This week was pretty fun. Hot! But fun. The girls treated me and a few other moms on the block to a Frozen songs concert. They spent all morning figuring out who would sing which song, what they would wear, and making little posters to hang on the trampoline.
Annie chose to dance to "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". Lily and her friend Shaeley hid behind the tramp to sing while Annie danced for us.
Then Lily and Shaeley sang and danced to the song "Love is an Open Door".
After that, Shaeley sang us "Let it Go" while Lily and Annie sang the accompaniment.
Then together they sang the new Taylor Swift song "Shake it Off" and jumped and danced too.
Annie had her first soccer game this week. After only one practice, it was a hilarious spectacle to watch. The coaches run on the field with the kids and help them know which way to go and try to keep the kids from touching the ball with their hands. Both teams scored a goal for the opposite team. Annie spent a lot of the game hanging out near her goal picking grass and flowers and spinning around Maria vonTrapp style. She is so not into this sport, but she insisted she wanted to do it. We all laughed so hard during the game. I had tears coming out of my eyes. It was also miserably hot. 89 degrees is not fun weather to be running around in - or sitting in the sun for over an hour. We need to buy a pop up shade or sport umbrella. Mommy just can't handle two practices a week plus two games a week sitting out in the sun on those open fields.
Lily got hit with the tummy bug Annie and Tommy had last week. Thank goodness it passes in less than 24 hours, but this was a big bummer for her because she had to miss her first soccer game. She was feeling a little better by game time, but I was worried about her playing in the heat after vomiting five times in one day. I didn't want her to get seriously exhausted or dehydrated. She cried for a little while about missing the game, but eventually realized that staying home to rest was probably the best idea.
I set up the sprinkler for Tommy to play in. He and his little buddy Hunter ran and played for hours in the sun. After dinner that night, we had to take his clothes off and wash him down because he was so messy. While we cleared the table and did the dishes, Tommy fell asleep naked on the living room floor. I guess we know he had a great day of playing.
A few moms on the block organized a kid water party. One mom brought a water gun for each kid. One mom brought water balloons. I brought watermelon, Jell-O jigglers, and drinks. All of our kids' favorite friends were there. They played on the swing set, had water fights, played tag and hide and seek. It was an awesome three hours of outside fun. All of us were wiped out when it was over. Lily said it was the perfect summer day.
After years of slowly working through the Book of Mormon with the kids, we finally finished it on Wednesday night. To celebrate we took the kids out for snow cones on Thursday after Annie's soccer practice. Now we get to start it all over again and this time Lily is old enough to read almost entirely on her own! So exciting.
Friday night was the night Jeremy and I have been looking forward to for a long time. I asked Jeremy what he wanted for his Father's Day and birthday gift and he said "a weekend away with you." Our sitters took the kids at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. We made our first stop at the Rexburg Temple for an endowment session. Then we were off to Ririe to Mountain River Ranch for dinner, a western show, and horse drawn wagon rides. The food was so delicious. We loved the steak, garlic bread, amazing baked beans, and the huckleberry ice cream. The rootbeer was really good too. The show was a little on the cheesy side, but the musicians were awesome - especially the fiddler and the banjo player. The highlights of the show for us were the story of the Three Little Pigs called the "Three Pittle Ligs". It was a little confusing at times because the first sounds of all the major words were switched around. So phrases like "Blow your house down" became "Hole your blouse down". It was funny. There was also a funny song called "Runnin Bare" about a guy who keeps getting caught in compromising situations and has to run away without his clothes every time. After dinner we took a walk down by the river. It was fun and so relaxing. We will definitely go again. Maybe in the winter when they do the Christmas show and give sleigh rides.
We loved our hotel. It was hard to leave it on Saturday morning. Jeremy asked me if we could run away and do this all over again next weekend. I wish! This getaway was definitely not long enough, but we're thankful for the short time we could have together before another baby is born and our lives get even crazier. Our room was close to the greenbelt along the river. We had an awesome view of the temple just outside our balcony window. I didn't take any night view pictures because the temple is closed for a remodel and they are not lighting it at night right now. The breakfast at the hotel was great. Omelettes made to order, Belgian waffles, biscuits and gravy, fresh fruit......the best complimentary hotel breakfast we've ever had. Before going home we had a lunch date at our favorite little spot - Cafe Rio and we watched the new Jurassic World movie. We came back home to lots of hugs and loves from the kids. They really missed us.
We couldn't believe how hot it was when we got home. That one night of air conditioning at the hotel was such a treat. We slept like babies. We pulled out the swimming pool for the kids and filled it up. The cold water was shocking at first, but really felt nice after a while. And of course we all slept in the basement where it's nice and cool.
We had spaghetti on the menu for dinner, but it was 82 degrees INSIDE the house and Mommy couldn't bear to cook. Instead we had bread and cheese with fresh fruit and a veggie plate and lots of cold lemonade. We all ate outside in our swimming suits and had a marvelous time. The kids told us all the fun they had with their sitters while we were gone and Lily and Annie decided it was the best dinner ever. I think we'll be eating like this a lot this summer. This prego mama just can't handle standing at a hot stove anymore. Only six or seven more weeks until this little bundle arrives. We can't wait! On to next week - more soccer, sunshine, hot weather, and the Fourth of July!
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