1. Peter's half birthday. He's now 25 and a half. Oh wait, that's not quite right, is it? He still seems like a 20-somethin' to me!
Celebrating with half a cake
2. Rayna's friend Elizabeth's birthday. Rayna had been looking forward to this for a long time.... and she finally got to put her princess dress on!
Princess Rayna at Princess Elizabeth's Estate
They had a beautiful party... every little girl's dream, I think. The whole place felt glittery and fancy... and the girls got to paint their nails, make crowns, play "pin the crown on the frog," get jewels from a treasure box, eat a castle cake and fancy snacks and tea.... Very, very pretty and fun.
3. A final Christmas present for the boys: For Christmas, I gave Strider, Pete and Poppa tickets to a basketball game at UNC-Charlotte. So for the past 6 weeks, Strider has been eagerly counting down the days to the big event: UNCC vs. Richmond. Finally the day arrived!
The game ended up being as fun as they hoped, I think. It was full of all kinds of excitement, and a down-to-the-wire finish (as all college basketball games are) which made them have the full roller-coaster experience of emotions. (Sadly, Richmond won, but I don't think it dampened the guys' spirits too much.) Pete enjoyed going back to his alma mater, and Strider, as you can imagine, was full of all kinds of details and ready to give me the play-by-play when he got home! (Actually he told me a lot of it on the phone while he was still in the parking garage.)
4. And, who can forget, Groundhog Day!
Pete and I did sit down and watch part of "Groundhog Day" movie that night (only "part of" because we can never get through a whole movie in one night. We finished the rest on the next night). As we watched, we reminisced about our time in Punxsutawney visiting our friend Greg.... and we also tried to discuss the "metanarrative" of the film, as the Cole's would do. :) Unfortunately all we could come up with was that the movie's story was pretty dang shallow, and the Rita character has some serious problems if she can really fall in love in a day.
However, as we discovered this past Saturday, a lot can happen in one day!
Celebrating with half a cake2. Rayna's friend Elizabeth's birthday. Rayna had been looking forward to this for a long time.... and she finally got to put her princess dress on!
Princess Rayna at Princess Elizabeth's EstateThey had a beautiful party... every little girl's dream, I think. The whole place felt glittery and fancy... and the girls got to paint their nails, make crowns, play "pin the crown on the frog," get jewels from a treasure box, eat a castle cake and fancy snacks and tea.... Very, very pretty and fun.
3. A final Christmas present for the boys: For Christmas, I gave Strider, Pete and Poppa tickets to a basketball game at UNC-Charlotte. So for the past 6 weeks, Strider has been eagerly counting down the days to the big event: UNCC vs. Richmond. Finally the day arrived!
The game ended up being as fun as they hoped, I think. It was full of all kinds of excitement, and a down-to-the-wire finish (as all college basketball games are) which made them have the full roller-coaster experience of emotions. (Sadly, Richmond won, but I don't think it dampened the guys' spirits too much.) Pete enjoyed going back to his alma mater, and Strider, as you can imagine, was full of all kinds of details and ready to give me the play-by-play when he got home! (Actually he told me a lot of it on the phone while he was still in the parking garage.)
4. And, who can forget, Groundhog Day!
Pete and I did sit down and watch part of "Groundhog Day" movie that night (only "part of" because we can never get through a whole movie in one night. We finished the rest on the next night). As we watched, we reminisced about our time in Punxsutawney visiting our friend Greg.... and we also tried to discuss the "metanarrative" of the film, as the Cole's would do. :) Unfortunately all we could come up with was that the movie's story was pretty dang shallow, and the Rita character has some serious problems if she can really fall in love in a day.
However, as we discovered this past Saturday, a lot can happen in one day!
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