Week in Review ~ 5/25

Our week started off on a sad note Sunday when Ned had to have his lab, Dixie, put to sleep after struggling for months with seizures.  He ended up having to take him to Richmond, so the kids and I were home during the day.

That afternoon the kids and I took dinner to my parents' house.  It was good to have dinner together again, but it was also a little hectic.  Without Ned, I was left to get everything ready for dinner but also keep the kids calm and out of Mom's way when she needed to go from one place to another.  She got sad several times because she can't help.  For the next few meals I'll definitely need some help.  Sam took his first step that I had seen while we were there!

Tuesday night we had a girls' night at FoSho.  We wanted to get together once more before Kristen has baby Alden.  We were missing several but had a great time talking and eating.

Avery had her last dance class Wednesday night.  It consisted of watching the big girls dance, having snacks, and jumping on the trampoline.  I'm glad to get our Wednesday nights back but will miss my weekly dose of mom time.

 

First and last days of dance

 

We got out of school early Friday, and I went to run some errands.  It was raining, as it seemed to have been doing all week.  I ended up just sitting in the truck for awhile in the Walmart parking lot.  I finally went in to get a prescription for my dad, and they hadn't even started filling it.  I got something to eat at Arby's and sat around some more to wait for that.  I stopped the prescription at my parents' and visited with them for awhile before going to get the kids.  We stayed in for dinner and had pizza delivered.

Ned helped the Millers move Saturday morning and the kids and I stayed home.  Camden was supposed to come play but the poor thing was very sick.  Sam hardly took a morning nap which is very unusual.  We went to the grocery store after I got him up.  Those car carts are great for the kids but just don't hold all that I need it too.  After Sam's short morning nap I just knew he'd take a great afternoon nap.  Wrong.  He played until about 3 and then was up at 3:30.  He's napping fine at the sitter's but this was the 2nd weekend of off naps at home.  We will probably be dropping the morning nap once I'm home for the summer.  Mimi kept the kids that night so that we could get our rings inspected and have a date.  Always buy the jewelry protection plan...it guarantees dates every 6 months.  We had dinner at Wabi Sabi and I had my first sushi.

It was delicious (as you can see from the half-empty tray) and I even managed to eat with the chopsticks.  After dinner we went to see The Great Gatsby.  The ticket line was crazy with the other movies that came out that weekend, and I was surprised that our theater pretty full.  I thought the movie was good and followed along with the book well.  It's definitely meant to be over the top as far as production and that was neat to see.  We got home about 10:30 and then stayed up too late.