Weekend Wrap-Up

Isn't it amazing how quickly Mondays come around?? We had a very good weekend but like most - it was very short!

We didn't see Tavi this weekend because she was in Atlanta for a theater camp. We picked up Marisa Saturday and took her to breakfast and to run errands while Anna was at dance practice. We then picked up Anna and we went to Party City to get an early start on Halloween. The kids wanted to do group costumes this year so we started our search. However, it was hard to get Martin and Marisa to focus

After many laps around Party City we all agreed on The Wizard of Oz. Anna will be Dorothy, Marisa the cowardly lion, Martin the tin man and me the scarecrow (my costume feels like I'm sitting inside a haystack or rolling around in pine straw- I am itching just thinking about it).

We then headed to Fern Street to meet Betty and John, a couple Martin knows from the JCC. They have two grown boys who are off at college. One of the boys left something behind that Betty and John have been dying to get rid of..............

Anna and Marisa were happy to take it off their hands!

See Martin's hand holding on tight? Turns out they were great drivers in the grass but when they got out on the street - they forgot everything they had learned. It made for many many laughs and just as many high pitched screams! (Girls, remember you cannot push the brake and the gas at the same time!)

Saturday night we had a dinner party to attend at the Nadler's house. We all enjoyed it. There was a football game on Saturday night but we won't talk about that.

Sunday morning Anna and Marisa were supposed to go to Jeannie's house to put in some hours of work earning their Wii. Turns out Aunt Jeannie is the best boss ever. Their first task was to read this

Which included Marisa's favorites

I was a little confused. How was this supposed to be "work"?

Then Jeannie put the little Mexican workers to work. They headed into the backyard and pulled up weeds ("Jeannie is THIS a weed??"), they carried books up the stairs to the office, they watered all the flowers,

And then it was doggie bath time. Anna was Jeannie's little helper. Together they washed Layla, Roscoe and Sam.

Layla says thank you Aunt Jeannie!

After the baths, Marisa was in charge of drying the dogs.

Roscoe was not amused......

The girls ended the weekend with some additional go-cart riding and a quick dinner at Subway. Then it was time to make the long trip back to Clay.

Martin's weekend ended on a high note with his Dallas Cowboys beating Green Bay.

At least one of our teams won this weekend.