while the boy's away...

...the rest of the family will do nothing exciting.

I'm sure you've missed us (ha ha) since I haven't had a chance to blog this week. Amelia had the crud, and I actually took her to the doctor Monday afternoon. Nathan was on antibiotics by midweek. We stayed really busy, and it was madness from Thursday through Saturday. After preschool on Thursday, we drove down to Concord Mills and met Lisa and Michael. A long time ago, Lisa offered to keep Seth for two days so 1) he could get some alone time with his aunt and uncle, and 2) I could do some party prep with only one little helper. Although we all wondered how he'd do, Seth had a great trip. We missed him, but stayed very busy. (And I must say Amelia loved having both of us to herself for a little while.) After a quick loop around the mall (because I may as well shop while I'm there, right?), we headed home. Nathan went to the Wake game and I started cleaning up the house after Amelia went to bed. Friday morning I did all the baking and finished cleaning, and then I had to head into work. Not exactly ideal, but it was the only way between our family calendar, the baby-sitter's schedule, and work's needs that I could get my hours in. We were up before 7 am on Saturday putting the finishing touches on Amelia's party, and Seth rolled in just in time to get the party started. It really was a win-win situation. Here are some pictures from our boring/busy week:

This is for my dad...like mother, like daughter: Thursday Seth's class had a late Mardi Gras/circus day, and he came home with this crazy mask:

The one-eyed penguin Seth brought home Monday. It lives on our fridge and Amelia says, "sat?" (what's that?) every time she sees it. (As well as every time she sees a balloon, window, or light.)

Here are a couple pictures of Seth's trip, courtesy of Auntie Lisa. Seth can talk Michael into anything, including riding in the backseat with him.

Friday morning they visited the Riverbanks Zoo. Seth rode on the carousel...twice. Lisa says it was because the gorilla was stationary and they didn't realise it before the ride started, but I'm pretty sure Seth was working the system...