Week in Review ~ 8/10

We had another busy week, which makes summer fly by way too fast.

I taught Avery's Sunday School class Sunday, and Sam came for the first time since dropping his nap.  We stayed for church then hurried home so that I could get ready to host book club.  We read Bloom by Kelle Hampton, which had been my suggestion since I wanted to reread it.  It was interesting to see the difference in opinions among the different aged women.  Once they left I unlocked Ned and the kids from the playroom, and we had dinner.

Monday morning we had Avery's 4 year check up, so I dropped Sam off at Jennifer's.  Avery and I did a little work at school before heading to the doctor.  She got a good report, and although she isn't doing much growing, she's healthy with no concerns.  They were out of TDap vaccine, so she only got three shots.  Pizza Hut buffet dried those tears pretty well.  I took her back to Jennifer's then went to school to start moving.  Ned came to help and we got it done quickly.  I mainly had to put everything in the floor since the other teacher hadn't finished moving out.  I picked the kids up and we went to visit my mom for a little bit before going home.

Tuesday and Wednesday were just regular days at home with not much going on.

Ned took the kids to Jennifer's Thursday morning, and I ended up taking a long nap on the couch.  Avery had been up in the night, and I had had a hard time getting to sleep.  Ned and I had lunch at Applebee's before I went back to school to do some more work.  I got most everything put away and started putting some things up in the room.

Friday was a special day.  The kids and I went grocery shopping in the morning, and while that wasn't special, it was nice to get it done, and get food in the house.  Avery knew that Sam was having a babysitter that afternoon, but she didn't know what we were doing.  The sitter got here and we got away without any tears from Sam.  Our first surprise was picking up the Millers.  Luckily Anna mentioned tickets because I had left them at home.  Once we got on our way the men started teasing the girls about where to eat dinner.  Both girls were in favor of Chick-Fil-A, and that's what we had planned.  Once we got back in the car, we told them the real surprise.  We were going to Disney Live Pirates and Princesses show in Richmond.  Each family had purchased tickets separately, but we knew we were 4 seats down from each other.  When we got there, the people who were separating us were actually in our seats, so it worked out for us to sit together.  The girls loved the show.  Avery jumped, clapped, waved, and danced.  The show featured Jake and the Neverland Pirates and Sofia, but also had Doc McStuffins, Mickey and Minnie, Cinderella, and Peter Pan.  It was a good length, and Avery only got tired right at the end.  We got in the car a little before 9 and I thought the girls would go right to sleep, but there was still shrieking and amulet's lighting up.  Avery finally gave up and went to sleep.

Back at home, Sam was having our first babysitter experience.  I definitely had not planned for me to be all the way in Richmond the first time I used a sitter, but my in-laws decided to go out of town.  I felt good about Abigail but was worried that Sam would get sad.  She said he was kind of fussy and mainly wanted to sit with her.  And, all she got him to eat was a piece of cheese.  But he went to bed well and she was willing to come back.  By the time I took her home, I was pooped.

Ned and some friends worked at the farm Saturday.  The kids and I just stayed home.  We did decide to go to the farmer's market but then remembered that Sam's seat was out of the car from the night before.  Ned is the car seat installer around here because I feel only he can get it tight.  {I've since had a successful car seat installation lesson.} We had corn, tomato, and cheddar pie for dinner, and sadly, it was delicious, which means I need to work on my dough rolling skills.