The Lee Family: Girl's Weekend!

For President's Weekend, CK and Sofia hatched a plan to fly to Taos, New Mexico with Jack, a classmate of Sofia's and his dad, Chad, so they could all go skiing together. It would be Sofia's first real weekend of skiing aside from when we visited Taos while I was newly pregnant with Olivia and Sofia spent a day in ski school when she was about 3 1/2. She enjoyed it then although she doesn't remember it now. She was excited to try skiing out and to get away for a weekend with her Papa. She and Jack don't really play together at school but they get along well and do play when we get together for dinner.

Meanwhile, Olivia and I hatched our own plan for a fun girl's weekend! The skiers actually left first thing Friday morning, so Sofia and Jack missed school that day, which was nearly as exciting as skiing to Sofia! Before I took Olivia to school, Sofia gave her sister a hug and said "When I get back, we're going to play Jedi light sabers like we've never played Jedi light sabers before!" We said goodbye to Sofia and Papa and I know they will have a fantastic time skiing and spending the weekend together. I took Olivia to school and told her I looked forward to spending a fun gals' weekend together.

After Olivia got off the school bus, she immediately asked if Hannah could come over, which is basically her first question off the bus every day. I told her we had a fun weekend planned and that she would have Hannah over on Sunday evening for a sleepover. Olivia ate a snack and played and then we got ready for dinner and to go see Fancy Nancy the Musical at the Artisan Theatre, which is a children's theater in Hurst. She wanted to "dress up" for the musical and wore her fancy red dress and black tights and black boots. She was so cute and I love how much she enjoys looking nice! I let Olivia decide where she wanted to eat and she originally chose Gloria's, which surprised me since we haven't eaten there in ages. But, as we parked she changed her mind and said she wanted sushi, which is right next door. I was really glad she changed her mind since we haven't eaten sushi in ages either! We enjoyed our miso soup, edamame and split a California roll, which was all perfect.

After dinner, we drove to Artisan Theatre and found our seats. The theatre is tiny, so all the seats are really great. The show was super cute and well done and Olivia loved it. There was a lot of singing which was often hard to understand, but still a lot of fun. The show was only an hour and when the lights came on Olivia asked if it was intermission, since we recently saw the two musicals which were considerably longer. At the end of the show Olivia was able to meet Nancy and I got a cute picture of them together.

We headed home and Olivia played for a bit and then we got into our pajamas and read in my bed for a bit before Olivia fell asleep. I told her I was going to read for a bit but she needed to fall asleep and she was literally asleep within minutes scuttled right up next to me. She has only slept in bed with me a handful of times when CK has been traveling but I usually put her to bed first and then join her later, once she's asleep. But I know she loves her sleep, so she falls asleep very easily.

On Saturday, after a great night's sleep we woke up and got ready for Olivia's first soccer game of the season. The game started at 9am and her coach wanted everyone there 20 minutes early, so we had to get up and moving pretty quickly. It was Olivia's first game as a Rocket and I was excited to see how the girls played together as a team, since her couch is great at teaching them the game and coaching soccer. They did a great job and had fun and Olivia scored 4 goals! She's so cute on the field and always has a smile on her face while she's playing. After the game was over, we returned home so Olivia could change and then headed to the movie theater to watch Rogue One. She decided to wear the same pretty red dress and boots for the movie too. She would definitely be the best dressed girl at the movies! She has been pestering me for weeks to see it since Sofia got to see it twice. So, I promised we'd watch it over the weekend and this was really our last chance to see it before it left the theaters.

We drove to the Grapevine Mills movie theater since it was one of the last to have Rogue One. Plus, we could eat at the theater while we watched the movie. We found our seats and were impressed that it was fairly full. We ordered lunch - Olivia chose the cheese flatbread and I had the cobb salad wrap. It was all really good. After, we enjoyed a HUGE bowl of popcorn. Olivia enjoyed the movie, although the highlights for her were the scenes with Darth Vader and the final scene with Princess Leia. I'm not totally sure how much she got out of the movie, but she was quiet and enjoyed it. After the movie, we stopped in Central Market to pick up a rotisserie chicken, macaroni and cheese and roasted carrots for dinner.

After the grocery store, we walked Buddy and Mia and Lelu, who are staying with us over the weekend while Marco, Stacy and their boys are in New York for the long weekend. We stuck to the neighborhood and then returned home and Olivia decided she needed to put on her mermaid tail and swim! Crazy girl!! She got into her "shells" as she calls her mermaid bikini top and then put on her bikini bottoms and swim tail. Of course she wanted me to take a few pictures before lowering her into the water. Let's just say the swim didn't last long! Even though it's one of the warmest days of the year and is absolutely beautiful weather, the water is COLD! She maybe lasted two minutes before she was ready to get out and get a warm bath.

After warming up, Olivia and I headed out again and got a pedicure. We actually wanted to go to my favorite place, but when we got there it was going to be a 45 minute wait, so we headed across the street to Castle Nail Salon, which I've never been to and was shocked by the interior! It is completely decadent inside with chandeliers and fancy furniture and wallpaper. It was surprising. Olivia and I picked out our color and headed back for our pedicures. She picked a bright pink color and then asked if she could get a flower painted on her big toe. It really turned out cute, except the lady had to fix it after she smudged it. We finished up and she took a picture of our toes together. We headed home and had our dinner that we picked out at Central Market. After dinner, we cuddled up on the couch and watched the live action Cinderella and had a bowl of cookies and cream ice cream each. It was delicious. After the movie, we headed to bed.

Unfortunately, Saturday night was terrible for Olivia who had developed a really bad cough that lasted all night. I don't think she slept at all, which means I didn't sleep much either. At one point, she woke up at 3am and sort of wandered around the room before I gave her Advil, which didn't really seem to help her. Poor girl.

On Sunday morning, we got up and headed to Meeting where Olivia fell asleep immediately in my lap. She slept the entire hour. We had lunch at Central Market where we picked up a little more macaroni and cheese for that night with Hannah, since Olivia really ate up what we bought the day before. After lunch, we headed to Skate Town for her classmates, Olivia C's, birthday party. We arrived late and Olivia spent about 10 minutes on roller skates before she decided she was done. She got off the roller skate rink after one slow round of me pulling her along and said "This was the dumbest idea I've ever said yes to." She took her skates off and put her shoes on and we headed over to the tables where all the kids sat down, sang Happy Birthday to Olivia C and then enjoyed cupcakes and ice cream. Olivia kept asking if she could go to the nurse, since I'd told her after lunch that I'd take her to Minute Clinic to see if she had something contagious. She didn't have a fever, but her cough was terrible and I think she really felt miserable.

We ended up leaving the party a little early and headed to Minute Clinic, where Olivia met with a really friendly and helpful nurse. She tested her for flu, which came back negative and ultimately suggested a cough suppressant. I gave some to her once we arrived home and it seemed to help her. Hannah was scheduled to arrive in about 2 hours and Olivia couldn't wait to have her arrive! She only asked every five minutes when Hannah would arrive!

All dressed up and ready for Fancy Nancy!