Go, Go, Goers!

Sometimes I feel like a broken record, stating how busy we are.  But wow, the last two weeks fell into the uber-busy category.  Remember all of those highs and lows from early March?  They just keep coming...I would like if we could maintain an even ride around here, so we can catch our breath once in a while.  But, I have a feeling the next few months are going to be a wild time, no matter what we hope for! Luckily, we were able to squeeze in a fun play date with some new friends last weekend.  Ellie and Lydia (sisters) came over and boy, did those three girls have a blast playing dress up, princesses, shopping, etc. You name it, they did it!  Their mom, Amanda, and I even had a chance to chat for a few hours - it's always fun meeting new people in the area!  None of the girls wanted the play date to be over, but Amanda let them know that Ava could come over soon - maybe a pizza and wine night on an upcoming Friday! Always great to have something fu...

The kids at Ava's pre-school take turns bringing in items for Show & Tell.  Usually, there's some sort of direction that goes along with it...like bring in three items that starts with a certain letter of the alphabet.  The first time Ava got the bucket, she was assigned the letter "A".  Easy peasy!  This past week, she was assigned the letter "I".  One word...Impossible.  It seems that everything that begins with the letter "I" melts.  It took four adults 15 minutes to come up with three items, and some of those were stretching it a bit.  Thank goodness for fake food!  We were able to put in a fake "I"ce cream cone, a bucket of fake "I"ce cream, and an "I"nk pen.  The pen was stretching it a bit... It made me feel bad for anyone who gets the letter "Q" or "X".  Our luck...we'll get both! :) We had Ava's school conference on Monday night, and turns out, she's doing great!  One th...

Some weeks are dull, where nothing extraordinary happens.  And then there are some weeks like last week...most of the events were fun and exciting, so at least we had that going for us. The one sad thing?  Spanky's passing, of course.  The house still seems a bit empty without him - like the two remaining dogs just aren't enough.  (Don't get me wrong - they ARE enough...we won't be adding any additional four-legged friends to the house at this time!)  But there have been many tears shed this week over the loss of our sweet Spanky. Instead, let's focus on the positive!  We listed our house last Friday,  February 22.  We had our first showing on Sunday afternoon, and then it was a whirlwind few days of showings.  On Tuesday, we had four showings, where one was a repeat on the same day.  By Wednesday night, we had three offers, all above asking price!  After a few counters, we accepted an offer, and now are pending the sale, based ...