Dear Abigail,
Two weeks ago, Emily came to stay with us for a whole week! I had all kinds of things planned for us and Mimi even offered to take Kate so we could do even more things! We met Mimi half way on Monday and switched Kate for Emily - even trade right :) We met at lunch and were back in Franklin by 2ish so we started Camp Mommy off right by heading straight to the toy store!! Mommy was looking for a kite and I knew Emily would love the store, too! And she did!
Of course both of you found so many things that you HAD to have, but I said we'd wait until the end of the week to decide if we were going to buy anything. After the toy store, we got home and decided we immediately needed to get in the pool, our neighbors pool that is! Our neighbors went out of town and gave us a key to their pool, and we didn't argue with them! You and Em had a blast and it was nice for Mommy to be able to just hang out pool side without worrying about Kate, or entertaining you!! Em even taught you how to do your hair like George Washington!
That night you and Em played while I cooked dinner, and by play I mean acted like a tornado was coming. You girls love to make the little bench cubbie thingy upstairs as a tornado shelter. And you bring EVERYTHING in there! You had tea in the shelter, sandwiches, babies galore and every blanket and towel you could get your hands on! Y'all played and played and eventually we had to call it quits to get to bed because the next day (Tuesday) we were headed to the water park!!!!
That's right, on Tuesday, we ventured to Nashville Shores! Now, I was a little nervous about you going because you like your floaters on and they do not allow any floaters/swimmies/lifejackets but their own and they don't let you go down the slide with anything on, but there was a cool kid zone area and a couple slides that I thought you might want to go down. Thought is the key word... So we got there early that morning right when it opened (which is the key, FYI) and got a spot right in front of the kids area. It was perfect because you could play and it wasn't too old for Emily either and there were even slides and water gun things and all kinds of fun. And there was a bucket of water that would fill up and tip over and make a loud noise and then all the kiddos would scream, loudly. Let me repeat that, there was a loud noise followed by more loud screams which equals you freaking out. Yep, that's right, you got all worked up because of the loud noises and wouldn't go near the kid area. Awesome... So, we ventured to the other parts of the water park. You loved the wave pool, but it made Mommy a nervous wreck because I'd have to keep my eye on you AND Emily and they aren't playing with those waves! But it was fun, but even more fun for you was the lazy river. You absolutely loved floating around and around and around. You'd sit up on your tube and just float away! We did that many many times, but we also had to venture to the slides for Em's sake. But, thankfully (not really, but thankfully today) Em is a bit of a chicken when it comes to slides and she only wanted to go down a couple of them! It was nice because there are pools right by the slides so we could play in those while Emily did the 2 slides. There was also this rope thing where you walk across water on these floats by holding a rope. You did that and impressed everyone because most everyone else was falling off and not making it to the other side (until the lifeguard told everyone that the smaller you are the easier it is, but whatev). So we stayed and played and swam and floated and I tried and tried to get you to play on the kids area. I showed you how a little bell rings before the water falls so you have time to move and cover your ears but you wouldn't trust me. Eventually we all grew tired and we got our things together and headed home. But first we stopped by and picked up a movie for you and Em to watch. Y'all were having movie night at the house, candy and popcorn included!! Mommy had book club that night so Daddy was in charge of you, so I made it fairly easy for him, wore you out with water park, got a movie, and made home made pizzas for dinner!
That's right, Emily had put makeup all on your face. Or as you called it "Mexican". That also included deodorant and body spray. Neither of you were too happy when I made you wash your face... But that's okay because we were going to the pool that day anyway. We went to the Y pool and it was a nice break for you and Em. Em made a friend (an older friend as in her age) and you and Mommy played together. That afternoon Emily taught you gymnastics. Oh yeah, that's right. You guys went up to the theatre room and A) had a dance party and B) to practice gymnastics and sure enough and hour later you both were calling me up there to 'See this!!' You were doing a front handspring and landing in a back bend! I couldn't believe it. Even Emily was having problems with it. There were also several cart wheels and front rolls that were performed. Aside from gymnastics and a dance party, the two of you played house a lot. Some times you were the Mommy and Emily was the baby, well, Emily was Makayla, or KK and you were often Annie and sometimes you were the baby and Emily was the baby. Regardless, you two would play for hours! I cannot wait until you sister gets old enough to play like that with you!
On Thursday, I HAD to take Emily to the trampoline park! I knew she would love it, and of course, you and I love it, so why not! Aunt Steph had the day off so she and Ellie joined us! What fun we had! and Yes, Emily loved it!!! I didn't catch any pictures of her though! She was working really hard on that front hand spring!
Ellie and Aunt Steph had fun, too. Look how funny, I mean cute, Aunt Steph looks jumping!!
After the park, what better place to go than the Aquarium restaurant! Em had never been, so we had to show her! And, she thought it was awesome for sure! After lunch, we walked around a bit, tried on some Toms, looked at some clothes and got CeCe's!!!! There's a spot in the mall conveniently by the carousel and we all needed a little something sweet by that point! After ice cream, we headed to Dave and Busters for a little bit because, again, why not. You and Em played air hockey and pac man and you tried to play the alien shooting game but Em was able to distract you to something different! We didn't stay too long because we had a couple errands to run. We had to stop by the Green Hills Mall on the way home from Opry Mills. By this point neither you nor Emily were feeling it, but we survived the couple of errands (it didn't hurt that one stop was Tiffany's and the other was the Apple store, although you kept asking why you couldn't have this pretty necklace). Shocker, both of you fell asleep in the car on the way home and thursday night was a chillax evening, no doubt.
Friday rolled around and Emily decided she wanted to forgo her pedi and mani for some toys at the store, specifically cool things to decorate your locker! Holy cow that stuff is cool. So, instead of eating lunch out, get pampered, we ate lunch in and I painted your toes and nails! And then went to the toy store! Also some where in there I packed us to head to the beach the following morning!! A crazy week, indeed! We topped the week off by heading to Mexican and then closing it down with Em watching a too scary for her movie while you slept!
As I said, that next morning, me, you, Em and Pic-pic (yep, Pic-pic) headed out to the beach with Mimi and all the family! But that can wait for another post :)
Hope you and Em had fun at Camp Mommy! I sure did and need a vacation to recover from it!! Loves you!
