Late last week, she asked if I was busy Friday night and when I said no - she asked if she could bring the kids and come for a visit. I loved it that she wanted to make the trip! (Her husband couldn't come with her this time, but we still had fun.) So...here's a photo essay of our night!
We started with dinner. I made baked spaghetti and garlic bread, and she brought some salad. Perfect easy dinner! Esther loved the spaghetti - and kept asking for more please! She also fell in love with the cheese (and really, who wouldn't?) but all I had was shredded cheese. She didn't care. She ate it anyway. Have you ever served shredded cheese as an actual dish?
After dinner, Julie and I wanted some time to chat, so it was Veggie Ta-a-les to the rescue! Isn't this precious? Broccoliiiiiiiiiiiiiii...celeryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy....gotta beeeeeee...Veggietales.
Levi soon tired of the Veggie Tales entertainment, so he created his own. Get on all fours, rock (quickly) back and forth and see how close you can get your head to the glass without causing a concussion. Don't worry. It's not real fire. And he was monitored. And eventually removed from this game, which he found to be a great injustice.
He was so much smaller in November - when I last saw him! But he's just a sweet little snuggler and I loved holding him! (And best of all, I found my multi-tasking-while-holding-a-baby skills have not died. I did the last leg of dinner prep while holding him! Sweet!)
Some people eat popcorn during a movie. Others...cell phones.
And still others - animal crackers! BUSTED!!!!
Julie and I had a wonderful time talking, laughing, and catching up on life in general. Esther was so good and just sat and read while we talked. And Levi had many opinions on our words. I'm not quite sure what they were, but he voiced them.
Before they left, I insisted upon a group picture. (Of course.) Esther was not familiar with the practice of tripods (trepieds...see, Skyepuppy? I remembered!) and self timers. We hadn't really stopped to consider that. So here was take one:
As soon as the camera flashed, Esther shouted CHEESE!!!!! So we tried again - this time she said CHEESE over and over. She's a fast little learner. We declared round two to be perfect!
As soon as the camera flashed, Esther shouted CHEESE!!!!! So we tried again - this time she said CHEESE over and over. She's a fast little learner. We declared round two to be perfect!
What a fun impromptu Friday night. (And I'm so sorry I was dressed for my workout. How un-photogenic!) Thanks, Julie, for coming over to hang out. Can't wait to take a field trip with you guys!
4 comments:
aww . . . we love our Aunt Bekah! Saturday I took the kids into town to pick up some supper & Esther kept asking, "Bekah's house?" :)
Awwwww that makes me smile lots! :)I think my favorite Esther line of the night was when you were leaving and I asked what I could carry for you and she said ME! Best line ever!!
Oh, I love that Esther wanted you to carry her (did you?)!
Very nice with the trepied, and yes, I've heard just cheese as its own dish. When I was married and my kids were little, we went out to dinner at a fancy restaurant. My son wanted the salad bar, because it had shredded cheese. He piled his plate with cheese and nothing but cheese. The salad bar at that restaurant was $20. For shredded cheese!!! We never went back there, and they've since gone out of business.
Oh yes. I cannot resist cuteness in a backpack holding up her arms saying ME!
That cracks me up about the salad bar. Clearly I (cheese lover of the world) have been a snob in NOT eating shredded cheese as its own dish!!
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