Weekend Wrap up

Okay it was defiantly a long but fun weekend.

Friday night my sister had her solo dance competition. My kids love their "Risa" so we went to dinner first stopped and pick up flowers (well Christina and I did) and then went to the competition.

We didn't have time to pick up flowers before the show so we stopped at a Wal-Mart close by. Not that I am a big fan of Wal-Mart flowers but I wanted to get her something. They had this wonderful arrangement of purple and white flowers which is the school color. At the store Christina wanted to hold them. It was half the size of her. I let her. The people at the store all kept laughing at her and commenting on how cute she was. It was defiantly funny. I need to have a camera with me at all times. It was a site

At the competition the kids did pretty good. We got there in time to see the 5 dances before my sister. Then Risa danced. The kids yelled and screamed for her. Then we watched the last two from their team. During the last one Isaiah would not stop talking. And rather loud. So I finally just gave him a look (most you moms know the look) and gently put my finger over his mouth to let him know where my look was directed at. He burst into tears (but the were silent tears). It was well past bedtime already so I guess getting the look when you are tired was just too much for him.

After this my sister and the team are leaving to go get changed and head home. Christina grabs the flowers and runs between the high school girls in front of my sister and makes them all stop to give her the flowers. Again I needed a camera my little 27 pound not yet 4 year old stopped an entire dance team from exiting with no help from anyone. She had a mission.

Well I thought awesome we can go now. Nope Isaiah wants to wait and tell Risa good job. So we wait. She comes out finally. Hugs all around, good jobs and thank yous shared by all. Time to go. Not as easy as I thought. Christina wanted to ride with my mom. Problem was my mom had a Yukon full of high school dancers. No car seat and no room for one. So my mom in an effort to appease my crying, no wait bawling child walks us out to the car and puts her in the seat. My sweet child then proceeds to cry for 10 minutes that she wants her finally falls asleep and every 5-10 minutes she cries out in her sleep that she wants grandma.

Saturday Morning is breakfast out. We then go to find the early voting location. It is not where they said it would be. We call and find out where it is. It opens at 10:00 we get there at 9:58 so just in time. We go vote. Christina "helps" daddy and Isaiah "helps" me. Just before voting we are standing in line. Isaiah has the wiggles and just can't stand still. I tell him I know there is not a lot to do here, but please stay over here with me so others can vote and then it will be our turn. I then turn to the man behind me who has been watching all the wiggles and such and apologize because Isaiah has walked right in front of him several times. It was an older man in his 70's i would say. He smiled and told me I was doing a great job with my son. No worries. My son. I still love those moments that there is no question that the children are mine. This man didn't phase him at all that we didn't look alike just that the boy with me was obviously my son.

After voting we went home had lunch and the kids took naps.
Allen asked me to start dinner early. It was something he had never seen me make and wanted to make sure it was done before I left.

I left and went to the team part of the dance competition. I saw the last team and the last officer dance for the girls. They looked great. The other teams looked really good too. I stayed for the awards. The officers (my sister is an officer) took Grand Champion Officer squad. And the team came away with Grand Champion as well. This is my sisters senior year. Needless to say she was thrilled.

Sunday we had church and then went over to my parents house. We had a bar-b-que with everyone my aunt and uncle from Florida are still here so it was a big group. It ran much later then intended but still it was a lot of fun. Family dinners always are.

Now if I can just get this cough to go away.