Friday night we went out to celebrate Rachael's birthday. I of course brought along the camera, and well, I guess we got a little picture happy. We went for Sushi (I can NEVER have too much Sushi), and it was gooood!! The dinner was fun, lots of great conversation and lots of laughing...
but the interesting part happened AFTER dinner!!
We were walking out of Fuji Sushi, on our way down to Urban Flats for dessert, when this guy holding a bunch of signs comes up to us. We were thinking "who the heck IS this", but he asked us if we like chocolate. Well, HELLO, like we are going to say no? So we said yes, and casually mentioned that it was Rachael's birthday, and he leads us into an empty store that has chocolate. It's apparently a brand new chocolate shop, and he only opened 2 days before. He leads us to the center of the store where there were dispensers of various chocolate items, and proceeds to give us samples of everything.
THEN, he took Rachael over and handed her an AMAZING basket of chocolate items to take with her for free. wow!!!
That was quite a shock and sort of surreal. We left there all bewildered, but obviously amused. Will and I both agreed that at first it was sort of eerie -- I mean here's this guy, just randomly unlocks a door to a chocolate factory, and give us free chocolate. Sort of Willy Wonka - esque. Don't you think?? haha!
Anyway, then we finally made it to Urban Flats for some chocolate fondue (like we needed that????). It was definitely a challenging weight watchers evening for me, but I actually didn't do that badly!
Saturday was a long day for me. I taught Kindermusik, hosted a "free play", and then took care of the kids all day/ night because Will was triple booked on weddings & events.
Sunday (yesterday) we spontaneously took the kids to see "Jack and the Beanstalk" at the marionette theater in town. They LOVED it!!!!
Today was a big ANNA day. She went to school, and then had dance class, and THEN we took her to orientation at her new Elementary School. Will and I were very emotional. It was really surreal to be taking our daughter to the school to meet the teachers, etc. I was SO impressed with everything. The staff was really nice. The principal was as well. As we got out of the car, and walked to the school... Will and I both noticed what a BEAMING smile Anna had on her face. She was truly excited about her new school. This just made me MORE emotional, if that is possible. We checked in, and Anna received a goody bag that was decorated by a current Kindergartner. So cute.
Then the principal spoke, followed by some others, and then we were invited to explore the 4 Kindergarten classrooms, meet the teachers, etc. Anna LOVED that, and was excited to see that some things in the classrooms were the same as her school has now. :)
After that, Anna was invited to go through the cafeteria line and get a cookie and milk. The principal was there and explained to Anna exactly what to do, and how it works. Anna was very intrigued. I was so proud of her because she said hello, told him her name, and said "Thank you". What a good girl!!!
After that she of course ate her cookie,
and then we bought her an East Lake Elementary shirt. She posed with it proudly for the camera.
When we got home, Anna couldn't wait to call ALL her grandparents, and one by one tell them about her experience at her Kindergarten.
So there you have it! We have come to my current state of lounging on the couch with my laptop, procrastinating from doing paperwork, and contemplating watching Ugly Betty from last Thursday on the DVR. umm.. Yeah, that's what I'll do!
More soon, I promise!!
Love, Holly
