Anyone who has “the whole summer off” would think that person would just be hanging out, leisure, etc. Not my Momma! We’ve been going, going, gone! Here’s what a week looks like for us:
Monday-Head to Lafayette to play at the Ivy Tech Library while Mema finishes up teaching her kids. Momma and I read about four books; Parks plays in the play area. Mema arrives, and we’re off running some sort of errands…Hobby Lobby, Menards, visiting Uncle TC, whatever happens to be on the agenda. Next, lunch in basement, and then SWIMMING! Mema’s pool looks awesome and Parks and I have a blast in there! We tend to be pretty pooped out at the end of the day so we fall asleep on the way home. We get awakened for dinner, bath, jammies, and some Wii time with Daddy.
Tuesday-Rainy, cold day doesn’t stop us. Ran errands all over Lebanon, sign up for summer reading program at the Lebanon Library, hit Ice Cream Paradise, and cleaned out some of the garage.
Wednesday-Camp/school for the majority of the day then Pizza Hut Salad Bar for dinner since Wednesday is Daddy’s golf night.
Thursday-Repeat of Wednesday, but Daddy works from home, so he usually picks us up.
Tomorrow is Gigi Friday so watch out, Gigi, here we come!
We kicked off the holiday weekend early…we headed North to Lafayette bright and early on Friday and Momma and Daddy dropped us off at Gigi’s house to hang out for an overnight adventure! Mommy and Daddy were executing on a parents-only getaway that she arranged with her teacher friends in Chicago, so we got to be spoiled all weekend. We played games and ate yummy food and snacks, but we didn’t freeload. We worked off our room & board by washing Gigi’s Blue Bug!
On Saturday night, Mommy and Daddy met up with us at Mema & Pepa’s and we all crashed there to be ready for another annual celebration on Sunday…the Annual Opening Up The Pool holiday! There was a lot of stinky water, sweating, and cussing from the grown ups, but Parker and I kept ourselves occupied in the sprinkler and generally “helping”…including a quick dip in the newly uncovered summertime swimming hole.
Monday, our bonus day, was a little more lazy but still included a pre-birthday lunch (call it a warm up to the main event) at Red Robin and ice cream at Obwerweis.
Thanks to everyone for letting us crash and filling our bellies while the parents partied it up!
Party time! Excellent!
Friday started off on the right foot…I didn’t have school! I got to spend all day with Parker and Gigi on Gigi Friday, which is the first time in a while. We made the most of it by taking a special trip to see the brand new Shrek movie in 3D. It was very funny and Parker and I liked it a lot. Then, we came home and hung out until Daddy got home and we kicked off the next chapter of the evening. Parker went up to Lafayette with Gigi, but Daddy drove me over to Summer’s Birthday Party! She is my friend from school and came to my birthday, so it was cool to go to her birthday party too. I didn’t get to stay for long, though, because Daddy picked me up and we headed North to Lafayette for Phase III…more Shrek! Aunt Carrie won a fancy Shrek party from McDonalds, complete with enough nuggets to choke an Ogre. We played with Riley and Taylor while the parent-folks hung out and chatted about chicken and sauces. It was so late when we left that it was almost tomorrow, so Parks and I both fell asleep in the car and were cashed out all the way home.
Thanks for the movie, Gigi, and for inviting us to the Shrek party, Lafayette Lawsons!
We woke up on Saturday and headed downstairs, ready for our usual ritual of watching Disney Channel and getting snacks while Mommy and Daddy snoozed. However, Mommy and Daddy were already gone! Mema and Pepa were there, instead, and told us that Mommy and Daddy had already left to go running. It didn’t take us long to convince Mema and Pepa that we should probably discuss this over some Gibby’s donuts, so we packed in and drove down to show them the ropes. After putting away our fair share of sugar snacks, we headed north to Lafayette to hang out at Mema and Pepa’s house for the day. We had fun playing, crafting, and of course…eating! We even got to hang out and meet our new cousin, Baby Mitchell, for the first time! I said that we should call him Little Peanut but Parker likes saying Baby Mitchell.
On Sunday, we geared up for Round 2 of the Weekend Adventures. We had to run a few errands in the morning, but the day’s main event was a Mother’s Day/Birthday Party at Aunt Carrie and Uncle Manata’s house. We pigged out on cheese, hot dogs, crackers, and cupcakes in between playing in the yard with Riley and Taylor. The girls even took a trip on our bikes down to the park while Parker stayed back and worked on perfecting his golf swing. Everyone was pretty zonked by the time we hit the road back to Lebanon, so it was straight to bath and bed to rest up for the week ahead.
Thanks to Mema and Pepa for hanging with us on Saturday and to Aunt Carrie and Uncle Manata for hosting us on Sunday…we had a lot of fun with everyone!
