Our weekend…
Mel left Thursday for the Atlanta Clothing Market this weekend, so the girls and I have had a long “Daddy-Free” weekend, which is usually how our weekends go anyway, unfortunately. We had lots on our agenda and although I never leave home without my camera, I took no photos! Mary Clare is into running everywhere now, and McCanless is still McCanless, oblivious to her surroundings, so needless to say with all that was going on, I had my hands full but without a camera!
Friday night was movie night at THA. All of the kids wear pj’s and spread out across the gym floor on sleeping bags and eat popcorn and movie goodies. McCanless went home with her friend, Eliza, after school on Friday and met me at the “movie” that night. (It is so fun that she is at the age now to have friends and big girl playdates!) This is Mary Clare’s second movie night and although she had no interest in Peter Pan, she did catch the eye of Eliza’s little brother, baby Edward. Baby Edward and Mary Clare chased each other in the dark all night, while McCanless sat entranced throughout the entire movie, until she literally became sick from all of the popcorn and M&M’s!
Saturday morning we jumped up, despite a 9:30 bedtime for all, and headed to the Kids Jamboree in Florence. Two words sum up the event: OVER STIMULATION. After walking around the jumping castle room, attempting to ice skate with McCanless clinging to my legs and holding Mary Clare, and trying to wheel an over sized stroller through a crowd of 1,000 kids, clowns, and snow cone machines, McCanless decided she would rather watch the dancing performances on stage. We didn’t ice skate, we didn’t ride a single ride, or a pony, no face painting, no games, we didn’t participate in any event, we didn’t even jump in the princess jumping castle…we sat in bleachers and watched a dance troupe until Mary Clare began to scream EAT, EAT, EAT. After fighting the crowd to the nearest elevator and getting stuck in it with the girls and the over sized stroller and almost hyperventilating , I decided to call it a day! We headed to Chick-Fil-A and Brewster’s!
I did manage to catch a few photos in the car while waiting in line at Chick-Fil-A!
Yum, a Brewster’s ice cream with sprinkles! (We all love sprinkles around here!)