A Loooong Weekend

Dave had a 4 day weekend and we took full advantage of it!

On Friday we took a bike ride to the Wagner Farm and the girls had a blast looking at the cows and playing in the museum. It does not take much to keep them happy! We ended the day with a yummy Mexican dinner a LaLo's. Erin loves their chicken soup - it is so cute to watch her eat it - she loves it!!

Saturday was a great trip to the zoo! Our first visit for the year. I got a pass, so I think we'll be there quite a bit! It was really fun to see Evie's reaction to the monkeys. She went nuts when she saw them - nearly jumped out of the stroller.

Sunday we went to church and then met up with some friends and their kids at Lake Arlington. The kids had fun at the jungle gym, but really liked playing on the beach! Too bad we did not bring a change of clothes and they could have gone hog wild in the water!

We love 4 day weekends!!

Dave took them to Kohl's on Monday, as I had to work. But, they had a lot of fun there. The place was pretty empty, so there was a lot of space to have fun and enjoy the activities.

A few stories...

After a long walk at Bally's I was trying to get the girls to leave - Ev wanted to stay and draw. I kept telling her we had to go home and have lunch!!! She would not budge and was crying that she wanted to stay. So, I told her I was leaving - one of my empty threats. That really got Erin. She started crying saying we can't leave Evie at Bally's. I just started laughing and picked Ev up and walked out...

The other day I was driving with the girls. We passed a cemetery. It was a pretty one where everyone seems to plant tulips all over and it was in full bloom. Erin looked out the window and commented on all the people dancing. I asked her where and she pointed to the cemetery - where I did not see one person! Ev said she also saw dancing. At least they were dancing!

Erin hurt her toe (or some other apendage) the other day. I kissed it and told her it would be okay. She kept crying and very dramatically said "yes, but it hurts now."

Ev is really enjoying the game hide and seek. The problem is that she is not really good at it! While being hidden she told Dave where she was hiding and was not covered by anything. She thinks it is so funny to have Dave search the house for her!!

Ev loves the swing!

Some things never change. Ev loves the swing - and Erin does not like them one bit!

Dave took the girls to the park about a week ago and Susan captured a wonderful photo of little Ev in her glory on the swings. She just looks as happy as possible.

Where was Erin? Who knows probably in the sand box or maybe climbing somewhere. But, she does not dare ride the swings!

I promise more blogs...

I Nancy Detlefsen solemnly swear to get back in the program and blog with greater frequency.

The Girls get a hair cut

Today was a monumental day. After almost three full years, the girls got their very first hair cut. I'm not entirely sure where this came from since I've been wanted to get Evie a hair cut for over a year and Nancy would never hear of it. Suddenly today was the day and Nancy said... "This is it. Let's go get their hair cut".

After church we stopped by a place on the way home. They just opened up and there was nobody else in the entire place. I was a bit nervous that the girls would flip out. Would the think the scissors would hurt? Nope. They were champs.






Ev was first and she seemed to really enjoy all the attention. She got right up into the chair and liked watching herself in the mirror. In all Ev got about 6 inches cut off from the back. She got her hair blow dried and brushed under. I said it made her look like Shakespeare but Nancy disagrees. When Ev's hair settled down a bit it looked much cuter (in my humble opinion). I bet the lighter hair will feel really good for the summer.

Ev seemed to really know something was special. When it was Erin's turn she was so happy and running around in circles at the salon. Erin was also a champ. She sat very still and we made sure to make a big fuss about what a big girl they were both being. Erin got about 4 inches cut and with the length gone, we hope her curls will now be even tighter.




The first hair cut seems like one of those monumental growing up milestones. They were great and now suddenly look much older. I guess it won't be long before I'm walking them down the isle. "Where are you going, my little ones, little ones..."

Outch, I'm sore

Spring yard work is fun but boy it's easy to take on a project that is bigger that one thinks at the beginning.

Nancy and I attacked the ivy that has been growing on the south side of our house. It's been growing there for over 30 years and today it was time for it to go. We got all of the vines off the wall and managed to make some HUGE piles of the stuff on the yard.

Jim was helpful in winding some of the vines up with twine so the yard waste folks would take it away. We didn't get to the part of the job where we dig up the roots. That will have to wait for another weekend.

We bound up several big piles of vines, but we still had lots of little twigs and leaves too. Luckily, Nancy promised the girls we would go for a bike ride after dinner and get some ice cream. On our way to Dairy Queen we noticed that someone had put 4 empty plastic garbage cans out on the curb with a sign that said anyone could take them. What amazing timing!!

After ice cream I came back with the car and picked up the extra garbage cans and now had a way to clean up the rest of the yard. Erin wanted to help out cleaning up so she would grab a twig and throw it in our new bins. She loves to be a helper.

Good tough rewarding work. Good weather. Great weekend.