Friday
We left home around 9am and drove to PA. Arrived at Coventry Mall by 11am. Met Anita (mother-in-law) there. Holly (Boochy) was there, so we met up with her and she spent the day with us also. We shopped at:
Ate McDonalds lunch in the food court. Got Easter dresses, swimsuits, sunglasses, shoes & flip flops, shorts, capris, tops! Very nice and successful day.
Then we drove to Argento's for an early dinner with the Gilbertsville gang at 4pm. Unfortunately the girl that organized the get-together couldn't come because her son was sick. But there were at least 20 of us there! It was great to see everyone, most of whom I havent seen since we moved. And Kaitlyn was in heaven spending time with her 'best friend' Jennifer. I cant believe how much all of the kids have grown in just 6-7 months! Wow, time flies when you're having fun ;)
After dinner, the girls and I drove to Anita & Carl's. Boochy came along too just to stop in for a visit. We were so excited to see them and Ryan too! It was amazing to see Ry Guy walking all over and that mouthful of teeth! Carl had gotten a fish aquarium from a friend and had spent the day getting it set up. Unfortunately, after filling it with 60 gallons of water, there was a leak. So he had to drain the whole thing to fix it. We were thinking we could go pick out fish for it, but the fish tank didn't cooperate with that! We were all pretty wiped out, so it was an early night. The girls kept asking if they could go to bed! We set up sleeping bags and pillows on Ryan's bedroom floor and all of the kids crashed in there (Ryan in his crib of course!)
Saturday
When we woke up, we realized the Easter Bunny had come a day early to their house! He left baskets for Ryan and the girls - and ME! I havent gotten an Easter basket in YEARS. What a way to make a girl feel special :)
Carl made a delicious breakfast for us, which we all devoured - there were no leftovers! Then we worked on making Chocolate Peanut Butter candy eggs. This was a first for us and we enjoyed licking the spoons ... yummy!
Anita and I took the 5 kids for a walk and stopped at a store around the corner from them. It was a beautiful sunny day.
Then Carl & Anita offered to watch my girls so I could have some time alone. That was awesome! It is rare that anyone offers that to me :) So I went shopping at some of my favorite places in the area (that we don't have here in NJ). Boochy came and met up with me and we had a nice time.
By the time I got back to their house, dinner was ready. WOW, it was a lot of great food! I told them I would weigh 500 pounds if I lived with them! Then we tried some of the Peanut butter eggs (yummy!) They also had cake for dessert...check out Ryan's cake face:
Anita really wanted us to spend another night (and I wanted to too), but I knew it was in my best interest to get the girls home. I figured we had to go to church and the Easter bunny had to come here, plus Tim was coming home that night. So, we loaded up the car - where did all that stuff come from! heehee And I was off on the loooong drive home. OK, so it wasn't THAT long, but when driving alone with the 4 girls, it feels like forever sometimes. It really only took like an hour and a half. The girls watched a movie then fell asleep. We got home, unloaded the car and went to bed. Tim didn't get home till almost 12midnight.
Easter update to follow... :)
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