Fun Times

Dear Abigail,

I just wanted to document a few fun times you've had over the last couple days...

Last weekend, Mimi came up on Friday and stayed all the way through Monday! That's a ton of Mimi time for sure!!! She got here on Friday night just in time to head to Mexican for dinner. I let you stay up a little later to get some playing time in that night, but why bother, you had like 4 straight days, huh! Saturday around lunch we had Chloe's birthday party (lots of fun, aside from one minor not fun moment) and then Saturday night you and Mimi had a date night at home! Mommy and Daddy went out on our own and you and Mimi got to stay home and play, AND, you even got to sleep with Mimi in her bed!! Sunday involved more playing and a trip to Costcos and Monday Mimi went with us to gymnastics!! You got to show her all your moves, including the trampoline! OH, and at gymnastics they had the bouncy house blown up and guess who got in it with no concern at all? YOU. (member how you have been so afraid of the bouncy house you got for Christmas????). Just keep that in mind, k?

So Mimi left after gymnastics and we met Miss EP and Baby Grant and Miss Leigh for lunch, to which, I must say, you did a fantastic job at behaving (and requesting on your own, a trip to the potty!). Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday passed with a blur and on Friday we had guests!!

Miss Auburn and Chloe and Cole came over to play! We were a little concerned that we were going to have to cancel as it snowed, again, on Thursday night, but Miss Auburn 'risked' it and made it by 11! You kiddos had sooo much fun and you love you some Chloe! I told Miss Auburn that I felt sorry for Cole because all you talked about was "Chloe play with me" or "Chloe eat pizza with me" or "Chloe dance with me", etc. But, Cole made it just fine, and you two did end up playing together, if that's what you call sneaking into Mommy's bathroom and getting the toothbrushes (again!). After a yummy lunch and lots and lots of more playing (and talking between Mommy and Miss Auburn) we decided it was time for naps. Actually, you confirmed it when you crawled up in Mimi's bed and got under the covers and said "I go to sleep". So, they packed on their snow gear and headed home. What fun we had with them, though!!!

Friday night we headed to our usual Mexican. Oh, and we had our first encounter with someone who looks at our table (i.e. all the kids) and requests to be seated somewhere else! Yep, that's right, we were sitting in the back section of the restaurant (away from the water!) and you kids were having a moment, competing with who had the loudest scream, or something like that, and this cute, young, smiling couple, was being seated right beside up. The girl looked up, saw/heard our table, and immediately requested to be seated somewhere else. We all saw her do it, and what's funny is she didn't even try to hide it!! We didn't care, we warned her to do it while she could, although I did think it was odd of her to expect to come to a Mexican restaurant on a Friday night at 6 and NOT be seated beside some child, but 3 two-year olds are probably worse than 3 nine-year olds! Anyway... After Mexican we went to Ellie's house. Now, member when I said you got in that jumpy house no problem? Well, when I mentioned Ellie's house, your first response was "I not go in jumpy house". So I decided to remind you that you had already jumped in a jumpy house, at gymnastics. So when we got to Ellie's you immediately wanted to go jump in the jumpy house! So we did - and you LOVED IT! You went crazy bouncing and sliding and running around over and over again! It was like you never had a fear what so ever... who knows. As I've said before, you decide, on your own time, when you do what you want to do! We let you guys stay up a little late so you could get the full effect of the bouncy house and then off to bed you went while Mommy and the gang watched a movie. PS - you are now sleeping in your sleeping bag and I just find it to be the cutest thing EVER!. and you love it!

On Saturday, we went to look inside houses so we could get some ideas about our new house we're building and spent the afternoon jumping in the bouncy house! That's right - we took it to our house! It's the best thing ever, indeed. You loved jumping in it and jumping with all (and i mean ALL) your animal friends, who also enjoyed going down the slide!

On Friday at Mexican, Miss Leigh convinced us (me, you and Daddy) to join them at Sportsman Grille. She was craving something specific and we don't mess with a pregnant woman's cravings, so we decided to join them :) We got all cutesy-ed up headed out, only to get there to be told it was a 45 minute wait. So we left. And went to another restaurant, and were told the same thing, so we left. And went to one more restaurant and was told the SAME thing, so we made a decision to pick up BBQ and head back to our house, to jump in the jumpy house of course! Well, thank goodness we did because all of a sudden, Daddy got struck with a stomach bug and had to call it a night immediately (before we even got the food on the table!). Miss Leigh and Mr. Lee and Ryan decided to stay, since Daddy was locked in his bedroom, and you and Ryan had so much fun. There were a couple boo-boo's thanks to the way jumpy houses make you collide heads, but there was a lot more love. You kept laying down beside Ryan and giving him hugs and we just thought it was the cutest thing ever. Eventually (and when I say eventually, I mean after a bloody nose and the realization that it was 9 o'clock!!!), they headed home and we headed to bed.

What a fun times we had over the last couple of days! I can't wait for this weekend either. It's Clara Lee's birthday and we're heading in on Thursday!!

Love you!