Daddy Daughter Valentine Dance

Daddy took Tressa out to dinner -- Noodles & Company.  Then they made a quick stop into Home Depot.  And then on to church for the Daddy-Daughter Dance.  They had a blast!  Tressa got a corsage and they had their picture taken together.  Then they did a couple crafts and had ice cream and punch.  And they danced, danced, danced.  They were inexhaustible!

SCREECH!!

"Screech" is the Nats' mascot

Evan and Craig had 3rd row seats behind home plate.  I got to see them on TV every time the camera was on the batter.  Craig called me:  "can you see us waving?"  And about 10 seconds later I did!  (There was a delay on TV.)  I also got to see them pigging out on all the free food that was included in the ticket price.  I saw Evan eating ice cream TWICE.

Brisk and Sunny

'Twas a beautiful Saturday morn in Leesburg, Virginia.

"Daddy, hold me!"

Hmmmm, this works.  The daddy of all arm chairs!  I love it!

Back to the Sweetest Place on Earth...

...that would be Hershey, Pennsylvania, not to be confused with Mayor Nagin's Chocolate City, Louisiana

Tressa shows us "Hershey Park HAPPY!"
(I know, sooo cliche.)

Evan: "Dinos are so three years ago." frown.

Hayden: joyful giggles and shrieks. big smile.

...been there, done that. And we'll be back!

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Camp Meeting at Craig's parents' church.

Here we are visiting with Craig's Aunt Arlene and Uncle Dick in the family cabin on the church campground.

(Have I ever mentioned what a pistol Tressa can be?)

Two weeks later...

...what have we done without Meghan?

Our first stop was Hershey Park (as seen in my last post).

Craig took Evan to see the Nats play (and win!) They had front row seats and were shown on TV during the 9th inning. I wish I could say they were wild and crazy waving a big foam finger. But they were just deadpans. The third base coach tossed Evan an official ball.

Tressa adopted two new webkinz - Sheepie and Cherry von YumYum. Evan adopted one new webkinz - Flipper.

I gave away 3 huge bags of Meghan's beloved animals. Shh! Don't tell her! At least that many remain, however!

We went to Staples to get Meghan's and Evan's school supplies. It was a madhouse.

Evan and Tressa had many, many "sleepovers" in Tressa's room. And they stayed up late with Evan reading to Tressa.

I rearranged the playroom.

Hayden regressed from sippy cup back to the bottle.
I tried to help Evan get better riding his bike, but the gnats were too annoying. And Hayden was annoying too as he kept running off in all the wrong directions. Evan perservered without me and Sean's dad helped him. (Get out the 'Good Neighbor' award.) Now Evan's much improved and loves riding.

Evan and Tressa really wanted to go to Chuck E's, but Craig and I didn't think it would be very nice to go without Megsie! They argued that Meghan was having a blast at camp and probably making s'mores every night... so why shouldn't they get one night of Chuck's? Nonetheless, we went to CiCi's, their second choice.

Psyche season premier!

I did the watering for Meghan. Evan did the rest of her chores.

And last but not least, we missed her!!!!

Taking Meghan to Camp

Daddy's going to miss Meggie... And she'll miss him too!

(Actually, Meghan was just pretending to be sad... she really couldn't wait till we left! Two weeks without us? Easy-cheesy lemon-squeezy, as Megs would say. I think she'll be fine.)