Saturday: shopping, arranging flowers for a neighbor, making pumpkin bread, splitting and stacking fire wood (Av and GW), building a fire on top of an old pine tree stump to burn it out, later roasting hot dogs for dinner over said stump, exploring the woods outside our back fence until it got too dark and cold to be out there anymore. Can it possibly get any more awesome than that? I don't think so, either.
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| Hanging out in princess garb. What else are you going to wear to eat lunch in? |
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| It's fun to be buried in leaves! |
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| El looks cute in her hoodie. | |
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| Hmm...something's weird about these leaves I'm crawling on... |
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| Roasting kosher dogs over the stump. |
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| El helpfully unloads the bathroom cabinet. |
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Sunday: Cleaning, cleaning....uhm, cleaning....did I mention cleaning? There was vacuuming...oh, yeah, and we went to this festival called "Touch-A-Truck," where you can climb on an ambulance, a tow truck, a dump truck, a fire engine, a cement truck, a military jeep, a helicopter, and oddly, someone's restored Austin Healey. And there was music and blow-up bounce houses. Av spent a good deal of time on the bounce house with slide. She loves those things, and she's always the one scream-laughing all the way down. As always, it's a pleasure to witness her joy. The guitar-playing guy was set up right next to the bounce house, and when he invited the kids in the audience to grab a shaker out of a big bucket in front of the stage and shake along to his next number, Av grabbed one and jumped right on stage with him and danced away. We ran into friends, and after we'd maxed out on touching trucks I stuck El in the sling to nurse and fall asleep, and we hiked over to a nearby sushi place and had a snack. Av decided not long ago that she likes shrimp - although the last time she had shrimp was, like, never. So I'm not sure exactly where this came from, but I do know my daughter, and if she says she likes shrimp, she likes them. She ordered a shrimp appetizer, which turned out to be freakin awesome, and assertively sent her lemonade back to the kitchen when she sipped it and found it to be watery. The waitress investigated and discovered that indeed, the mixture was weak, and she promptly replaced the lemonade and even gave her a free refill before we left. You go, girl.
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| Belly slide |
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| We've got this hella pink limo all to ourselves. |
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| El takes it all in. |
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Elijah likes shrimp too... how weird. He wanted some off a buffet and could NOT get enough of them.
ReplyDeleteLove that the girl dresses for lunch too!