Randomness

• Took Emilio, Gabi and my nephew Marco to see the Princess and the Pea at the local theatre on Friday morning through E's preschool. It was a cute little musical. It was fun to get to spend some quality time with my little nephew that morning, along with my older two.
  

• Poor little Luci Bug got sick last week with a fever for several days. She and I both lost some sleep on both Thursday night and Friday night. On Saturday, she had me up at 4:30 in the morning. We both watched Dancing with the Stars on hulu for the heck of it because nothing else looked interesting. We ruled out ear infections with the doctor, apparently it is just a viral thing, and possibly teething to go along with it too. Poor little bug. She started perking up a bit last night and today. Glad she got it before our trip.

• Stood in the rain to watch Emilio's soccer game on Saturday morning. He scored 1 goal and got two assists. I was proud of my little hustler. I can tell he's still conflicted about kicking the ball away from someone if they have it. Here he's been taught not to take "toys" away from children, and now we are asking him to do it. Strange concept I'm sure for his 5 year old brain.
  

• Took the kids to Target on Sat. afternoon so they could get a few prizes for the plane ride this week (Grandpa and Grandma had given them some travel money). Gabi has especially struggled with the "no playing with the toys until the plane ride" concept, but I have them in my safe keeping so there is no temptation.
  

• Stayed home with Luci on Sunday morning from church. We want her to be 100% for our travels, and didn't think the nursery would be okay with her runny nose. John took the older two to church. I got TONS done while Luci napped. It is AMAZING what I can accomplish when I'm not interrupted and I don't have trails of messes being made behind me as I work.
  

• We are trying to pack ALL carry-on items for our trip this week so that we don't get charged the extra "check-in" fees. That is no small feat for a family of five! It is quite like assembling a puzzle really. I think I've figured it out though. AND, I made some cute luggage tags for all of our bags to boot.

• Received AMAZING news about a friend's engagement this week. I'm so over the moon excited for my childhood friend. This has been a longtime prayer request, and I'm so excited I get to be part of the celebration next Fall as a bride's maid.
  

• Went on a play date while E was in school this morning for Gabi and Luci. We had fun until we heard Gabi say, "Cora's stuck!" My friend and I rounded the corner to see her daughter's head stuck between the stair banister rails, I mean she was REALLY STUCK. We were about to loob her head up with olive oil, but thankfully my friend's husband who works from home, was able to remove a rail to get his daughter to safety. We did giggle at little Cora's predicament, and her mother took before and after photos.
  

• I miss my Grammy all the time. Just a random side note, but she's always in my mind. I know it selfish of me to wish her back, but I do sometimes.
  

• We have one more day to cross off on our Countdown to Disneyland calendar. We are very excited to head out this week for our trip. The weather looks like it will be a comfortable high 60's while we are there. It should be great.
  

There is a little bit of randomness for you for this week. Next week's entry should be filled with a garantuous amount of photos from the "Happiest Place on Earth."