Sleep Over!

Tonight was Lexi's 2nd sleep over at the Lott house! The first time she did that was on Monte Carlo night. Leading up to Crab Feed, I originally asked my mom to come up to stay with Lexi, because she doesn't see Paw-Paw very often and Gong-gong (my dad) was in China for a few weeks. Unfortunately, that meant that Mom had to drive up from San Jose by herself and she was not really looking forward to doing that. So at the the last minute, Mandy called to invite Lexi for a sleepover. Perfect timing! That's what best friends are for! Leading up to that night...I usually don't tell Lexi about these things because then she will ask and talk about it non-stop. I think I didn't tell her about it until Friday so that she wouldn't get too excited about it.

I had to leave and be on-site at the event facility all day, so Jeff took Lexi over to the Lott Family house after her nap. She was beyond excited and pretty much only slept about an hour for her nap because she was so excited.

So apprently, Lexi does really well when she goes to spend the night with Hannah & Hailey...and Spencer! Per Aunt Mandy & Uncle Chuck, the girls play really well the whole time Lexi is there and then they also engage Spencer in a "Monster" chase game, where Spencer is the monster and the girls chase and run away from him. From what I hear, there's lots of screaming involved! All three girls slept on the floor together so that there were no fights about who got to be closer to Lexi...LOL!

When Lexi did come home, all she could talk about was Hannah and Hailey and Spencer and how she listened really good to Uncle Chuck and Aunt Mandy! LOL!

I have to say that I am so pleased, lucky and happy that my child and my best friend's children adore each other so much. I think that is always the hope when we have our kids, that they will be as good of friends to each other as we, the adults, are. I am not sure it always happens, but when it does, it is just magical and priceless!

Violet's Birthday Party

So I know...I've been very lax about posting here. Life has been too crazy busy!
We went to Violet's 2nd Birthday Party! We spend the night before at my sister's house and after the kids went to bed, Michelle and I did all the party planning...food, cake, favors, etc. The next morning, after breakfast and all, it was time for the party. The party was at an indoor play center and the kids loved it! Violet had such a ball. And Lexi was just precious...with the present we picked out for Violet and making sure Violet was able to open it. So cute! It is very apparent that Lexi and Violet adore each other!

Lexi with Grandma/Paw-paw.

Mini "roller coaster"! The kids had a blast "racing" each other down the ramp!

Presents!

Lexi was wiped out after the party. It took less than a mile in the car before she was out like a light!

Ice Sakting

Every once in a while (it should be more often since the kids love to play together) I get together with my friend Lisa and her girls. This time, we planned to go ice skating.

Lexi and I got there first and seriously...there was no one there. We were the first ones on the ice and it was amazing. Lexi, of course, was scared and very unsure of her footing. The rink had skating-walkers for the kids to use as they learned to skate. Since there were not very many kids there skating yet, she was even more timid and every time she fell down, she was just overwhelmed. After about 20 minutes, two different school classes joined us on the ice. There were so many kids and lots of them falling down, that she started to gain some confidence.

Of course, once Ellie, Lauryn & Lisa showed up, she was really finally into it and had a blast. Lexi, Ellie & Lauryn took turns sitting in the skate-chair Lisa rented as we, the grownups, pushed them around the rink. I think Lexi liked it so much we might have her birthday party there...that's a ways away, but she did mention it!

As you can see...she really got the hang of it! For me, I grew up ice skating, so it was really a treat to skate again. I had forgotten how much I loved ice skating and how much just doing it reminded me of my childhood! Fun times!

I think I just realized just what an amazing child I have. We started a new routine over the Holidays. I switched out her closet and her dresser cabinet so that she had easy access to her school clothes. Now, every morning, weekends included, Lexi wakes up, gets dressed, makes her bed and then comes into our room to wake Jeff up! Amazing!!! Sometimes, she will even remember to brush her teeth, but then...beggers can't be choosers!