Busy!

We've had a busy 24+ hours! Last night we went to our friends' house for the evening. The kids played and the adults got to talk and catch up in relative peace and quiet. It was blowing sheets of rain this morning, so Kellen's second soccer practice was rained out, so we all just played this morning. Kellen built a train and Addie read books with Geof and learned to play dominoes with me. Ellary was the designated "scrumbler," and it was her job to come destroy the domino board after each game (she often did her job a bit too early).

The Spooky Old Tree is a favorite of Addie's - a real nail-biter!
Kellen thinks he's such a big guy now that he's 5 and almost ready for kindergarden - but he still wears his foot-jams! He's not so big!

At 1:30 I took Addie and friend Cailey to a birthday party for another of Addie's friends (Happy 4th Birthday Sarah!). The girls were all princesses (though Addie wasn't participating in the dress-up part - she took off her princess dress as soon as we got there) and had a very lovely tea party (which Addie participated in very much!). Addie enjoyed pouring herself cup after cup of tiny tea from an adorable tiny teapot. And of course there was cake, so that made her afternoon.

The birthday girl in her elegant princess gown (she's sitting!)
Addie pours some tea.
Please Addie, can you pose like a princess on the royal throne?

Addie did wear her crown for most of the party - she wore it the wrong way, but I was happy she wore it!
Princesses gather around a beautiful 'tea party' cake.

See her little fingers taking some tea? :)

We went straight from there back to Cailey's house, where our Sunday school class date night was underway. So lots more friends to visit with for the evening! Geof and I stayed there for most of the evening, sneaking out for a little while to buy paint and supplies for our living room project. All three of our kids came home exhausted tonight and fell right into bed. Too bad tonight of all nights we roll the clocks forward and lose that hour of sleep. Which I guess means I should get to sleep. :)