Weekend Roundup

My back is doing better, but it still hurts. I hope it gets back to normal soon! On Tuesday Evelyn and Georgia came over and brought a delicious lunch from St. James--so sweet! Marme made us a wonderful dinner. On Wednesday we ventured out and went to the Parenting Center for "Messy Time"--an art class of sorts. Betsy was not interested in painting and just wanted to play in the kitchen as usual. In the afternoon P came home early and I went to Belladonna for a massage--it was awesome. On Thursday B and I went to Walmart to buy much needed groceries. Peter and B have been practicing this really funny "Hellooooooo" and Betsy is getting really good at it. This older man said "Helloooo" to B and it sounded the same way Peter sounds so she responded with a hearty "Helloooooo." Her imitation of the man was perfect and it made him chuckle. In the afternoon we went to playgroup at Ticia's. B had fun eating cookies and playing with Will's Elmo. Thursday night I made up for not cooking for a few days and made a roast and vegetable soup.

On Friday our carpet was installed downstairs--yay!!! It looks great. B and I hung out all day and kept waiting to hit the streets, but it took all day to install it. P had his office luncheon so he didn't get home until late. While I was fixing dinner for B and me B was in the living room watching Sesame Street. She walked into the kitchen and the pantry door was ajar. She reached in and grabbed the bag of Goldfish and walked back to the living room, sat on the laptop (one of her favorite places to sit), and continued watching Sesame. After supper B and I watched Frosty together. I've been trying to get her into all of the Christmas specials, but none of them have impressed her much--she'd rather Elmo any day.

On Saturday morning Attie and I went to Amy's for pedicures. They have an awesome massage chair and that was part of the reason why I wanted to go. It's also really hot outside and my toes weren't looking so good. P, B, and I have been playing downstairs all weekend--we have no furniture and no toys--it was just us rolling around on the carpet and B exploring all of the new space she has to play in! The three of us went shopping for some Christmas gifts in the afternoon. We went to Patois with Dad, Bee, and the sisters and boys for dinner for Attie's birthday. B didn't nap all day and was sort of fussy when we got there. We ordered her some milk and she drank it all then crashed for about 2 hours. I had to wake her up when we were leaving. She missed a delicious meal. Papa Vic brought her 'The Night Before Christmas' and we have been reading it all day today. Bee gave her a reindeer Webkinz--it's so soft and she loves it.

This morning we went to Bluebird--our first time with B. She had a good time and enjoyed staring at everyone. She ate a scrambled egg, some biscuit, and some home fries. Afterwards P and B went to Lowe's to buy more stuff for downstairs. P goes to Lowe's and/or Home Depot every weekend. Today P worked on things downstairs and I cleaned the house because it had gotten pretty messy while I was dealing with my back. Papa Vic brought us a beautiful wreath this evening and got to see B in a really fussy mood. We had a great, relaxing weekend.

B loves knocking on doors, saying 'quack, quack, quack' whenever she sees any type of bird in a book or outside, she is loving this penguin bowling set we gave her for Easter and she holds the penguins and quacks away, she is constantly 'reading' her books out loud, when you ask what a rooster says she says 'cock-a-doodle-oo' or just 'doodle-oo,' and she's not crawling too much anymore--she just wants to walk.

Papa Vic scanned the picture of B and Santa. Enjoy!