Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day Weekend - In Reverse

I forgot AGAIN that Blogger puts the pictures in reverse order of how you select them. However, here it is ...

This morning we went to the town parade. Sentayehu was pretty tired at that point, but she did enjoy it - especially the bands. My niece insisted on marching with her brother. She got it in her head and didn't change her mind. I thought she might have chickened out, but she didn't.

Taye with Granny ...

Saturday ... my good friend A took Sentayhu and her own daughter to the park nearby her house so I could get 2 more hours of sleep. It was great. I really liked that! Other than when my mom helps out I never get to sleep late on a Saturday. Sentayehu ALWAYS gets up early. (DISCLAIMER: my sis in law is always watching Taye - just not in the early morning and my friend Dawn watches her two afternoons a week while I work late).

D was so helpful with Sentayehu. I can tell that as S gets older they will have even more fun together.

A girlie slumber party. My friend A invited us to spend the night on Friday. After being in the car for THREE AND HALF HOURS of holiday traffic (it is supposed to take 40 minutes) we finally got there. It was a very special time. My friend was so thoughtful. First of all she befriended an Ethiopian family and brought me over to their house so S could have some more ET friends. Then she cooked a great Moroccan meal specially for me. And she got COKE and had ice. And to top it off she stayed up till about midnight. I was thinking that she would have gone to bed at 9:30 and since she lives in a studio I was worried that I would just be lying there staring at the ceiling for HOURS. I have to say how blessed I am for having such great friends.

Missing pictures: I went to a BBQ at my friend Stephenie's house on Sunday after church. Steph and her hubby have two cutie kids - a girl the same age as S and a new baby boy. My niece and nephew were also there and it was great to see all the kids playing nicely together. Last time we were there S yelled at Khloe and scared her. I was nervous that she would do that again, but she was fine. Khloe has a lot of the same toys at S and I think she thought that they were hers (but either way - S needs to learn to share).