1st Full Week of School 2015

Well, I officially have a battle on my hands each morning with my precious daughter.  She no longer wants to wear pants or shorts of any sort.  She only wants dresses and skirts, but of course, she has particular ones that she will only wear.  

My first full week at school went well.  The honeymoon period is over, so they are now showing themselves to be quite chatty.  I can handle that, as long as they are kind to each other.  We just have to work on a little more self control with talking.

On Friday evening we met our friends, the Newtons, at the new LDS Temple in Carmel.  It is the only temple in Indiana.  It was fascinating to see and interesting to learn a bit about a different religion.  

On Saturday we had Genevieve's orientation for her new dance career.  She will be taking a toddler tap/ballet combination class once a week.  Here she checked out her classroom, complete with mirrors and tiny little barres.  

Then it was time to be fitted for shoes.

She was very patient.

Then she got to tapping like Mr. Bojangles.

Next up was the leotard.

We tried one on for size.

I want purple!!!!!

 Yes, purple.  

Yes, I still want purple.  

And we have purchased purple.

It was not removed.  

That's G, Copper, Todd and one foolish mother with a plastic bag full of $85 worth of dance attire.  

Then we met princesses.

Her teacher, Katie, was quite lovely. 

We took a sleigh ride with Anna, 

 and then ended the party with Elsa and a stop at Petunia, the Flying Cupcake truck.  

We still have 3 weeks until her first class, so I'll be fighting a daily battle over wearing that lavender tutu.  

A Lot Going On!

Jamie had her baby.

Georgia Elizabeth was born on Thursday.  

I love this picture.  

My first 3 day week was a success.  My kiddos are adorable.  On Saturday we drove to Cincinnati for some family time with my side of the fam.  Robeghan decided to spend their Saturday time at IKEA, while YaYa and Bob joined us at EnterTrainment, a cool place for train aficionados.

There was a face in a hole and I prepped to get in position.  Trinity captured the true dimensions of my body.

Giant head/forehead and smaller from the neck down.

I'm built like a Bratz doll.  

We toured the history of trains from the 1840s to present day.

It was an amazing place.

G just kept pointing and saying, "twain!"

She screamed Twain so much I felt like we were at a Shania concert, not a train museum.  

YaYa did some heavy lifting.

T&B alternated carrying the step stool.  

YaYa rode the rails with G.  

Genevieve got her face in that hole correctly.

They also had this funky funhouse exhibit.  This room was all odd angles and there was such an incline that we were sliding everywhere.  

Don't worry I used my Ninja Turtle back power to pull my child up.  

YaYa took this picture, while trying not to vomit.

Bob was somewhere sitting on a bench. 

My mother stayed with Genevieve and they ordered room service while my dad treated us to a Reds game.  

Our seats were pretty fabulous.

The game started at 7:10 and we didn't get back to the hotel until almost 11:30.  It was my latest night in a while.  

We booked it to the Newport Aquarium in the morning after some lobby lounging.  

G loves Finding Nemo.  

"Later, dudes!"

Bratz doll meets white alligator.  

"What would I give, if I could live out of these waters? What would I pay to spend the day warm on the sand?"

G mermaided with the Penguins.  

They had a bridge over the Shark tank.  I was all like "no thanks, I've seen Jaws 3."  

We ended the weekend with another rookie mother mistake.  This $11 Minnie paint job got glitter in my kid's eyes that made her cry and her bow started running down her face.  It was also hot as hell and she was sweating.  We arrived home and were in the tub by 3:00 p.m.  

3 days later we still have a forehead rash.

Her daycare called to report the rash to me today and asked if I wanted to take her to the doctor.

I brought in this picture and showed them how I had her painted up as a clown/hooker Minnie Mouse.

No doctor visit required.

Thanks to YaYa and Bob for the great weekend!  

Final Summer Weekend

I received a fancy delivery from my Sweet T to celebrate our 5 years of wedded bliss.  

On Saturday we drove up to Carmel to see Jamie and hang one last time before she becomes a mother of 3.  We took the golf cart and played at their neighborhood's playground.

G kept touching and rubbing Jamie's belly and saying "There's a baby in there!"  Then she would lift up her own shirt and ask, "Do I have a baby?" 

Uh no.

Sweet Jamie is such a trouper.

Baby #3 is due Tuesday.

On Saturday evening we dined out in Broad Ripple and finished our evening with cake at the Cake Bake Shop.  That place is so charming and the cake is divine. We talked a lot about wedding day memories.  

On Sunday we went to mass and then met Mark, Marinda, Walker, and Camille down at Mallow Run Winery for another one of their fun events.  They had a Hawaiian band perform and hula dancers.  G was dying to get on stage.  

As usual, she was front and center.

Her confidence blows me away, and I'm pretty confident myself.  

The humidity was horrible, so we stuffed ourselves with melon and grapes.  

Camille fanned herself to stay cool. 

She's such a sweet girl and good with G.   

3/4 of the family.

I encouraged Mark to take his shirt off because it was so muggy, but he declined.  

Mr. Soon to be Middle Schooler fanned from the other side.

When I met Walker he wasn't yet walking.

I do love that boy.  

G received special instruction with these flingy things.  

We ended our day in my classroom where my darling husband put together my IKEA stools for tiny rears.  

While Genevieve helped ever so much too.  

Goodbye summer!

Hello to 1st Grade.