Our Weekend

It's Sunday afternoon, about 1:30pm and the house is silent except the hum of the washing machine and me clicking away on this keyboard. The girls were up late Friday and Saturday night so they are all three napping which is so nice. I needed to get a few things at the store today so I went before church this morning so I could get back in my PJ's this afternoon and I'm so glad I did! Stores are only allowed to be open from 10-4pm on Sundays which I think is a good idea, that is until I need milk or bread. But I was on top of things this morning and get in and out pretty quick. The store opens at 9:30am so you can go in and do your shopping, you just can check out until 10am- pretty nifty. I've planned a fun day for the girls tomorrow since it "Balemtimes" so I needed to get a few last minute items this morning!

On Friday we went to some friends house for pizza. They have a little girl who is Bailey's age and twin boys who are Addison's age. We always have a good time over there and this was no exception. The girls dressed up in every outfit possible that night and went up and down the stairs constantly showing each new outfit. Addison and the boys played with Handy Manny toys and this hilarious talking Elmo. Addison was in love with that Elmo. He would fall over and say something like "Elmo can't get up, can you help me?" And Addison would say, "Awww" and help him help and then he would say, "Thank you, you are Elmo's best friend." It was so cute, she carried him around all night I think.

Saturday morning we got up and ready for ballet class. I finally got my act together and bought the "right" leotard, tights and shoes for the girls so they were happy to match everyone else in the class. Is this a glimpse into my future? Can't we just wear any ole leotard? Anyway. I took my two matching girls to ballet and Marc volunteered to stay home and keep wild thing- I mean Addison. I had 40 minutes of silence in the car out in the car park while I waited for them to finish ballet. I did my Bible study and practiced my Siesta Scripture Memory Verses. Earlier in the week I checked in on a few blogs I read and got a fun idea about doing a Valentine painting. Now, I hate painting with small kids- I taught elementary school but was so glad I didn't have to teach art!! The girls are always begging me to paint and I usually have some kind of excuse like "It's too messy" - wait, that is always what I say! So I thought I would bless them and actually come up with something to do after ballet. I went and bought little canvases and everything! When I announced that we would be painting that day, Bailey shouts, "This is the best day EVER!" Ouch. I really should lighten up a bit more. I decided to simplify things for my girls and just do 4 Valentine hearts instead of a few rows of them. So I drew a grid on their canvas and printed out a color wheel from the internet and told them that we were going to learn about complementary colors! Are you impressed? Ha. I mixed up the paint- except the purple turned out more brownish. Oh well!

Oh first, just a cute picture of Addison from this week-
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This is Bailey's picture-I helped her do the first one, the blue heart, then I just let loose and let her go for it! She likes to just get things done so she can move on the next thing!

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And here is Cerys' - she worked so hard on this and really took her time.
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And this is mine! I think I used the wrong canvases or paint b/c it didn't seem to work that great, or maybe the pain was too watery? Anyway, they had fun and that is all that matters.

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After our super exciting painting lesson, we got ready for company! Two families from school were coming for dinner! A welsh couple with three girls, a French couple with two girls and us! So, that's 8 little girls!!! I invited them over but also asked our French friends to bring their Raclette- it's a nifty contraption that melts Raclette cheese, almost like fondue. She told me everything to buy and she brought the cheese and Raclette maker and the other couple brought dessert. We had baked potatoes with a selection of hams and salami's and also salad and then you just pour the melted Raclette all over the top of it! Oh my. So good, but I can already tell that my lactose intolerant self is hating life. You know that Meg Ryan scene in French Kiss when she's on the train and she's eaten too much cheese? That's how I'm feeling.

Here is a close up of the lovely Raclette cheese-
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We had a lovely time, so glad we invited them over and it was agreed that next month we will do it again at another couple's house!

Happy Valentine's Day! My Valentine is actually in town for a while now, yay!
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