We had a crazy day yesterday but now that it's over I can look back and say it was a great day. I witnessed the biggest smiles of pure joy on both of my girl's faces yesterday. Pretty cool day. We were all up way earlier then needed due to C so it was not the best start. I'm talking like 615. It was a no alarm day so I was really expecting an 8 o'clock sleep in day. No such luck. It turned out ok though. J was finally home from Honduras (yes I said Honduras, he was there for work). Kids had not seen him in 4 days so they were so happy to see him. First thing Av told him was that she got to go to Red Robin with Mr. Bodine for lunch. hehehhe guess that was what she was most excited about. Yes she went. She wanted to so who was I to stop her? We thought a boy from her class was going but somehow at the last minute he didn't. On Wednesday I did learn that the other room mother from her class was going so that made me feel a ton better. I asked nicely if the mom would keep an eye on her and keep her away from the 5th graders. heheheh So far the 5th graders are so nice to them (they are the car pool helpers and the hallway helpers and ever know Avery's name) but I was so worried about her learning about Santa. hehehh Still am actually but what can you do? With it around the corner I am sure it will be coming up. Anyhow, I learned after that a girl Lilly went with her. She is in another k class and Av knows her from the bus. Perfect! Back to our morning though. The 5 of us spent about an hour on the couch cuddling. It was pretty nice. I never get to sit w them in the am like that. After that J and E took Av to school while C and I took off on her FIRST field trip. We got to her school and there were tons of parents going. I was so happy I could. It was about a 35 minute drive. C was pretty excited the whole time. We got there and the kids were having a BLAST. There was a hay pyramid that the kids could climb and then a hay pit that they could jump in (pic a ball pit just with hay instead). They were loving it all. It was cold. Very cold. Colder than it was in Louisville. Nothing to block the wind I think. I had winter coat and hat and gloves for C but none of that for me. Hehehhe the kids were having such a great time they didn't care but the parents were cold. Then we went on a hay ride to the pumpkin patch. The hay ride was long and COLD. The kids were cold too. We picked out some, "little pumpkins so I can carry them." Then back on the hay ride we went. After that we were all so cold and it was time to head back anyway so off we left. We headed home for a quick lunch and then off to C's first gymnastics class. She was tired and not excited until I told her Stella was in class with her. We put on her leotard tutu and that helped too. She is one of 4 little 3 year olds in her class and we knew them all. She also has Av's old teacher Ms Nellie. So fun! They LOVED it. She didn't walk in gymnastics she bounced. So happy. J and E came with us bc J will not have many opportunities to see her in gymnastics. I left from there to go to Av's fall class party. She had already been to Red Robin and had her school carnival by this point. I love love love love her school and her teacher and her class and her new cute little friends. (Sidenote-when J dropped her off that am he called and said, "she took off into school so happy and didn't even look back." nope she doesn't, she is so happy and comfortable there. it's insane.) The party was so cute. During it the teacher put on silly halloween songs that the kids and Ms. Roth would sing and do little dances to. One song the teacher pulled up on the internet and put it on the smart board so it was on the wall. The kids went crazy and one of Av's friends grabbed her hand and said, "let's do the skeleton!" They went right up to the front and started following the skeleton on the wall. They decorated trick or treat bags, made pumpkins, got their face painted, decorated cookies and went trick or treating. All that with lots of singing and dancing in between. We left and I got to take Av with me. Nice treat. We went home and had a quick dinner. Back to Av's school we went at 6 for the Fall Festival. Lots of carnival games and bouncies. It was so fun and cute. Outside though which we didn't realize. I had to work from 7-8 so J was stuck manning all 3 kids which was not easy. All E wanted to do was wander through the crowd so someone needed to follow him and the girls wanted to play. It was also getting pretty cold. He did a great job though and I was thankful for more face time with all the Wilder peeps that I'm trying my darnest to get in with. I'm getting there but it has not been easy. Now that the crazy day is over I can say it was awesome!!
