Our Holiday Weekend

Now that the cat problem is somewhat under control I can talk about our weekend. Here is a breakdown on the days:

Friday– Ran lots of errands after work, went to the ear doctor and Ella's ear tubes are still in, YEAH, after nine months, though one is clogged, but Dr. Avery assures me this is fine and completely normal. So I am going to trust his years of medical school. After this we went to my favorite bread store and then went home to play. I headed to a dinner party with several co-workers, it was a southern theme and I made fried okra and smoked out their new home and kitchen, way to go Nicola, leave your mark where-ever you go!

Saturday– Ella and I headed to the library after a nice breakfast by Chef Kyle. Ella loves the library, they have a area devoted to little ones with a castle and loads of books and puzzles. Ella had a great time and I found some good reads for the next couple of weeks. One horror moment, Ella is running up and down the allies of books and I catch a drift of something- Yup Miss Ella did a number 2 in her pants and I, the irresponsible mom, have no diapers or wipes (the library is only a couple of miles from the house), and I feel my face turn bright red. I immediately check out the books in my hand and get Ella out of this public building ASAP.
After the clean up, we made lunch, hung out and began laundry. I debated going to the grocery store and ended up taking a nap with Ella. Kyle got bored and went to a baseball game in a neighboring town. When Ella and I rose from our two our afternoon nap we went to the grocery store. Lucky girl, I went down the candy row and she got a sucker and had to have it right then, talk about instant gratification. Once we were home I decide to make fried catfish and hush puppies, the catfish was awesome, brought back the times in Mississippi!
Kyle watched a scary movie that I did not like and went to bed early.

Sunday– We headed to church in town, Ella had a grand time in the nursery, though she was with us for a little bit, then got restless, so went and played. It was a very good sermon, one directed towards some of my character, my very strong ability to worry about everything (from the homeless cat we have acquired to work to Ella to the laundry). After church we headed home, leftover for lunch and then outside to play. Kyle mowed the lawn and Ella found her pool from last year. So we had it blown up with this super old air-compressor of my Papa's and found the garden hose and filled it up. It was freezing. Then off to get the suits on. Ella was ready. As a distraction we went to the local flower nursery and purchased a few more annuals for the porch, but still with suits on ready to throw ourselves into the water. After I bathed us in sunscreen, got the chairs, books, camera, ice tea with lemon, radio and towels, we settled in for a three and half hour pool session.
Kyle was golfing during this time and we had popcorn for supper. (A Freeman tradition).

Monday- Unfortunately it was cold :( So we bundled up and ran errands and attended two, that is right, two cook outs. With coworkers and friends. One was in the afternoon, with kiddos for Ella to play with a a bounce thingy, like a moon walk, but smaller. Ella loved this. Then to our daycare providers house later after much needed naps for Kyle and Ella. It was fun for the kids to play and us adults to chat and catch up. We made it home for a bath, books and the cries of the poor lost cat. And well, you know that story now.

My video is too big to post, over a minute long, I need to change the settings, but here are some photos. Kena- she ate my lemon.

Here is the lemon Mom, you eat it.

Yummy!
Being funny!



Lauren- if you can see if you can show Miss Sue this clip. I can't seem to email them. I must have the wrong address. Please let her know about the site! Thanks!