Just What We Needed...

This weekend was just exactly what we needed. Issa hit a wall Friday. She was over-tired, missing Daddy, and just done. Thankfully, Miss Anitra was there to step in and have lunch with her, and she was able to vent all of that. When I picked her up after school, I got the full story from both of them. I will be forever grateful that Anitra took the time to be there and then fill me in. I am also so grateful that Issa spilled her guts without any prompting. It started the weekend well...

Saturday morning the kids and I headed to the farm, and there is nothing like chicks and piglets to soothe the soul. After a few hours of harvesting and repairing, we came home to Daddy and some much needed family time.

We took off to ivivva for the last of Issa's birthday celebration:

She helped pick that paint color. She spent an hour trying on dance clothes and playing with the store puppy. Daddy asked great questions and made her feel like a queen; Evan survived the ordeal. With new dance wear in hand, we headed out for fro-yo and then Italian. We came home to card games and snuggles and life got better.

Sunday, we spent the morning just playing and being together. Then we split boys and girls. The boys went to the ninja turtle movie. We girls went to the ballet. Everyone thinks they got the better end of the deal. We came home to a family dinner and a walk with the dogs. This morning we were all together around the breakfast table, and all is right with the world. Here's to a much less hectic week...