Richmond

We went for General Conference Weekend (3/30-4/2) in Richmond.  Grandma and Grandpa M were there.  Uncle G and B ran the Monument Ave 10K again.  Princess Sparkley attended a drama camp at the high school with cousins S and Pickles.  The girls made Baklava (Grandma M's Easter Greek tradition) with the grandparents.  The kids played the Wii, watched the Chipwrecked movie, played with Mollie Doodle, and we ate a lot of yummy food.  I didn't take very many pictures though.

Aunt H, Buddy, Little Guy and I went to the race to cheer on the runners.  This is the only picture I got.  We got rained on, cheered for G and B, saw a lot of dogs, and some fun runner costumes.



Video coming soon (we hope).
||||||While we were at the race, the three oldest kids went to a drama camp and then we went to that performance. PS starts out 4th from the right. Cousin Pickles is 2nd from the right.||||||

Baklava

Mollie Doodle is getting bigger!

We stopped at Sam's Club on the way home and the kids shared an Icee.  I like how Little Guy's creepy eye is peeking at the camera.

Little Guy hurt his left leg somehow on Saturday.  At bedtime he complained that it hurt a little.  By Sunday morning, he refused to walk and had to be carried everywhere.  He would cringe if he had to put weight on it or if in moving him, you hurt him.  But he'd kneel on both legs to play Legos.  At bedtime he had me help him roll over on to his stomach, etc.  On Monday morning, as we were packing up to leave he started to put some weight on it and would limp around.  By Monday night, he was using it with a heavy limp.  Tuesday a slight limp.  Wednesday a slight limp.  Thursday, he seems fine and told me it doesn't hurt anymore.  No idea what he did to it!

Grandma and Grandpa came over to see our place Monday night (4/2) and had dinner with us before heading out for a business meeting early the next morning somewhere in Pennsylvania.  It was a big treat for the kids to have them visit.

Race Weekend

We headed to Richmond, VA last weekend for the Monument Ave 10K.  B, his dad, sister and brother-in-law all ran in it.

Just some highlights from the weekend:

Princess Sparkley and cousin Pickles made itty bitty donuts (Cheerios dipped in chocolate and sprinkles).

The cousins watched Phineas and Ferb.

The cheering section.

Silly faces.

Holding up our race signs, watching for the runners to pass.

Cheering for Grandpa at about mile 1.

Cheering for B at about mile 5.

Robert E. Lee Monument on Monument Ave. where we were stationed.

Later in the day Aunt H's neighborhood had a kid fun run around the neighborhood lake.  Cousin S ended up winning first place.  Little Guy, who was really excited about it, decided he didn't want to run, so he and ended up walking most of it, losing the group ("Those kids lost us.  We lost those kids.") and coming in last.  Well, really everyone was clearing out and ran back to cheer Little Guy on in his last few yards and award him a medal, a cookie and a Gatorade.

We also saw the movie Hop (me, Grandma, Grandpa and all the kids), watched some General Conference, ate some yummy food, B played some Wii Fit, we watched a Girl Scout episode of DC Cupcake and much much more!