Friday through Sunday.

Ok, so I'll start with Friday...  It began fine enough, as in I got Bella to school, came home and photographed 2 t-skirts before packaging them up to ship, then back to school to have lunch with B-bo and her 2 friends Brianna and Cameron.  Both Bella and Brianna were dressed from head to toe in shades of pink, and it was almost too cute for words.  They were all 3 wearing cut out shamrocks with their names on them taped to the middle fronts of their shirts made by Cameron :)  Post lunch, I tried a little shopping to select something new to wear to Dan & Heidi's 10 year vow renewal on Saturday.  Found nothing, but remembered a dress I had forgotten I had that would be perfect so no harm no foul <3  I was home for an hour, before I headed back to retrieve Bella from school to head to tap/ballet class.  Then it was back home for about an hour.  During that time, Vince got home and we enjoyed a little adult time before both heading to get Bella from dance class which turned out to be a great thing because I was beginning to get a terrible headache.  We went to Showmar's (a local chain) for dinner, and while there saw Shannon, Matt, and Gracen.  It's been a while, and reminded me to call her this week for dinner or something.  We seriously only live 7 minutes away from each other, no excuse.  Post dinner, I was in all sorts of agony with the worst headache I have had in a while.  Instead of stopping at the grocery store, we headed straight home.  Everything is in bloom so I think that is what my headache was all about but it was intense.  I attacked it with some nasal spray, sinus meds, and Advil.  Then I stood in the shower until we ran out of hot water before slipping into pjs and falling into Vince's lap on the sofa.  Bella was also curled up in his lap, and I don't think his smile could have been any bigger.  It wasn't long before both Bella and myself were fast asleep on Vince.  Friday wore us out.

Now Saturday...  I woke up headache free, but was still feeling like I had been hit by a bus so it was a slow start to our day.  I was shooting for a 10 a.m. leave time, but we were not really in a rush because the Dan and Heidi event wasn't until 7:30 that night.  After chasing after run away dogs, loading up the wrong car, and walking around in circles we made it into the car and on the road by 11.  Not bad :)  We were in Atlanta by 3 but had to go by IKEA first to see if they had any gray mice for our friend Kamran.  That's all I can say about that.  They had none, but we did buy a $10 tent for Bella which we have turned into her reading tent full of comfy pillows, a butterfly blanket, a bunch of stuffed animals, and of course books.  Back to Saturday.  We made it to Katie's house at 4 p.m.  We were there for about an hour when Nathan, my 8 year old nephew, threw up.  Then Bella threw up, followed by Vince.  Needless to say, we made it to Atlanta, but not to the event... These things happen, welcome to parenthood :)  All was not lost though, because we had a great visit with Katie, Bill and the boys even with all the puking.  It seemed to hit Nathan the hardest, B and V were much better after a few hours.  Katie grilled salmon for dinner, with rice (which Bella described as tasting like nothing), and salad.  It was delicious.  The kiddos were all out by 8:30 and the adults stayed up and watched Wedding Crashers.  Good.Times.

Sunday... sadly my headache returned Saturday night and finally I fell asleep around 2:30.   V let me sleep in, I made it to about 9:30, but my head was not hurting and I felt like I got some sleep.  Vince and Ben, my 10 year old nephew, went to Dunkin' Doughnuts to get bagels and doughnuts for breakfast.  Trip, my 5 year old nephew, and Bella played most of the morning together, so much so that after we left around 12:30, Katie texted me saying that Trip said he wished he lived next door to Bella.  I think the cousins had fun <3  We got home around 4:30, unloaded the car and decompressed for about 30 minutes before deciding to go on a family walk/run.  We have a loop around our neighborhood that is .7 of a mile.  We all started out together walking it, and then I went for a run.  I ran maybe .6 and walked .6.  Vince ran .5 and Bella ran about .5 her little self.  It was a great way to work off some road trip food and excess energy.  We're going to try to make this more of a habit.  Plus I'm going to try to do the Peachtree Road Race with Katie 4th of July weekend in Atlanta... Gotta keep this running thing up if I don't want to look like an ass ;)  Post work-out, we made a family Target run for some much needed supplies.  We stayed away from extras and stuck to essentials.  Target is a tricky place to do that in, but we stuck to our list, key word...LIST.  The list keeps you accountable...  Once home it was bath/dinner/bed time.  We were not far behind.  I was out by 9:30.  done.

Now, it's Monday.  Bella is at school for a couple more hours, and Vince is home.  He took a half day, mainly because he took my cell phone with him to work leaving me phoneless until after his class tonight.  Not good, and he just wanted to come home for a bit.  Fine with me <3  I'm meeting with Ensley, one of Bella's teachers, after school today to discuss an apron design for a new blog she is doing http://www.thepreppyvegan.com  She wants a Stepford Wives style apron in the colors of her blog so I have been researching designs a little today and getting sample fabrics together to show her this afternoon.  I've had some fun projects lately <3

Ok, this should bring us up to date... until next time... xoxoxo

Quick addition... This is the apron design we decided on, I will post pictures of the final project when it's complete.  I am only using this pattern for the style, the finished apron will look different because I am going to use 2 bright/feminine/shabby chic fabrics to create it <3