Seven Quick Takes (vol. 3)

Pampered For A Day

Last weekend Lucia was a bit disappointed that she could not go on the ski trip with the scouts, so I promised to give her a fun weekend anyway. Since it was just the two of us, we really played it up big. Here is a run down of our time together.

1.  The school bell rang at 3:00 on Friday, and the first thing we did was go to Lucia's basketball game. She played well, but her team could not pull off a win. The pink team lost to the purple team, 14 to 16.

2.  After a quick freshening up, we went to a friend's house to see their newborn baby, and were promptly invited to stay for supper. Lucia and I had plans, but she quickly decided that her preference was to stay, so we did.

3.  After supper we returned home to watch TWO American Girl movies, Felicity and Samantha. I love these movies because the role models for the girls have good, strong values, and they help the girls grow into good, morally strong women. They don't follow the trend of modern day movies that portray the adults as stupid and clueless, and the children as the ones needing to bail out their parents.

4.  When the movies and snacks were finished, after midnight, Lucia and I crawled into bed. I let her pick which side to sleep on, and she chose her daddy's side. There we slept until 9:00. We would have stayed in bed longer, but we had to pick up Grandma to head over to the bridal shop and pick up Lucia's junior bridesmaid dress for Aunt Johanna's wedding. What a beauty! I hope she doesn't surpass the bride:)

5.  Then, off we went to the St. Patrick's Day parade to march and throw candy! On the way home we stopped at Sonic for their happy hour slushes. Lucia got a Route 44 double lemon slush and she drank it all!

6.  We came home and recuperated from the afternoon heat, and then I took Lucia to see The Lorax. Aunt Amy is the general manager at a Regal Cinema, so every once-in-a-while we take the kids to see a movie that is worth watching. Lucia loved it! Since we hadn't had dinner yet, we ran through a McDonald's drive-thru on the way.

7.  As we were leaving the parking lot, I headed in the opposite direction as home. Lucia started questioning me, but I wouldn't answer her. She finally figured it out when we pulled into the Cold Stone Creamery, and she grinned from ear to ear. She loves ice cream!

Lucia enjoyed all the fuss, and had a lot to tell her daddy and siblings when they returned home, but when I pointed out to her that we could afford to do this every weekend if she didn't have two brothers and a sister, she very quickly and vehemently dismissed my proposal. She would never choose fuss and fanfare over her family, and for that I am so very, very grateful

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