The past 2 weeks, Charlotte and I have made 2 trips north! We are looking forward to a couple weeks at home before Jeff travels to Brunei (on the island of Malasia) for a work trip for about 10 days. When that happens, Charlotte and I are planning to take some long trips to KY and TN to keep company with friends and family :) Anyway, back to our first trip.
Jeff had a long week at work, plus a lot of freelance video work to do the week of Feb 20th, so that Thursday - Saturday, Charlotte and I decided to visit Spring Hill. It actually worked out perfectly, that Thursday morning, my grandmother fell in her home and had to be taken to the hospital. My dad was in Seattle and my mom was stuck at work, so since I was actually heading up to visit her that morning, I took a detour to the hospital instead. Since spending hours at the hospital wasn't great for a 3 year old, my dear friend Allison let me drop Charlotte off at her house to spend the day. I was glad I was able to be with Nana in the ER., she was dehydrated, among other things, so she was pretty loopy and weak. Though it was not the exact way I wanted to visit her, it was the best thing I could have done for her. After she was moved upstairs to her permanent room, I left so she could get some rest.
At that point, C had just laid down for her nap, so I went ahead to Encores Consignment sale to stock up on clothes and toys for the upcoming season. I do this twice a year, and was really glad I could schedule a TN trip during the sale. Before we left, Charlotte was very patient with me and let me try on all of her summer clothes that were 2T so I could make a list of things she'll need. :)
I aways take pictures of the clothes that still fit, so I can match the new stuff!
My mom got off work and picked C up at Allison's house so I had a little more free time to myself!! After Encores, I went to get my haircut. I had it straightened with my new Wet to Dry straightener so wanted to get it dry cut so I'd know what it would look like straight. During the haircut, I was told I have thin hair, seriously?? I always thought of my hair as think and wavy - it is as a whole, but apparently each hair is actually thin. The hair dresser said I need to use a leave in conditioner to make it silkier and shinier. I always wanted that, but thought my dried out/somewhat frizzy hair was just how it is. After she put on that conditioner, I was sold! My hair looked and felt so much better. I never buy the products they suggest but I did this time. How did I go 28 years and never know this!? Yay for new hair! haha Afterward, I headed back to my parents house to spend the night. Mom and I were both worn out and watched Water for Elephants - it was a wonderful movie!
The next day, we meet Allison and her kiddos Hazen and Laney at Let It Shine Gymnastics. On Fridays, they have open play for an hour, for $5 bucks the kids get to jump on trampolines, try out some of the gymnastics equipment and have a good time getting some energy out!! Charlotte loved it all! I am hoping the next trip to Spring Hill will be on a friday so we can go again!!
Falling in the foam blocks
Running down the super long trampoline
Rolling down the mats
Mom took Charlotte home afterwards and let me have even more "me" time!! I wasn't as successful at the Encores sale as I had hoped, so I visited the consignment shop in town "Here We Grow Again" and found a few things there. My next stop was Goodwill - and I always find good stuff there! Clothes for C, a shirt for jeff, and of course new toys. I can't help but buy stuff for Charlotte. I never find anything for myself. I guess that is part of being a mom!
We spent Saturday with my Dad and just had a little trip to the library (as Charlotte calls it, her "old" library) to play with the trains.
All in all, it was a busy but wonderful visit home!
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