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Avery's furniture was still not back in her bedroom as of this morning.
Furniture in our foyer:
Furniture and stuff in our spare room:
Luckily, we spent some time and worked on that this evening. Still not 100%, but the furniture is in there! Most of the "stuff" pictured above is still right where is was this morning!
Avery's friend Lilly spent the night last night. We picked her up on the way home from Landon's birthday party. Today, the girls wanted to go swimming, but Lilly is not a member of the Y which left me in a quandary. We are only allowed two guests per year and every single time I turn around, Avery wants to invite someone to come with us.
I came up with this ingenious idea to call a friend and ask if I could say Lilly was her daughter when we checked in (since I knew they were out of town). Just stick with me, I promise that it seemed like a good idea at the time.
So, I proceed to tell Avery and Lilly that we are going to the Y, but that I will need to tell the girl at the counter their names. This is the conversation that followed:
Avery - why?
Mom - because Lilly is going to "be" Bailey Anne today since they are members.
Avery - but that is lying. Lying is wrong.
Me - silence. Yes, yes it is. {crud, there are times I really stink at this parenting thing}
As we are riding to the Y, Avery asks me to borrow a pen...so Lilly can write Bailey's name on her hand. {sigh} Once again bad, bad parent!
I quickly inform the girls that when we arrive at the Y, I will do the talking and they will play the quiet game. Once we are in the locker room headed to the pool, Lilly asks me if the quiet game is over.
Did I mention that I am a REALLY bad parent?
Avery has a blister on her thumb from batting. She decided that she would pop it on her own with no help.
I must say that I'm pretty impressed with her effort!
Avery had softball practice this morning in attempts to beat out some of the heat. Let me tell ya, it was still hot but I'm sure it wasn't as hot at 1:00 would have been!
This afternoon, we had cousin Landon's 5th birthday party at Ace Bowling. Luckily, Paige and Caitlin were able to come too and they all had a great time together...after I purchased socks from the bowling alley. I had socks out and we both left them on the counter. {sigh}
Tonight was our second All-Star practice and it was a long one. Wes is really working the girls and has set up "stations." They basically move from hitting to fielding and then the pitchers get pulled out for individual work. I think it will really help the girls, but I know they are exhausted!
Avery was allowed to move back to her bed in her room tonight and she was excited!
I just pulled the bed from the center of the room, and grabbed a lamp from the bathroom for her. The walls are still a little tacky, so I didn't feel comfortable putting anything up against them yet. I'm sure it will take us a little while to get everything put back in it's place, but we're getting there!
I have not done a good job keeping flowers planted the past few years, but I can always count on my Mexican Petunias to brighten up my yard.
These beauties flower each morning and fall off within a few hours, very similar to a Morning Glory. They do spread, but we haven't had any problems with them. I just love seeing them as I pull out in the morning.
After Avery came home over the weekend and was bored with us painting ALL THE TIME, Wes suggested renting a game for the Wii. So, Avery and I ran up to BlockBuster and she quickly decided on Deal or No Deal.
Imagine my shock to find that it cost $9 to rent a game! Are you kidding me?!? On the upside, she did get to keep it for 5 days, but still...WOW!!!
Avery and Alexandra are having a great time together so far! They have ridden bikes up to the park the past two days. Swimming hasn't been quite as successful though. The pool (at the Y) doesn't open until 11:00 and we have been getting early afternoon rain showers.
Matt came over this afternoon to work in Avery's room some more.
He is just about finished up and thinks he will just need another hour or so tomorrow. Have I mentioned how glad I am to have someone completing this?!?
The paint smell is just too strong in her room, so Avery has been sleeping in the "orange room" on the futon.
She is (in her words) VERY ready to go back to her bed in her room!
I really can't believe our holiday weekend is over and today we headed back to work! I guess it seemed so "un-relaxing" due to all the unsuccessful, unfinished painting we did. Thankfully, Matt is planning to come by this afternoon and start working on the trim and doors. For that reason, Avery spent the morning removing her 4 1/2 year old sticker collection from her closet doors.
Here she is with the "sticker that started it all." This is the sticker she received from Saint James the night we attended their Open House in January before registering her for Kindergarten. It's certainly showing some age - all curled and losing the ability to stick, but still hanging on!
If I recall, at last count Avery was pushing 375 stickers on those doors!
Today was also our babysitter, Alexandra's, first day this summer. Her family has been friends of ours for several years and we decided to try something totally new this year by having someone come into our home to keep Avery. Alexandra is 17, so she can drive and will be taking Avery to the Y for swimming, to the movies, and just around town to do fun stuff. I think they will have a great summer!
Tonight was the official All-Star announcement/ceremony. Wes had already called all of the girls and parents to notify them, but tonight was the actual ceremony, uniform fitting, and meeting. All of the girls were called individually and presented with All-Star trophies to commemorate their selection.
We were missing two girls from our team due to the fact that they were out of town on vacations that were previously planned.
The uniform fitting was pretty hectic and I really doubt these uniforms are going to fit properly. The girls were given basic cotton jerseys to try on and shorts that weren't even the same brand as the uniforms. I am cautiously optimistic that this will turn out well considering the cost each family is paying out of pocket.
It was great to meet some of the "new" players and parents. I say new because they aren't really new, we just haven't played with several of them before. It looks like we will have a great group of girls and parents!
