Samantha (specifically, no longer Sam) is older than her years. She is growing into a young lady quicker than I’d like.
We had a great time at her birthday party: coloring masks, bobbing for (golden delicious) apples, and playing at the park.
Happy 6th birthday, sweet girl.
Happy Easter!
We started our Good Friday with some Easter coloring, a trip to a fabric store that I never get to go to, the park, and lunch. (What kind of business can they run with hours M-F 9-4? I get to go once every few years!) More on what I bought later. Then, home for a nap and some egg dyeing. Sam loves it. I do too.
Sam got a kit from Build-a-Bear (thanks, MamaLinda!) so we used the drops rather than food coloring. It also came with stickers and glitter!
Later, Ellie enjoyed dyeing her eggs too.
Saturday morning, Sam was heartbroken as I used the eggs in my potato salad. But we enjoyed lunch with some Mauters over at the Atchisons house.
And, no Easter celebration would be complete without an egg hunt.
On Easter morning, Sam woke up very early to hunt for her basket. She found it behind the french door in the entrance hall. The night before, she told me that she wished the Easter Bunny would not hide it in the place he did last year: on top of the china cabinet. I’m surprised she remembered!
Ellie’s basket was hidden under the piano.
The Easter Bunny took it easy this year: some books, some candy, bubbles, and some hair accessories.
And unfortunately after this, the camera got a smudge on the lens, so the rest of the pictures are smudgy.
We had a good week last week.
We spent last weekend at MamaLinda and Pop’s house. I think Sam really enjoyed the weekend. She also enjoyed Jolie’s baptism after party. She took a great nap every day and had fun playing in the garden, watering plants, feeding the cat, and looking at birds’ nests.
Sam took a good nap several days last week and had tons of laughs.
Brian’s grandfather got out of the hospital on Friday! He had a rough 3+ weeks, but is doing much better.
My dad’s finger is slowly healing, and it doesn’t look like he’ll have to have surgery. He has yet to show anyone (except my mom) because it ALWAYS has a bandage and I know it’s still very sore. I hope it continues to improve.
Brian and I spent this past weekend in Nashville while Sam stayed at MamaLinda and Pop’s house. From the pictures, it looks like they had a great time at the Botanical Gardens.
I had a work thing (mostly social) but we did get the chance to go to The Big Bang, which I’ve been wanting to do for a while now. It was lots of fun. I felt a little like Amy Poehler (except for the getting hit on part). 🙂 (I can’t find the video, but the link shows some pictures which might spark your memory.)
I bought some Crocs for Sam for this summer, and she liked them immediately. However, she always wanted to kick them off. It didn’t matter whether we were inside or outside, she wanted them off. I know she liked them, she just likes to go barefoot. Needless to say, one got lost. Now I’m trying to find a summer pair of tennis shoes that maybe she’ll keep on her feet and will still allow those toes to breathe. So far, I’ve bought 6 pairs of shoes and either they don’t fit, or she doesn’t like them (same as before – refuses to walk when wearing).
Since she doesn’t nap in the afternoons anymore, I’m considering just giving up and running my errands then. I wouldn’t have to wait until 8pm to do it, and then she can pick out her own shoes. I would finally get to those stores that close at 5 or 6 – the ones that I normally have to wait for the weekends. So when we’re out of town on the weekends, my errands just don’t get done.
We got an offer on our house last week. After we turned around our counteroffer, the buyer said we weren’t willing enough to work with her and withdrew her offer. Fine then. Be that way. I don’t want her in my house or near my neighbors if she’s going to be like that. The contract on the house we’d like to buy expires on May 1. Frankly, I can’t wait. I’m so eager to be finished with all this house stuff. Just let me get back to my junky counters and dirty floors. I’ll get 20 minutes of my morning back because I’m not picking up, in the off chance that someone will stop by. Maybe we’ll move in 2011.
And as if I didn’t have enough going on already, I’ve decided to get Sam potty trained for real. I know she’s ready, but I needed a commitment from our babysitter to help out before I could totally go along with it. Now that we’re all ready, we’re just going to hang around the house for a few weeks. Hopefully, by the time baby arrives, we won’t have any more diapers. Well, I guess we’ll still have diapers, but they’ll be the itty-bitty size, not the big size! Today is Day 1. We’ve been home for 2 hours and I’ve already changed her clothes 3 times. (And yes, she’s supposed to be taking a nap.)
Wow, yesterday was a big day! We spent the day with Michael, Jackie, Chloe and Jolie. The girls played hard in the morning and at 2PM, Sam went back to MamaLinda’s for a much needed nap and the rest of us went to Jolie’s Baptism.
Jolie was such a good little girl at her Baptism. The only time she got upset was when they were pouring what had to be 40º water on her head. I would’ve complained a little too.
She’s all Holy now.
After that Michael and Jackie invited everyone over to their house for food and fun. They had loads of stuff to do outside and when Samantha returned she and Chloe played with everything: the swingset, the tic-tac-toe game, crouquet, dirt and the bounce house!
Who likes cucumbers? Chloe.
Congratulations to Michael, Jackie and Chloe who just welcomed a new baby!
Jolie Marie was born at 1:27pm weighing 8 lbs 1.5 oz!