Weekend Fun

This weekend was gorgeous! It is still considered winter down here-but the sky was a cloudless blue and the weather warm. Saturday was busy-Paul and Noah headed off to teeball and Sophie and I enjoyed a mani/pedi together. That girl was made for pampering! She ordered up fuchsia nail polish with a glitter top coat. She politely asked the boy working the coffee corner for ice water on a tray-delivered to her while her nails dried! Sophie was so much fun, but I'm afraid this can't become a routine mother daughter activity...sometimes feels a bit ahem, entitled to things and doesn't appreciate them so much. I want to reserve this as a special treat!
Following the morning chores we headed out to a birthday party. I know I've mentioned how these parties go before, but once again I was blown away. The birthday girl is a friend of Sophie's and her mom is our co-worker, so I felt we needed to attend. The place did not disappoint! The kids enjoyed an indoor roller coaster, huge ball pit, amusement park rides, and a trampoline/jumpy aparatus. Each activity also has a monitor to help the kids-so the first part was fairly relaxing (the waiter bringing beer around didn't hurt either). The second part involved an hour long puppet show that was super loud and annoying. By this point, we were ready to go home, but of course, we hadn't sung "Happy Birthday" yet! The new three year old came out (escorted by her four year old brother) in a full Cinderella outfit and make up. Sophie was totally blown away by this and I am doing everything possible to deprogram her before her fourth birthday in January. I had planned something slightly smaller!
We ended Saturday with a dinner out with our friends Peter and Leca. It was so nice to go out, just the four of us, for the first time! We thoroughly enjoyed our selves and the kids were happy to spend the evening with Katty.Sunday...hmmm, we pretty much lounged by the pool and caught up on school work. A much needed, relaxing weekend!