We did a lot of things. That weekend was also the annual "Old Settlers" carnival. Friday night we celebrated Eddie's brother in law and my birthday. (His is one day after mine) Eddie's sister made German Chocolate cake (YUMMY). So, we had dinner and then headed over to the carnival. We had tons of fun. Vallerie and Sumer rode some rides and played some games. We stayed until about 10pm and then headed home. The kids were getting restless.
Saturday morning I got my hair cut and colored. (It's awesome) It was my birthday present from my aunt. I got some highlights and lowlights. And then some more layers all over. I kept my length. I am really happy with it. I also got a beautiful necklace from my cousin for my birthday.
After I got home we went to the carnival again. This time it was during the day. From 1-5pm they had wristbands that you could wear and ride the rides without buying tickets. Sumer got her moneys worth, but Vallerie really didn't. Sumer went on a ton of rides. Vallerie went on a couple, but was not really in the ride mood. We played the duck game (my fav) and Sumer won a little stuffed horse, and Vallerie won a little tiara and plastic trumpet. We had some ice cream (messy because of the heat) and then went home. That night after Vallerie was in bed, I went back and met up with my aunt and cousin. We played the quarter game and the duck game and then they rode the Ferris wheel (of terror). That thing is so old and wobbly! I won a little necklace, a small taz figure and a lemur stuffed animal from the quarter game, and a stuffed turtle from the duck game. Sumer and Vallerie were dressed alike both days.
We bought Sumer and Vallerie matching outfits for Saturday, but on Friday it just so happened that they both had pink/white striped shirts. Sumer wanted me to fix her hair like Vallerie's on both days too. It was super cute.
The prizes
Sippin on a shake up and riding the coaster
Carousel and the Safari Train
Like I said, we did a lot of things while Sumer was there.
We played dress up
The kids painted some lovely pictures
We made cookies (they turned out terrible, but that was my fault) We watched a Tinkerbell movie on Netflix. Oh so many things! By the time we took Sumer home (Monday afternoon) we were pretty tired and ready for things to go back to normal.
Yesterday we went on a walk. Vallerie wanted to ride her bike at first, but then decided against it for some reason, so we had to take off all of her safety gear. It was a very nice day yesterday. We should have opened the windows.
Ready to ride (but then she wasn't)
Stopping for a drink
In other news, I am thinking of going back to school (online) and a coworker friend of mine told me that there were some free FEMA safety classes that you could take to get a few college credits. So, today I took one and now have a "Certificate of Achievement to acknowledge that I have reaffirmed a dedication to serve in times of crisis through continued professional development and completion of the independent study course: Animals in Disaster: Awareness and Preparedness."
Yeah. There are several more I can take so I'm going to look through them and see which ones sound cool. There's one that has to do with children, so I'll probably do that next. Fun stuff!
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