Anyway, Alice's friend bday party is tomorrow! Alice and three of her
best friends from school will be painting pumpkins, making pita
pizzas, and eating what I hope is a yummy princess bday cake. They
are all going to be dressed as princesses too - I know Alice is going
to flip!
Well Alice missed school today. She's been getting sick, but this
morning she was running a fever so I kept her home. Hopefully she's
better by Saturday so we don't have to call off her princess bday
party. That will be one devastated little girl if that happens.
Let's hope we don't have to go through that again anytime soon.
I hope.
Get better, Dad. We love you.
Side note: thinking of you, Grandpa. We hope you get to come home
soon. Love, all of your Chicagoland girls (and Matt).
I thought for sure Alice wouldn't even try the slide because she isn't
a big fan of regular slides, but she proved me wrong! First she went
down the smaller slide and loved it. Then she went down the big one
and didn't want to stop! I never thought she'd do it, but she did!
There was a large animatronic giant there who was supposed to be from
Jack and the Beanstalk who told us all about the things we could do on
the farm. The pic is of Izzy being absolutely enamored with it. She
also loved the train ride, again, and the hayride.
At the end of the trip we picked out some pumpkins (and a bag of
kettle corn that is nearly gone) and left for home. It was a fabulous
day spent with the people I love and the weather couldn't have been
more perfect (this time)!
After the day I've had, I sure as heck hope so.
I've dealt with miss Sassy Pants nearly from the moment she woke up
until bedtime, almost falling on my butt at Meijer due to slipping in
a puddle of water in the deli section, having my debit card PIN not
work in the checkout line (I just got a new card, but the paperwork
said that the PIN wouldn't change, but apparently it did), spent an
hour and a half at the doctor office for an appointment that should
have taken a half hour, spent FAR too long on the phone with Chase
trying to figure out the PIN situation, etc.
I'm heading to bed, I'm ready for this day to be over!
2) How nice it was to finally put a face to the names Alice has been
talking about. And meeting their moms was nice as well.
3) Riding the kiddie train with Izzy. Alice was already up front with
her buddies, but I really wanted to give Iz the chance to experience
the train too, so we sat in back. To say she loved it is an
understatement! When it was over, I passed Iz off to one of Alice's
teachers so I could get out easier, and she didn't want to come back
to me! She was very upset when we left the train area.
4) Having a cell phone. With out one I would have wondered if the trip
was canceled or not and I probably would have gone back home before
the rest of the bunch arrived. I got there super early (I know how
congested traffic can be in the morning, plus I had construction to
deal with) and it was raining. I was able to call the school, but no
one answered. Thankfully my friend Kim had talked to the school
director and I knew to stick around.
5) That the weather gods were smiling on us. It stopped raining
LITERALLY at the moment our tour was supposed to start. The sun didn't
come out until our group was leaving, though.
6) Hay rides. I haven't been on one in ages. I forgot how fun they
are. Alice, of course, had to sit with her buddies Zoe and Emily. They
had a ball.
7) Helping hands. Several people helped me out today by either taking
Alice through a part of the farm that didn't allow strollers, or
grabbing Alice's hand when I struggled with the stroller in the
gravel, etc. It was nice that they helped me out like that. Wish I
didn't have to bring the silly thing.
8) Staying after the group left to play in the awesome playground with
Emily and her mom. For one thing, the toys were so fun, and we had the
whole area to ourselves for about 20 minutes. We left when a group of
1st graders came charging through!
9) The bounce house. Again we had this all to ourselves and the two
girls bounced for another 20 minutes or so. They played hard!
10) All of us napping peacefully after we ate a late lunch when we got
home. Even Momma was pooped!
I'm hoping we have another good day tomorrow as the girls and I are
meeting up with Alice's class at a nearby (hmm, well, sort of) pumpkin
farm for a day filled with fun. It would be nice if we could have
another day like today to enjoy on the farm. My fingers and toes are
crossed!
Oh those crazy kids of mine.
Iz seems to be on the mend - who ever heard of a 24 hour cold?! Maybe
it was allergies, who knows. She's happy and mostly healthy and
that's all that matters.
I didn't even drink last night (curse you, Coumadin!) and I was so
wiped that I crashed after being home for no more than an hour. The
girls had to wake me up to say good bye! I should have asked them for
pics they took of the girls before they left, but I didn't think of
it. So JJ and Tor, please email me some pics of the weekend!
Alice has off school tomorrow so we're probably going to clean house
and do a few errands, and maybe something fun if she's a good girl. I
can't believe how fast her bday is approaching! Pretty soon my baby
will be four, it's really quite hard to believe!
Alice apparently had a blast at her bday party. I can't wait to hear
all about it when we get home tomorrow!
Iz is a sick little bugger. Probably some sort of cold Al brought home
from school. I hope she's better soon and that she gets a good nights
sleep, I can't bear to see her like that.
Isabel Rose
