We had last weekend off from softball, which was kind of a bummer because the weather was gorgeous. On Friday afteroon, Ainsley had a preschool friend over to play, and we played in the backyard most of the time. I noticed a couple of things that we needed to work on back there... which led to a pretty lengthy Honey Do list for RB
He's a pretty easy going guy and takes my lists in stride... Ha!
The fridge above is what we've been using in the garage for our refreshments. I accidentally broke off the freezer door a couple of months ago and it started to freeze over, so we loaded all the beverages (271 juice boxes and 3 beers) into a cooler so we could defrost it.
Someone (not me) was using a hammer and screwdriver to chip away at the ice... and ended up hitting the part that held the freon.
RIP Dorm Fridge. It was a great 16 years.
You went from storing Keystone Light and Coca-Cola... to juice boxes and Sunny D. Ha!
Saturday I did my last long run until the Dam to Dam race (which is June 1st).
Weather wise... it's been a long spring and it really was hard to get all our training runs in. But, I have felt great during all my long runs, and I'm looking forward to race day. Crossing my fingers that the weather was behave that day.... cloudy with NO WIND would be ideal.
The rest of Saturday we spent outside with the girls. Sprinklers. Bubbles. Fighting. Agnes stealing toys. Just a typical summer day at the Brunners... Ha!
Addi was in desperate need for some summer clothes, and so was Ainsley. I save a lot of clothes in totes and go through them every season as the girls get older, but after Addi and Ali wear them... there isn't a whole lot left for Ainsley. And if Addi would stop growing an inch every time she goes to bed... our bank account would be much happier. Ha! Poor Ali is left with a lot of hand-me-downs... it's tough being the middle child.
We loaded up and headed to an outlet mall about an hour away to shop. Our goal was to hit a couple of the stores, get what we needed, make a quick stop at FatD's for lunch, and head home. What ended up happening: We hit store... after store... after store... with a quick break for a cookie and Coke at Subway... and back to more stores. Girls were having a blast trying on clothes, and it was so nice having RB with us so I could run out of the changing rooms quick for different sizes.
It was getting to be 3:30 and RB and I each had one more store each that we wanted to stop in. I took the girls to Claire's while he went to his store and that's when Ainsley asked to have her ears pierced. She's been talking about it a lot... but she would change her mind daily. In the last couple of weeks... she's asked just about every day if she could go have it done, so I figured we would do it once school was over. I never thought we would have it done at an outlet mall, in the middle of a super sized shopping trip, with 3 very hungry girls.
But... that's exactly what happened.
She didn't even cry! Didn't jump. Nothing!
Sat up in the chair, held onto the bear, and asked to see her ears as soon as they were done. I was shocked!
So far... no issues. Cleaning her ears three times a day is just one more thing to add to my to-do list. We've marked her calendar and June 30th is when we we can start switching out earrings. She really wanted the Hello Kitty earrings, but I was afraid they would be hard for me to turn, so once it's safe to change earrings, we'll head back and buy those.
We headed back home after a late lunch, and unloaded all our new duds. Then we packed back up and went to the school so the big girls could practice hitting and Ainsley and I tagged along and played on the toys.
We were there approximately 23 minutes before the tornado sirens started going off, so we took off pretty quickly. Thankfully, no tornadoes headed our way, but the girls did stay up later than normal because of the thunderstorms.
Ainsley woke up on Monday and just looked older.
One more day of preschool left and she's done for the summer!
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