weekend in review

On Friday night, I went on vacation: A vacation to Stop and Shop. I had planned for Celia and me to go shopping late that afternoon. We got all bundled up and in the car, and then I remembered that my headlights had blown out. It was getting dark, so back inside we went. It worked out because I got to go by myself when Blub got home! It was glorious. The store has a big new natural foods section and has added more organic produce. I splurged a bit on some fun things. It was vacation, after all.

On Saturday morning we had a few inches of snow. It was perfect for Celia because it was enough to play in, but not enough for her to be scared to walk in. She had a great time and even went down our small hill on a sled.

 

On Saturday afternoon we did something really fun- bowling! We went to an old-fashioned candlepin bowling alley in a small town nearby. We had the place almost to ourselves. Celia couldn't roll the ball more than a few inches, but she liked going up with us on our turns to help.

It was so cute how she squatted down just like Daddy to watch the ball.

I assumed the bowling alley wouldn't have shoes in Celia's size, but sure enough there was a little pair of toddler size 6s!

After bowling, we went next door to a neighborhood restaurant to get dinner to take home. We had to wait a while, so we sat and had an appetizer. Chris had buffalo wings, and Pita and I shared some hummus, cucumbers, and pita bread. It was very friendly and a good place for kids. All the staff wanted to come talk to Celia, and it was the kind of place where everyone seemed to know each other. 

Saturday night, Chris and I watched a movie. Then I had a rough night again with Celia. She was awake, singing and talking from about 1:30-3:00 am.

This morning we had a fresh blanket of snow on the ground, so we took Celia sledding for the first time. There's a great sledding hill down the road from us. It was really fun. Celia liked playing in the snow, we pulled her around in the sled, and she even went down the big hill with us a few times. She loved when other people came so she could watch the bigger kids sled. 

Great weekend! Now time to clean the house this afternoon.