Friday :: I was soo excited for the chance to chaperone Alexa's 2nd grade class trip to the Children's Theatre in Minneapolis on Friday. We got to see the production of Alice in Wonderland. It's not my favorite story, but it was such an excellent production and the kids loved it.
Izzy, Alexa and Katie on the bus! All the kids on this bus were so excited that they got bus driver Don. Apparently, he's the 'coolest bus driver ever' and I quickly learned why. Before we left the parking lot, he gave a run down of his rules. 1.) Your bottoms stay on your seat! But, you can seat dance (which he demonstrated) AND 2.) If you know the words to the song, you have to SING! Which is when he cranked the music of Kids Bop on and all the kids began screaming the song...CALL ME MAYBE!! The kids AND bus driver Don sang the entire way to the theatre.
Alexa and I at the theatre!
These were the 4 girls that I was in charge of - Hannah, Alexa, Katie and Izzy. They are all super good friends of Alexa and so much fun to see them have so much fun together on this trip. The other girls were much more excited to sit by me than Alexa was, so I sat by Izzy. :)
The field trip cut into lunch time, so we all had packed lunches and ate them in the lobby before heading back to school. Alexa and I had picked up Subway sandwiches as a special treat....Alexa's favorite.
Not all parents who wanted to chaperone got to come along, only four from each class. So, I was very lucky to have been chosen and had such a fun day with my sweet girl.
Alexa has been battling a cold for the past 2 weeks and just recently turned into a slight cough, too. Her friend Katie asked her about a week ago if she could have a sleepover on Friday and I was certain Alexa would have been better by then, but all week it seemed like she either was staying the same or getting a little worse. I kept taking it a day at a time, but told her I didn't think the sleepover would be such a good idea. Well, that was like telling her her best friend died. She was devastated. So, ultimately I ended up letting her go, but with a few stipulations....she'd take her medicine before going to bed and she'd be sleeping before 10pm.
So, after gymnastics she went home with her friend Katie. She did take her medicine but confessed that she was up until 11:30.
Saturday:: We woke up to rain. Lilli was missing her sister, so I let her snuggle with her puppy and watch cartoons until we could go pick up Alexa.
After Alexa got home, she took a quick shower and then it was out the door again for her friend Jaiden's birthday party. {no wonder she's been sick - the girl is NON STOP GO} Adam dropped her off and then went in to work. Lilli and I stayed back and helped our neighbor girl Meghan get ready for prom. Her dress had a beautiful woven ribbon in the back which required extra hands to keep it held tight while being tied. I was honored to help. She looked gorgeous. And now I'm kicking myself for not getting a picture.
Lilli and I then went to pick up Alexa from the party and made our way to Powderhorn Park for the Community Sing event. Since 1920, members of the community have gathered at parks around the metro to sing together. There have been over 25,000 people at a time that have attended these events and while there weren't quite that many this time, there were sure several enthusiastic singers.
Powderhorn Park has four playgrounds and we hit up each and every one.
A small section of the community of singers.
Alexa and Lilli were full of energy and didn't care to sing, so they do what they do best and made the hubs' staff work hard for their money. Ashton bet Alexa $20 to hang from his arm for 20 seconds. When she said 'piece of cake' he remembered that she was a gymnast and does 1 minute curl up's like it's her job. He dropped her at 19 seconds.
After everything was over and the park was cleaned up, it was late and we were all starving. One of our favorite restaurants, Fat Lorenzo's, is just a mile or so from the park so we went there for a late dinner. Lilli fell asleep on the way home.
Sunday :: I'm not going to lie, the girls and I laid in bed until almost 11am. It felt so good to just rest. We all needed it.
The girls had their friends Hannah and Alexia over to play. They painted their nails and ran through the sprinkler. Then, wanted the sprinkler under the trampoline. I have to say, there is nothing better than watching your kids laughing and having a good time with their friends. I couldn't stop smiling.
Late afternoon we met up with Uncle Tiny, Auntie Courtney, Uncle Ben and Kelly for some ice-cream at the Edina Creamery. It was fun to see them and catch up.
What you can't see in this picture is that we're all huddled under a huge awning, avoiding a torrential down pour. Adam ended up getting a garbage bag from the creamery to cover up in to go get our car.
We ended the night watching the finale of American Idol. Even tho we had all heard who won, we were excited to see Candice claim the title. She's amazing.
I hope you all had a fantastic weekend.
