Got the flickr sidebar up today. I’ve been very busy taking very random pictures of very random things. Can I just say it’s NOT easy to take a good picture of yourself with a cell phone? Not sure why I feel a need to do such but it has kept me entertained during the trip.
Archives for July 2007
please restrain your child
Well, yesterday afternoon went eat, shop, eat, movie. Sort of like I thought it would be.
We ate at our favorite restaurant D’Atri’s and had a great steak sub. We headed to the mall after that. I only bought one shirt for the whole trip. The girls were absolutely losing their minds by the end of it, crawling on the floor and meowing in the shoe department. So Dad took me home with the girls where they played a little until the rest of them got home and we headed to dinner at an Italian restaurant with my aunt and uncle. Lexi and Emma were not well-behaved there either. There were two older couples sitting at a table beside us. Emma had her baby blanket with her and swung it around to put around her like Little Red Riding Hood and hit the woman on the shoulder I think with it. The other lady said something to Emma and if looks could kill, both of my children would have fallen down dead. She continued to give looks anytime the kids said or did anything above a whisper. I was annoyed too. At one point, they were playing hide and seek under the table and were playing ballerina beside the table. It was embarrassing. But at the same time, Lexi is 2. TWO. I only have so much control over her. Have you ever tried to literally shut a child up or restrain them so they don’t run around? Even if you wanted, it’s nearly impossible. The mother in me got defensive and wanted to scream at the woman and ask her if SHE ever had any children and it must have been too long ago that she must not remember how difficult it is and please give us a little compassion and patience. Ugh, that grated on my nerves the whole evening and I think it still might a bit. Dinner was overall good though. I had a huge crab cake and it was great to see my family.
They came over to the house after dinner and watched Shooter with us. Since I have recently watched that movie twice, I put the girls to bed and gave up halfway through it to also go to bed. Mom got up with the girls this morning and I slept until after 9:30. There was nothing to eat here and Emma was starting to ask for chips and cookies for breakfast, so I headed to the grocery store and bought stuff to make pancakes, eggs and bacon which I did when I got home. Now the girls are chilling watching Curious George. I would like to get ready and take them to a local park or maybe the Dollar General to get some paint and book supplies for them. Who knows what we’ll do though.
flickr account
OK, apparently this random cell phone picture taking and flickr account is lots of fun when you actually have time to do frivolous things as such so keep checking it. I’m still working on getting it on my sidebar so keep checking that too.
today’s plans
The girls woke up kinda early today but stayed in bed with me and then woke up together and played by themselves. Which was great for me because I didn’t actually get out of bed until after 9. Yay me. My grandmother is here and is going to spend the day with us. I’m sure we’ll be headed to our favorite Italian sub restaurant within the next hour or two. Besides that, I don’t think we have any official plans for the rest of the weekend. I’m sure it will involve shopping, movies, eating and more shopping.
fireworks
We ended up staying in Hagerstown last night for the fireworks. We drove to a local ball field at about 8:30 and waited until 9:30 for them to start. Both the girls were really tired but insisted on staying awake to wait for them. I don’t think either has seen a proper fireworks display yet. They sat in our laps while my two young cousins ran around like crazy little boys the whole time. Emma at one point asked the youngest one “Why were you running back and forth so much?” There was a really good band that played while we waited and I think everyone from around 30 miles around Hagerstown had come out. People had set out tents to sell funnel cakes and glow in the dark bracelets, etc.
I think Lexi must have smoked something before watching the fireworks because she kept saying “Diego and Dora!” and “Holly Hobbie” every time certain fireworks went off. Not sure if she was hallucinating or there was something about the color or something that reminded her of the characters she had watched all day in the van. I’m not sure, we all kept looking at each other like What is she talking about?? Emma kept saying things like it’s “Huge! humongous! Enormous! It’s bee-you-ti-ful!” They both loved them and I was thankful because there’s nothing worse than trying to calm down a baby or toddler that’s scared of fireworks. So, it was a really fun time with the family.
souvenir for Mom
Mom got a little souvenir from the Viriginia state police for going 15 over on the way up. This is about 1 hour after she calls me and insists I go only 12 over instead of 15 so I won’t get a ticket.
i wanna go home!
Yesterday on the way up, about 30 minutes into the drive Lexi whined “I wanna go home.” She continued to do that 5-6 more times until she insisted “I wanna go home and play with my toy-ees!!” Poor thing, little did she know she still had 6 more hours of riding and 4 more days until she got home.
i’m here
We made it to my uncle’s in Hagerstown. Spent some time with extended family until they left. Then we went shopping at the Outlets. I didn’t get a thing. Even went into Ann Taylor and Nine West and left with nothing. I didn’t even spend a dime on the girls. We’re debating staying here and watching the fireworks before heading over to Cumberland. I think the kids are getting pretty worn out though so who knows.