Evie started off her weekend early – with a slumber party at
Grandma Rita’s house! It was the first
time she’d ever slept over there so it was big deal. For all of us. I’m not ashamed to admit that I had little
bit of a teary-eyed moment as I watched them drive away from our house on
Thursday evening. My baby girl is big
enough to go on sleepovers! When did
this happen?! I’m sure some people would
think I’m ridiculous to feel emotional about it. I know plenty of parents with kids Evie’s age
that have been sleeping over their grandparents’ houses for ages and would tell
me it’s no big deal. I’m sure eventually
we will get to that point. But this was
only the 2nd time I’ve ever spent a night away from Evie (well, 3rd
if you count the nights that I was in the hospital after having Mitch) so I was
a little bit apprehensive. Evie,
however, didn’t show the slightest bit of apprehension. She had an awesome time. She called me before bed to tell me about her
adventures - dinner at the Mohawk, followed by a cookie from the Fudge House
and wine (and water) on the porch with Grandma Rita and her friends. The next day they had Evie’s favorite
breakfast (bacon and eggs), went on a nature walk, went shopping and had lunch
at Daddy’s restaurant, Barcelona. Evie
was on cloud 9 by the time she got home on Friday afternoon. I took advantage of an Evie-free (and
work-free) day to spend some one-on-one time with our resident boy wonder,
Mitchell. I don’t get to do that often
and I enjoyed every second. He is such a
loveable, good little boy. He’s your
stereotypical wild child at times, running into things, body slamming the dog
and doing his best to completely destroy a room. But mixed into the chaos are moments of
complete sweetness. He can be so
affectionate at times. He’ll be playing like crazy and then suddenly come over
and plop down on your lap and want to snuggle.
We spent our day rolling around in our pajamas, playing with blocks,
books and trucks. It was wonderful and the
perfect way to start the weekend.
The good time didn’t end there. My parents came up on Friday night and got a
hotel room. We had pool and pizza party
on Friday evening and then Evie got to have another
sleepover with Kiki and Pops! We picked
them all up on Saturday morning and headed to Dublin 4th of July
parade. This was the first time we’ve
ever taken the kids to a parade and they loved it. Evie got lots of candy and loved watching all
of the cars, floats horses and dancers go by.
We had a prime seat, ride on the curb.
Then about halfway through, Evie decided she had enough candy and she
wanted to stand back where Pops, Daddy and Mitchell.
After the parade, we headed back to the hotel
and continued our pool party. Aunt
Sha-Sha drove up and Grandma Rita came by too!
It was an absolutely gorgeous day outside and Evie and Mitch really loved
the water.
After a day of swimming, we
had dinner and headed to the Worthington Fireworks with Grandpa Tim, Grandma
Katherine and the rest of the family. Mitch
so unimpressed that he slept through the entire fireworks show, but Evie had a
blast. She was so excited she could hardly sit still!
The night ended with a third sleepover for
Evie. When I went to the hotel to pick her up the next morning, Evie excited to
tell me that Pops had “found” a bed in the couch in the hotel room and she was
slept there with Aunt Sha-Sha. If only it was that easy to make everyone happy!
Our weekend ended with a quiet Sunday at home. Evie and I snuggled on the couch and watched
a movie, Pat spent some quality time with Mitchell and then we all took a walk
and went to the park. Pretty perfect!
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