small weekend recap

Here is the weekend in short. Friday was a nice day. We had to run an errand to pick up something that is dear to my heart. I haven't had for a long time. It is back in its rightful place.

Then on to Kindergarten screening. Jay had to remind himself how old his little Princess is. No, she doesn't start "real" school until fall 2010. But, they ask that kids get screened eraly to check for any problems before hand. She passed with flying colors. Emma knew the screener as she had been a previous ECFE teacher. But, she was asking her about memorizing, description and some other things that I wasn't sure that Emma would want to talk about. Kids can surprise you!

Home again for the usual stuff, including writing our Santa letters. Then to Grandma Kim and Grandpa Don's house to take photos for our Christmas cards. We will get them out sometime soon.

Saturday was filled with thoughts of grandure and so many things to get done. 99% of those things still are not even close to getting done. I made a solo trip to workout, then home to pack up and head to the mall. The girls were so excited to sit on Santa's lap. My anticipation of the lines being long were truly a huge under estimation of reality. The line to just get a pager was 45 minutes long. Then when you got a pager, your wait to see the jolly old elf was 4 -5 hours long. Since we were not going to spend the entire weekend camped out at the mall, we tool two dissappointed kids on to some more shopping with a promise to visit him again in a week when daddy has a Monday off of work. We got almost no shopping done. But, it is fun to be amongst all of the holiday cheer at the mall - no really!

During the winter, after the kids wake up from a nap I will let them watch an episode of some kids show. It usually ends up being Seasme Street. Madeline has adopted the expected childhood love of Elmo. On this particular episode they talked a great deal about "Irish Step Dancing". Much of the rest of the weekend was filled with tidbits of Emma's brief learning of this Irish dance in her Princess dress. Madeline was forced to learn some steps in a dress too.

Sunday was up to the house of God. We brought Madeline into the nursery - I was not real comfortable with it. Just the problem with trusting anyone to take care of my kids. But, I checked out Mrs. G very carefully. Seriously. - and Emma went to Sunday school. Jay and I got to enjoy a service. We were treated to our after church lunch of McDonalds. We were trying to pass time before we headed back to church to watch our eldest daughter make her debut in the chuch Christmas program. Needless to say, in between leaving church and a stop at Walgreens we unknowingly picked up Elvira - Emma's evil twin. In an attempt to put her Christmas dress on which included nice tights and patten leather shoes, I was pratically sitting on her and Jay was trying to reason with her. Why go you ask? Well, just don't ask. We made it there. Emma came to the stage sans the barrett in her hair and her tights. Anyway, the kids did a great job. It was so fun to watch. Emma didn't sing much, she just liked to

look around. In the picture she is on the bottom row with the red and black plaid and white shirt. Toward the end of the program, the Irish step dancing made its return until the teacher asked Emma to step back into her place.

A nice weekend like a normal wonderful family. I have an appointment with my pillow that I cannot be late for. Off to fight the elements tomorrow.