This Was a Good One

Wow, what a great day it has been! Emmaline and I dropped Annelise off at school and since we had to be back there by 9:45 to hide Easter eggs, we went and shopped for a while. (I know, I am supposed to be on shopping time-out.....) We went to Barnes and Noble and I had to get a Honey Latte- you know it only made sense because I was already there and all. Then I read a few books to E and she just loved that. I have been in love with books since I was very small. My grandfather spent all his time reading to me when I was little, and in fact, he taught me to read by the time I was 3. I have read everything I can get my hands on since then. E seems to have inherited a little bit of that. We read Seek and Find Dora, The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches, and one of my all-time favs, Puff The Magic Dragon. I let her select a book for a prize to take home and she chose Noisy Nora. It looks cute, so I look forward to reading that to her. I saw the new Fancy Nancy book and knew I had to take that to Annelise. I swear you could substitute Annelise's name everywhere in the book for Fancy Nancy and it would be totally appropriate. I also found a B & N gift card in my purse and it was still worth the whole amount- so it turned out to be a really good trip. Then we went to the school store to get some things to do the bulletin board for A's class next month. I found the cutest things and E was perfect in there. She helped me carry stuff and pick things out. We went to the school and I hid eggs and watched while A and her class found them all and the whole time E was absolutely awesome. She sat on a bench and cheered for her sister and never whined that she did not get to do it too. A then shared some of her findings with her, without being asked. Then we went to Target and got all kinds of stuff that was on clearance (including some tooth fairy prizes because that supply was gone at home due to the recent losses....) A friend from school called and invited us to eat lunch with her and her son while we were there. We decided on Mexican and met up with them and the kids were all so good. E actually ate almost every bite of food without being told and without moving around in her chair or acting up. (That was a total miracle.....) They didn't even argue in the car on the way home. This afternoon they have been a little ill, but considering there has been no nap- they have been pretty good. Spring Break has officially sprung, and so far it has been great. Tommorrow we are going out to the lots to meet up with some tree specialists to look at our big oak tree (see lot pics in a previous post). We are also going to the plant nursery to get ideas for what to do with our front yard here. The girls love to go play on the lot and look at plants, so that should go well. My new camera came today, so I should be able to post pics of the girls again, soon. I have missed being able to take digital pictures! I bought the movie Enchanted at Target- for those of you who have not seen it, B and I both loved it. It was hilarious. I added some new songs to the playlist here, some time I will have to tell the story behind some of them. Oh, well- gotta go figure out what to fix for supper. Looks like fast and easy will be the way it goes tonight!!