The girls didn't have school friday because it was end of term. So we declared it "sister fun day" Which started with me dragging all 4 kids out of bed and to the gym so I could teach at 9 am (don't worry, I bribed them with donuts...like a any professional, health conscious fitness instructor). From there we did a "dine around" and collected their lunch from multiple businesses that were participating in red ribbon week (an apple from the grocery store, a corn dog from a convenience store, a slurpee, a cookie, etc.) It was a long lazy day, with card games and toys and playing house and a movie night.
My happy was the lazy cuddles during our movie night.
My sad was feeling rather lonely in my room. Z has started sleeping in his "real" crib in the room he now shares with E. He sleeps great until 3 or 4 am (when he fusses and gets to join me because I just can't resist those sweet cuddles) and she loves having him in there.
On Saturday, L went to dance rehearsal. (I love that she's in the Nutcracker. And that she's so crazy excited about it and having a great time. But I really miss having free Saturdays.) And as soon as she was done, we picked her up from class and headed north. We went to the Halloween storyteller event at Stokes Nature Center. It was their first year and so fun. The kids all dressed up. L was Merida, A was Alice in Wonderland, E was Cinderella and Z was a bag of Jellybeans. We took Grammy with us and met cousins there. We walked a short trail, stopping at various storytellers who told us about about a princess needing to be rescued from the mischief of an evil sprite and gave us clues and tokens to help us. A, with great dramatic flair, stepped right into the story and was the one to put the pieces together and eventually save the day by tricking the sprite. We continued our cousin playdate at Carls Jr for dinner and a whole lot of running around on the playplace.
My happy today was how engaged the girls were for the storyteller trail, they loved it!
My sad is that after drinking copious amounts of Hi-C, while running/playing nonstop, then becoming near hysterical crying about her missing socks, E's system turned itself upside down and she became very, very sick. All over the floor. and herself. and me. yaayyyy......
We spent the night at Grammy's and I wasn't planning on attending church since E had been sick. But since she immediately bounced back and was her usual charming self again, I blamed the hi-c/running/hysterics and decided we were good to go. So we made it to church (barely) and discovered it was the primary program in my parents' ward! I missed seeing the girls sing at our ward (Grammy took them while I ran Ragnar in Hawaii) but they got invited to join my parents' ward. A jumped right in, L and A needed a little encouragement but I loved watching. They were very tired and rather wiggly but cute as ever. We played through the afternoon, the girls watched a movie while I helped Grammy with a project, we took a quick dip in the jacuzzi to reward them for being so good and even baby Z was just happy and easy going the whole day. On the way home we stopped to see the Aunties and that's always such an amazing boost. It's always a party there with lots of company and something going on but we always feel welcome. The aunties are so great at connecting with the kids and I always feel so loved.
My happy was getting to see family and how uplifting that is.
My sad is missing husband and wishing we lived closer to family.
Unfortunately we stayed up way too late last night so the girls weren't exactly bouncing out of bed this morning. But their excitement for Halloween kicked in and they made it to the bus on time. Most of the morning flurry was spent in the dressup closet again deliberating on costumes. L decided the Merida dress was itchy so she settled on Elizabeth Swann. A kept her Alice in Wonderland costume and E wore her Cinderella gown again. I took E and Z to the elementary school to watch the kids' costume parade--my favorite part is always seeing L and A's faces light up when they see me, so glad that we came. Then we hurried to get E to preschool for her school party and I went to the gym (which sounds mundane but the instructors get really into Halloween and always have great costumes and themed events). As we left to meet friends for lunch, E's Cinderella dress tore and she was devastated! She's definitely overtired lately (my fault) and has a tendency to be dramatic (her fault) but she sobbed and was so broken hearted. I convinced her that Grammy can fix it and she traded for the snow princess costume instead (old dance costume). We had lunch with friend's at Cafe Rio and took her to dance class. I picked up sisters, picked up E and we went to the grocery store to check out their trick or treat event. I was so impressed! They completely filled a bag with a drink, chips, an apple, popcorn balls, cookies, candy, chocolate milk and more. We picked up sandwiches on the way home and it made for a complete dinner! (I did add our candy corn fruit cups at the girls request--layered mandarin oranges, pineapple and whip cream.) Once the girls had eaten, we got everyone into our ninja turtle costumes, now complete with turtle shells, took plenty of pictures and went trick or treating. They started with great energy and L and A could have kept going but E crashed rather suddenly and was so done. Z was cold and getting fussy by then too so we went home and spent the night rolling around the floor, cuddling, eating candy and mostly, racing to answer with door with excessive amounts of enthusiasm (the girls, not me. I was fine letting them do it for me.)
My happy today is how excited they were about trick or treating and how good they were together--taking turns ringing the bell, waiting for each other to catch up, making sure they stayed together without me even reminding them.
My sad was that after such a great day, I got very frustrated with them just before bed. They were so over the top crazy, being so loud and acting rather ridiculous. They were just kind of out of control and I hate that I get all flustered trying to reel it back in to a reasonable level. good news, we settled in, did our reading, put them to bed and they were all asleep in minutes.
or. my sad could be that after all that trick or treating, there was only one Milky Way bar. Plenty of good stuff. Just only one of my favorite. but then again, that's probably a good thing.
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