November 21st

We finally have electricity! It came back on sometime Wednesday morning. My Aunt treated Eddie Vallerie and me to a hotel room on Tuesday night so we didn't have to stay in a cold dark house.

Our adventure started after we checked in.

 Eddie and Vallerie took a dip in the pool. Vallerie did a lot of "cannon balls".

 After the the pool, we went to dinner at the Hour Time restaurant. Vallerie was so polite. She introduced herself to the host. It was adorable. She said "Hi, My name is Vallerie, and these are my friends. Dad (gestured to Eddie) and Mom (gestured to me). It was awesome. She kept calling him sir. When the waitress came she was polite to her too saying please and thank you and calling her ma'am. She got a little rambunctious and she could have lowered her voice, but I'd say she was pretty good.

After dinner we went back to the room and watched tv until we all fell asleep. I thought that I would luck out and get to sleep in the same bed as Vallerie, but she kicked me out so Eddie and I had to share. It was a twin bed... very small. HAHA

When we woke up we found out that we had electricity at out house. We hung out for a little while and then checked out and went to breakfast.

We ate at IHOP. Vallerie had some blueberry pancakes with whipped cream. She seemed to really like them

Once again, she was calling the waiter "sir".

After breakfast we went shopping. (I took a vacation day) We had to replace all of our refrigerated food. Yay... We did manage to save our freezer food, so it wasn't a total loss.

When we got home Vallerie watched some tv, I cleaned out the refrigerator and pantry, cleaned the kitchen, did the dishes, and Eddie took care of the yard. The leaves needed to be raked so badly. It looks like he raked up an entire tree! 

Tonight I am seeing a movie with a couple co-worker friends. It's the premiere of the Hunger Games 2. (Catching Fire?) I did end up reading the book, and it seems like it will be a really good movie. It starts at 11pm, and we're getting there around 9pm (for good seats).

Since it is such a late showing I am taking tomorrow off. I'll probably catch up on the housework and give Eddie a much needed break from parenting duty. I know it wasn't easy keeping Vallerie entertained for 3 days without power. I have to give him props for that. If we had the $$ I would totally rent a hotel room for just him!