Emi and Billy spent the afternoon with us the other day, and Emi got to stay all night. First, I drag the poor kids to Hayden's baseball game at 5:15 on a 100+ degree day. Poor munchkins all got pink faced and lethargic. At one point, Billy was laying down on the bench and wouldn't even watch the game, and the boy loves baseball. So I took them home early (missing 2 of Hayden's 3 hits that night!) and fed them a gourmet meal. Okay, so it was beans and quesadillas, but they gobbled it up. While we were waiting for Travis to pick up Billy, the five kids started putting on shows. It was so cute: Emily was the director, Hayden was the roadie, and Chloe, Billy and Ellie were the performers. So cute. They sang an "I love daddy" song to Travis when he walked in the door.
Friday, Emi, Ellie and I dropped Hayden and then Chloe off at school, and headed to Target and then the gym. However, between Target and the gym I got a big fat nail in my tire. So instead of Yoga I got Fletchers. We had to wait about an hour, so the two girls and I went to the haircut store while I got a pretty darn good $13.00 haircut! Emi and Ellie were SO good. They just sat there and watched, and chatted to me and were angels. Ellie loves getting Emi to herself, and I love having Emi to chat with, because when Chloe's around the two of them are off playing. One quick trip to Starbucks and our tire was ready. It was quite the adventure.
Well, since we skipped Yoga, we decided to do Kids Yoga at home. The girls got out their "mats" (beachtowels) and went through the whole routine. Even though it wasn't quite the same as a class at the gym, it was very fun.
I love having Emi over- she is so sweet and adds a smile our day!
I'm not sure which pose this is . . .
Poor Billy- its hot, and he was tired.
I wish I knew how to re-arrange the pictures once I upload them. They are out of order!
I thought these were cool pictures from my birthday dinner at Grandma's last week. The 7 grandkids all got into the pool, even though it was a bit chilly- such great weather this June! Chauncey and Hayden were having fun on the diving rock. 
They caught nary a fish, but managed to catch 42 Crawdads. I remember catching crawdads when I was little, and it was a lot of fun. So I understood that part. We did not, however, EAT the crawdads we caught. Yup, that's right. My husband and son decided to cook 'em up and have a little crawdad fest. AC looked up a few recipes online, then proceeded to boil alive the little critters. I reminded him that Crawdads were bottom dwellers- who knows what they ingest. He was not deterred.
Hayden ate 6 or 7 of them, and said they weren't bad. He even made me try one. Not my favorite thing. He was proud of his catch, and its nice to know we could catch our dinner if we can't afford groceries. 
This is pretty much why I don't eat seafood. It retains its full pre-food shape up until you rip its head off. I'm proud of Hayden for trying new things and all, but all I can say is 
PINKALICIOUS and PURPLELICIOUS!!
They had Pink and Purple everything- dresses, headbands, clippies . . . even underwear! 
They of course had to practice their twirls as well. 
Hayden decided he wanted to join in, and even though there isn't a book called "Redilicious", that's what he was. He even came up with "Girlalicious" and then "Kidalicious" for when he was in the picture. Clever, no? 
followed by an extra large twirly-twirl . . .
not sure what this one was, but it was beautiful. 
These pictures don't give the complete scene, since you can't hear the coordinating songs (made up by Ellie on the spot) and the La-di-das. She was truly in a world of her own; a beautiful, music-filled princess world. 
Poor Billy- its hot, and he was tired.
I wish I knew how to re-arrange the pictures once I upload them. They are out of order!
