We left off at nap time on Saturday - after all of the playing outside you would have thought there would be a lot of napping/resting. But alas, Graham kept begging to get off the couch and Ellie only slept for 60-90 minutes (usually on her weekend naps with me she sleeps 2-3 hours!)
Saturday afternoons Wil has been coming to get the kids, but he came down with something and couldn't take them. I had a cut and color scheduled for 3:30 and I really didn't want to reschedule if I could help it - I've let it go far too long! All of my usual "go to" sitters were out of town or unavailable, so I asked my wonderful friend Leila if the kids could come over to play while I went to my appointment and in exchange I would bring back dinner for all of us when I got done. She happily agreed that it sounded like a good plan, so after naps we got dressed and packed up to head over there. (Again - can't thank you enough Miss Leila!!)
Visiting Miss Leila, Savannah, and Matthew is sooo much fun. Graham remembered very clearly that they have this really cool car you can drive around the backyard. He found it shortly after we got there and his driving skills seemed to have improved greatly since our last visit! He was even kind enough to drive his sister around the yard....
Cracked me up to watch them driving around the yard together like this! I'm told they had a fun time and played constantly while I was at my appointment. When I got back to Leila's they were working on a mud pie...
Luckily, I had brought back an alternative for dinner - pizza pizza! We managed to get them to sit down for a few minutes to a couple bites before they all wanted to get back down and play again. By this time Ellie had even managed to figure out how to drive the car herself - yikes!!
She's actually sitting on the passenger side of the car with her left hand on the wheel 'cause it was easier for her to reach the gas pedal this way - figured it all out on her own! Again, I say YIKES! Everyone was starting to look a little tired by this point, so we packed up and headed home. Graham actually fell asleep on the way home he was so beat!
Got them home and into bed, then snapped a couple pictures of the new hair color and cut - mom asked to see :)
It feels sooo much better and I'm all ready for summer now! So many fun things coming up, so I'm super grateful to Leila for helping me keep my appointment. I'm constantly reminded what good friends and support I have.
