Saturday Disco and Silent Auction!

Saturday was another busy day here in FamilyOf5Land. We headed to the Princess's and the Prince's last basketball games at 10:15. One of DadOf3's co-workers and his family came to see the kids play. We decided to go out for brunch from there and a good time was had by all.

I was just dying to get a nap yesterday. My poor little Knight was up all Friday night coughing. I held him in the rocking chair all night long. It made me think of his newborn days. He is the baby who taught me to sleep sitting up. The little kiddo didn't sleep through the night until he was 9-10 months old. I night or two of no sleep does not sound so bad after that! I did get a nap, along with the rest of the family. Around 6:00 we headed out to Princess's school's spring dance.

It was so fun! We ended up picking up AB - he'd come over to our house after school on Friday and left his backpack. As we were delivering it, it occurred to me that we could just load him up with our 3 and take him to the dance too. That worked for his folks, so into Otis he went. Pictures are coming!

There was also a silent auction going on during the dance, and we did great! We bought a bunk bed for the boys' room! It is solid wood and quite pretty. I will post pictures when it is all the way up. We only have the bottom put together at the moment. I am not sure we are ready to bunk them or not. 3 and 5 may be a little young. There are some pretty sturdy bed rails for the top bunk. :)

We also bid on and won a teacher's treat! Princess's teacher put it up for bid: an ice cream date with the teacher, the winner of the bid and a friend. AB's mom and I went in together and won it for AB and Princess. Should be fun!

Weekend fun!

DadOf3 and I invited some friends over last night to play cards. It worked out really well.

They have an 8 year old girl and an almost 14 year old boy.

The 8 year old and Princess disappeared within minutes of their arrival and the 14 year old really wanted to play cards.

While I was away on my Girl's Gone Wild weekend trip, this family stayed with us. They were in the process of closing on the house they were selling and closing on their new house and were stuck in limbo, without a home for 5 days. I didn't plan to be gone while they were here, although a small part of me was glad to escape having visitors for several days (weak, I know). DadOf3 and the kids were good hosts and I was around for the last night of their stay. While I was away, DadOf3, the 14 year old and his parents played lots of cards! That is how last night came about.

It was a fun night!

Do any of you play cards?

Euchre is really big in our family. I am extremely glad that I learned how to play the game before meeting my in-laws because playing euchre with them can get plenty serious!

We taught our friends Euchre last night and we also played Pitch.

They ended up staying until right around 11:00. That meant that Princess and Prince stayed up until 11:00. It was not a pretty sight trying to tuck these two in! DadOf3 ended up laying down with the Prince and I laid down with the Princess until she fell asleep. DadOf3 fell asleep beside the Prince and I thought it would be cruel to wake him up to tell him to go to sleep so I just left them alone.

I came downstairs, checked some email, and read for an hour or so. It is rare to get an uninterrupted hour of reading....

Because of the late night, we skipped church this morning. The kids would have been awful to their Sunday School teachers.

Speaking of Sunday School teachers, did I mention that DadOf3 and I are going to be Sunday School teachers next year? It will be fun! It is only for a couple of hours one Sunday a month. We may or may not have Prince's class.

Happy Birthday to the Prince! (Morning)

This morning we went outside to play! That is what the Prince wanted to do and because it is HIS day (and because it is not raining for the 2nd day in a row!!!) we got outside to play for a couple of hours!

DadOf3 gave Princess her first lesson in riding a bike without training wheels. She was scared but actually rode for a few feet without DadOf3's help. She is not at all comfortable with the idea of riding without her training wheels but it was a good start!

The Knight and the Prince wanted a turn on Princess's bike too!






<==Prince rides the little tractor that used to be DadOf3's.






<==Prince gives the Knight a lift!













<==WITH Training Wheels!














<==WITHOUT Training Wheels!
















<==See that smile? The Princess is getting the hang of it!














<=="I wanna turn too!" says the Knight. (Yes, I know, he needs to have a helmet on too.)














<==The Prince was not sure he wanted a turn, but DadOf3 talked him into it!

Saturday Night in FamilyOf5 Land!

Saturday was a busy day. We decided to once again go exploring the parks in our fair city. Because of all of the rain we have gotten lately, they opened the dam near the river. We loaded the kids and a lunch box full of snacks and headed out to see the show. There really wasn't much to see but we had fun hiking and letting the play at a new play scape. We also saw a boat ramp and watched lots of boats go into the water. We walked down one of the sidewalks right into the lake. Princess climbed the rock wall at the park. I was impressed. She is a very strong little girl!