In my previous post I ranted, and raved, a bit about our busy February. A February, that by and large, revolved around our precious Empress. Of course there is no need to tell you that my girl loves the month of February. So to recap:
On February 16, Grayson and her best friend Sophia, ruled the day. Mom and the girls went down to Norm's News, the Empress' favorite place to chow, for lunch. The girls chattered like little birds and munched on corney dogs, fries, and cherry colas. After lunch, and many goofy antics, the girls picked out their prized candy. Yep, Candy!! Norms is not only an old time soda fountain and grill, but is also a candy store. Thus the reason the Empress loves the joint.
After lunch, the girls and Daddy, went to "The Fun Zone" for an afternoon of games. They had a blast!! Originally I had told Sophia's mom we would have her until around 4. Boy was Grayson miffed when Dad dropped Soph off at 2:30 ish. Girls burned through their Zone allowance way to quickly it turns out. After a short break, we loaded the kiddos and headed to Whitefish for birthday dinner with the Hazletts at Wasabi. Can I tell you how very pleased we are to have children who love Sushi!! Yummo!
On Sunday, the 17th, I surprised G by telling her to get ready, we are going to get her ears pierced. At first the reaction took me completely off guard. She said, no thanks! What, this is the girl that has begged and pleaded for 4 years to have her ears pierced. We had always told her she could get them when she turns 12. She wore us down. We decided that perhaps she was old enough for the responsibility of taking care of her ears. After I talked with her for a couple of minutes I realized that the years of telling her it would hurt had scared her. I explained that it was all a mommy ploy to buy us some time, and that it would hurt for a split second...sorta like a shot. So, we ran down to Claires and the deed was done. She said it didn't hurt a bit!
On Monday, the 18th, her actual birthday, we made cupcakes for her class. Since it was a holiday, and her birthday, the 18th was a day spent opening presents and doing crafts sent to her by her Aunt Sue-Sue. Fun day...and day three of her birthday celebration!
Tuesday the 19th, day four of her birthday celebration, she took her cupcakes for class and was the star of the day. The kids all made her pictures and she got a special little gift from her teacher and buddy reader. I am sure that she was sad to see her nearly week long celebration come to an end, but frankly I was happy to see it go. Whew, I was exhausted and Greer, though seemingly oblivious, had been somewhat neglected.
Our boy.....Super Greer. His crazy hair was so outrageous by the end of the month that we had two choices, dread locks, or a haircut. Luckily for little dude, I managed to give him a nice little haircut, and not the oopsie buzz cut he got last time.
And finally, it is always nice to end with a picture of the kids actually getting along. And, apparently Greer has a new picture taking face. Too funny!
