Rothwell Visit 4-28-2007

This weekend, Aunt Kathy, Uncle Jason, Emily & Shannon came for a visit. Zoe has been looking forward to this *ALL* week. Daddy had mentioned that they were coming this weekend on Monday. Upon waking every morning & after every nap, she asked me if there were here yet. Thank goodness, they finally arrived on Friday evening.


Friday, we made a quick trip to IKEA where all 3 girls were able to go into the play area since they are 37 inches tall & potty-trained. What a nice way to shop!


We had a lazy Saturday morning. Saturday afternoon, Kathy & I did a little shopping while the girls napped.


Saturday evening was Tony's poker tournament & being the Best Mommies/Wives in the World, Kathy & I took the girls to a park, then to McDonalds (complete with a little girl "stalker" for Zoe (who would not leave her alone & while we getting ready to leave leaned over & gave Zoe a hug & kiss, then coughed & exclaimed "I'm sick." Greaaat...we are waiting to see what disease Zoe develops). After a thorough handwashing, we stopped at Cold Stone for some ice cream. Once home, we gave them a bath in my big bathtub with bubbles. Needless to say, we were all exhausted (but somehow the mommies managed to stay up until 2:30am playing cards, the girls only lasted until 11:30pm).




Sunday we had a picnic lunch at the park & then spent some time at the playground. When it came time for Emily & Shannon to leave, all three of the were crying.

Lessons Learned 4-27-2007 @ 3:00 am

1. Don't let Zoe have entire sippy cup of milk 1/2 hour before bed time

2. Making a bed at 2:30am (after being asleep for 3 hours, then abruptly woken by a crying, wet child) should be an Olympic sport - I mean how many times can you turn a sheet before it is on the right way?

3. I hate vacuuming stairs - not that I have done this yet today being that it is only 3am, but I need to, really, really need to - before approximately 30 people arrive at my house this weekend for Tony's poker tournament

I am off to again attempt falling back asleep...

$47.00 4-24-2007

$47.00 at $0.10 per can/bottle = 470 cans/bottles

Maybe we should rethink the biyearly recycling plan...

WICKED!! 4-22-2007

This weekend, Tony & I travelled to Chicago to see the musical WICKED. It was a great time. We stayed at the Hotel Allegro which was 3 blocks from the theatre. The weather was beautiful, the show was terrific... a very refreshing weekend.

4-18-2007 Celebration Dinner

Zoe much enjoyed her celebration dinner at McDonald's - especially the ice cream!! (She even went #2 in the potty while we there). Yeah!!

YEAH!!! 4-18-2007

Well, today might be a break through. Zoe went #1 and #2 in the potty. We are celebrating with lots of candy, a balloon & a trip to McDonalds tonight for supper. It has been an exhausting morning, but hopefully this trend continues....

Daughter - what daughter? 4-17-2007

This evening, I had a sudden craving for peaunt butter bars - like the ones we used to have in elementary school. (Please do not read anything into the use of the word craving.) I went online looking for a recipe that I had used in the past. I found the recipe & discovered that we had about 1 teaspoon of creamy peanut butter (not quite the cup and a half the recipe called for). Well, we did have an almost full just of crunchy I could use. I start working on the recipe & discover it requires an egg (something we also don't have - we borrowed 3 eggs last night from our neighbor Susan). Next plan, I lovingly asked my husband to go get a mix for them at the store (& some eggs & peanut butter while he's there - can you tell I was on vacation last week & did no grocery shopping?). Anyway, Tony is not too receptive to this plan, so I decide to go myself. As I am getting my shoes, Tony says that he will go. But, no that's okay, I will go. He then asks if I want him to come with me. I laugh and say "Yeah, right!". He says, defensively, "I said I would go or come with you!!" To which, I reply, "What about your daughter upstairs asleep?" He says, "Oh yeah, I forget about her." Hmmm....guess his plan of us both going isn't going to work. Needless to say, I went by myself, procured the peanut butter bars and am now waiting for them chill. As for Tony, I am not sure how he could forget about Zoe since he spent half of his evening in the bathroom with her sitting on the potty, but not actually going potty.

Happy Easter!!! 4-8-2007

Travelling for the fourth weekend in a row, we returned to Columbus to celebrate Easter with Tony's side of the family. Zoe had a great time playing with all of her cousins, hunting for Easter eggs & finding her Easter basket (the candy involved may have been the best part). We also celebrated Shannon, Zoe & Grandma's birthday on Saturday - including a quick dip at what has to have been the coldest indoor hotel pool ever!! Nonetheless, the kids all had a great time. Sunday, Aunt Kathy prepared a delicious Easter brunch. We went to the noon service at their church where poor Shannon threw up during the service. Quite a memorable Easter all-in-all.

We stopped for dinner on the way home at my Aunt Kathy's to drop Zoe off with my Mom & Dave with whom Zoe was spending the following week. Zoe got even more candy in another egg hunt with Carson & Ava.

Easter Eggs 4-5-2007

This evening, Zoe colored Easter eggs. She had a great time with Daddy helping her color them & then Mommy helping her decorate them - as princesses of course.

Fort Rapids 4-1-2007

This weekend, we travelled to Columbus to Aunt Kathy & Uncle Jason's house. Saturday night, we cheered Ohio State on to its victory over Georgetown. On Sunday, we went to Fort Rapids where the three girls all had a great time. It is safe to say that all parties involved were exhausted by the time we returned home. (I do not actually remember being this tired anytime in the recent past.)