Suddenly I'm a week behind again. Last Thursday Aaron had the day off. I was able to get my work out in before taking Amy to preschool. Melanie stayed home with Aaron. (She turned 6months old that day) Aaron got some work done and then mowed the lawn. I got some things done around the house and took Melanie to pick up Amy. I don't really remember what else we did other than Aaron and David went to his game around 5:00. Aaron manned the snack shack. We arrived a little later after some dinner. We enjoyed the game, however our team didn't play well, and David was upset when he struck out. I think he got walked once. The other team scored a lot of runs. I forgot the camera, so no pictures.
Friday.... I'm struggling to remember other than Aaron texting me to see if I could get a babysitter for Saturday night. I ended up getting two babysitters. The event was the annual Spring Fling. Apparently the hospital was a sponsor of the event, so they got 8 tickets or something like that. Of course it's a 21 and older kind of event, so Melanie was not allowed. Luckily our friends Philip and Julianna live less than a block away from the event, so I was grateful they agreed to watch her, even though they are going through a tough time right now. Oh wait, I remember what else we did. I had to go up to the city for a few things, but I decided to take out the recycle first. It was getting out of hand. I debated whether I had time or not, but decided to do it anyway. While I was dumping the paper I found a flyer for the Spring Music assembly for Timothy's class. It was that afternoon!!! I thought I'd put it in the calendar, but apparently I forgot. If I hadn't taken out the recycle I wouldn't have seen that paper in time. So after running errands we went home and ate lunch. Then the girls and I went to the music performance. They did some of the old school House Rock songs. Timothy was one of the kids who had a little line in the production. He got to say, "I know let's do School House Rock!". I took some pictures and videos. However the videos are awful because I was trying to watch the kids instead of the camera, so it's not on the kids the whole time. Toward the end Melanie was fussy and grabbing at the camera. She was supposed to sleep, but she didn't. We ended up bringing Timothy home 30 minutes early since we were there, and I had to let David know Timothy wouldn't be on the bus. That's what we did on Friday.
Getting ready for the show
I'm not sure why he's standing like a soldier
and why they put him next to the tallest girl
There's a smile!
Melanie enjoyed the show - she is always scratching her face :(
My cute boy!
Singing along
Heading back to class!
Saturday we did chores in the morning, and Aaron was on call, so he went to the hospital in the morning. We had a good lunch and in the afternoon we decided to finally plant the garden. It's just too hard to get in there and do it myself with Melanie. I was worried about Max digging it up, so Aaron and David put up some chicken wire around it. Max could jump over it if he wanted to - it's only 2 feet high, but so far he's stayed out. So Aaron did the potatoes and onions (the only thing I had to buy this year), and I did the peas, beans, carrots, lettuce and Swiss chard. Timothy and Amy helped me with the beans and peas. I haven't taken pictures, so I'll have to post those after I taken some.
One of the things I picked up in the city was 16 bags of bark mulch for the landscaping. We thought that would be enough, but it wasn't. Aaron and David spread that around that afternoon as well. Aaron was checking in with the hospital throughout the day, and he found out a baby was born so he went in right away so we could still make our date. Rebecca came over around 6:15. I fed Melanie and pumped too, and then headed over to Phillip and Julianna's. Aaron arrived just after I got there we dropped her off together. Then we met up with friends at the Spring Fling. It was basically an all you can eat buffet. Shrimp and cocktail sauce, veggie trays, fruit trays, a chocolate fountain, BBQ pork sandwich sliders, chicken salad on tortas, crackers, warmed brie, spinach dip, grilled oysters with fresh salsa, and a bunch of other things I can't remember. We had two free drink tickets, but all we drank was water. We sat with Ivana & Kevin, and Adi & David. Our table was right next to the fruit and chocolate fountain, and the oysters were being served on the other side of the barrier, so we just reached over rather than walking around. We talked and had fun, until the band started. The music wasn't bad, but we couldn't hear each other. So Kevin invited us over to their home to continue the conversation.
First we picked up Melanie who apparently had been crying for an hour, but finally fell asleep. They offered the bottle, but she didn't take much of it. We felt bad that they had to take care of a screaming baby. We got her in her seat and headed home to drop off the car. No need for two vehicles at that point. Aaron also grabbed some hot chocolate since Kevin mentioned having coffee. We chatted for about 90 minutes or so, and Melanie slept the whole time. We got back home around 10:00 and I took Rebecca home. Melanie slept until midnight! What a night! It was the 14th anniversary of our first date, and we got to go on a date without Melanie - for at least part of it. And she was asleep for the rest.
