Spring Break

Our Spring Break has been pretty mellow and relaxing, which is fine by me! The best part, which actually makes it feel like a break is that Lily has slept in until 9am every morning (as compared to 7am). Timing Daylight Savings right before break was genius!!! She still goes to bed at her normal time, but keeps sleeping. It is wonderful. Of course, next week when we get back to reality and our schedule it may suck, but I am enjoying every dream filled second of it now! :)

Chip and I started the week off on Saturday night with a date night at the Mavericks / Lakers game. He got the tickets from a member at the course and the seats were amazing. 16 rows off the floor at center court. Chip was in heaven since it was way better than a Laker game at Staples Center -- there you just see Hollywood celebrities, but here we were surrounded by Dallas Cowboys! :)

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Monday was nice since Chip was home and Lily didn't have school. We thought about going and doing something fun -- but all of Texas gets Spring Break at the same time and we did not want to deal with the crowds at the zoo or museums. So we went out to a big breakfast, played at the park, went to dinner and out for ice cream. It was a nice family day!

Lily and her ice cream.
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Wednesday Lily and I were out and about running errands when we both got hungry, so we stopped for a lunch date. It was the first time ever Lily and I went out to eat just the two of us. We usually just eat at home or out with friends. It was fun and she has been begging to go out to eat every lunch since.

We went to Freddy's -- the frozen custard place, since I was craving ice cream. But by the time we both ate our matching grilled cheese sandwiches we were too full for dessert! Crazy, huh? :)

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Thursday (St Patrick's Day) we went back to the park to meet our friends. Didn't want Matthew, Carys, Lily and Makayla to go through withdrawals -- a whole week apart is a lot!!

Carys, Lily, Emily, Makayla, Madison and Matthew.
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While I have enjoyed sleeping in, I would give up those extra hours and go back to more darkness in order to have Chip home earlier. I always dread the summers since that means the golf course is open later and Chip gets home much later. It has always been a drag, but is even worse now that Lily doesn't nap during the day and therefore has to go to bed earlier. By the time Chip gets home it is bedtime. In fact Lily and I have started bathing and getting ready for bed earlier so that when Chip gets home we can eat dinner at a record pace and hurry off to bed. Since Lily only gets to spend about 20 minutes a day with Chip now, he has started tucking her in at night and reading her a bedtime story instead of me. It is sweet and I am glad they have that extra time together.

I took this photo off the video monitor with my phone -- so it goes without saying that the quality is not the best. But it is still sweet.
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Friday morning Lily had an appointment for her 2nd ever haircut. It was just a trim, to clean up the ends. Nothing drastic. She insisted we go back to Sweet and Sassy and I think she really enjoys being pampered -- which is not surprising since she is such girly girl.

Ta Da! All pretty and with glittery stars on her face!