Today I had a special day with just Sarah and Ashley. I try to be as equal as I can when it comes to "sharing time" with all four girls, but since Kate and Elizabeth are still pretty dependent on me for all their needs, Sarah and Ashley are forced to be a little more independent and understanding about me being unable to play a game with them when Elizabeth is screaming for a bottle.
So even though it was a school day, I decided that it would be a great time for a "Day of Fun". Jeff was on a business trip (thus unavailable for consultation...wink, wink), and High School Musical 3 was calling our names. I woke the girls up, and told them instead of going to school, we were going to have a "Day of Fun". For some reason, whenever I said that phrase all day, my voice would drop an octave and I would repeat the word "fun" like I was a ring side announcer for a boxing match. You've never seen two kids get ready so fast in the morning.
So after dropping Kate off at school and Elizabeth off at Adventure Kids (Nana was sick so she couldn't watch her), we headed off to Krispy Kreme to get donuts and chocolate milk. Then we headed to Lucky Nails and had pampering spa pedicures. Sarah and Ashley even got flowers and rhinestones applied to their toes, while mommy went with her usual french pedi.
We then headed off to the movie theater, and entered after loading up on hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, candy, and an Icee for everyone (Hey, it was my day of fun, too, lol!). I will have to admit that I have thoroughly enjoyed the HSM trilogy, and thanks to the discs that are in my car's cd rotation, I can even sing along.
After sending Troy and Gabriella off to college, we then ventured to Target so we could buy the latest HSM music installment. By that time, it was time to pick up Kate and end our day of fun!
But wait! On the way home, Aunt Kara called and said she was in the area, so we swung around and met her at Marble Slab for some ice cream (I really didn't want to think about all the calories I consumed today, but writing it out like this has me dizzy!) After mentioning Sarah needed some new winter clothes, Aunt Kara accompanied us to Old Navy to lend her stylish fashion sense to Sarah's purchases.
On the way home from our fabulous day out, Ashley declared "This was the best day ever, Mommy!"
As a parent, you can't beat that :)
So even though it was a school day, I decided that it would be a great time for a "Day of Fun". Jeff was on a business trip (thus unavailable for consultation...wink, wink), and High School Musical 3 was calling our names. I woke the girls up, and told them instead of going to school, we were going to have a "Day of Fun". For some reason, whenever I said that phrase all day, my voice would drop an octave and I would repeat the word "fun" like I was a ring side announcer for a boxing match. You've never seen two kids get ready so fast in the morning.
So after dropping Kate off at school and Elizabeth off at Adventure Kids (Nana was sick so she couldn't watch her), we headed off to Krispy Kreme to get donuts and chocolate milk. Then we headed to Lucky Nails and had pampering spa pedicures. Sarah and Ashley even got flowers and rhinestones applied to their toes, while mommy went with her usual french pedi.
We then headed off to the movie theater, and entered after loading up on hot dogs, nachos, popcorn, candy, and an Icee for everyone (Hey, it was my day of fun, too, lol!). I will have to admit that I have thoroughly enjoyed the HSM trilogy, and thanks to the discs that are in my car's cd rotation, I can even sing along.
After sending Troy and Gabriella off to college, we then ventured to Target so we could buy the latest HSM music installment. By that time, it was time to pick up Kate and end our day of fun!
But wait! On the way home, Aunt Kara called and said she was in the area, so we swung around and met her at Marble Slab for some ice cream (I really didn't want to think about all the calories I consumed today, but writing it out like this has me dizzy!) After mentioning Sarah needed some new winter clothes, Aunt Kara accompanied us to Old Navy to lend her stylish fashion sense to Sarah's purchases.
On the way home from our fabulous day out, Ashley declared "This was the best day ever, Mommy!"
As a parent, you can't beat that :)
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