. Carie really seemed to want me to go so she could get Spencer home and give him a better chance at a good afternoon nap. And a good nap he had!

The theatre experience was awesome. My personal favorite was the Stepmother played by a guy in drag. He was incredible and funny. The girls’ favorite character was, of course, Cinderella. Between the 2nd & 3rd Acts we had a 20 minute intermission where we enjoyed some cookies and sprite. After the performance the characters hung out on stage to answer any questions. Then we headed upstairs to find Cinderella and a few other characters for autographs.

We returned home just in time to think about dinner. I was so exhausted from our busy and fun weekend that I voted for going out to dinner, and that we did! Upon returning home we had a bit of playtime outside - riding bikes, playing with the rocket, stomping in some water, and calling Grandpa to wish him a Happy Father’s Day before heading inside for bedtime.

The girls' had a particularly hard time falling asleep and were still awake when I went to check on them before we called it a night. Abby was surprised to see me come in; after all they were lying very quietly in their bed. Usually they are asleep when we go to tuck them in one last time. We've told them before that we always check on them before we go to bed, but I think she thought it was pretty special last night catching us in action!

We’ve already signed up for tickets for the 2007-2008 season and we are very much looking forward to that!