Avery and i went on a date on saturday morning after we dropped zane and nola at a bouncy house party. we went shopping for shorts and dresses for her since her legs are too long for just about everything she owns and i can't send her to school in good conscience in most of her spring-wear. after we shopped we went to panera where she devoured soup and realized she likes the sandwich i always get. we picked up the other half of the family (nola had a sweaty blast at the party)and went home to rest.
we let them play for a while and then headed to dinner nearby. after dinner we headed home to set up the tent in the living room (since it was 30 degrees outside) and start a fire.
we lasted until 9, when i finally made the call to head up to our own beds since no one was even close to sleeping. avery screamed in my face "you're not being fair! you said we could stay up all night!" and after zane and i stopped laughing, we reminded her that i said we could SLEEP all night downstairs, but since no one was sleeping, it didn't matter.
we ran a bunch of errands on sunday and then finally got to meet phil and jill's "new" baby (almost 3 months old-born on MARCH FOURTH ;)) before coming home to eat dinner and let the girls stay up and watch half of "america's funniest home videos".
monday we waited around for zane to finish playing basketball, then went to aram's for our usual breakfast. we came home in time to walk back up to the square for the parade. it was as short as ever, and avery was as miserable as she is every year until they threw out the candy (i need to remember this for next year so i don't get annoyed...)
the rest of the day was spent either napping, shopping or playing outside while zane grilled dinner.
there wasn't a whole lot to this weekend, but it made me that much more excited to be done with work and the girls' school and start enjoying the summer.
in the meantime, we have scheduled nola to have tubes put in her ears on june 11th. at that time, if they see that her adenoids are enlarged, they'll remove those as well, but if not they'll just stick with the tubes. i am so excited to get this done so she can hopefully get some relief from the constant fluid in her ears and nasty infections. a few days later she turns 4 (?!) and we celebrate father's day, then avery graduates from pre-k/k the next weekend. it feels great and a bit surreal to have the school year winding down so fast, but i'll take it :)
i'm finally back running. i'm slow and out of practice but it feels great. i've been able to use the treadmill in the basement while the girls are resting/watching a movie after school. once school is out and everyone is home i'll be able to get outside more to run (and hopefully i'll have built up a bit more endurance at that point so it will be a bit more enjoyable). looking forward to finding some races in the fall to keep me motivated :)
