This weekend.

In an effort to not get too far behind I am going to blog about this weekend... Friday was a rotten day. It was cold and rainy, but I had some errands to take care of, Which I thought wasn't terrible because I would rather drag the girls around to some stores on a rainy day rather than a beautiful and sunny day. We hit Target where I had to pick up a bunch of stuff... including school supplies. I printed out the supply list for 2nd grade and kindergarten. Kathryn's 2nd grade list is incredibly specific and frustrating. I need to find, as well as all the other 2nd grade Minnesauke parents, 1 teal pocket folder- 1 blue pocket folder- 1 red composition notebook- 1 purple composition notebook...etc. Target had most of the supplies, but I still need to get to Staples for the rest. That night we went together to visit Jon and Tracey Sullivan at St. Charles. On Wednesday August 9, 2007, they were blessed with the birth of the first child Hailey Paige Sullivan. Congratulations to them!!! Tracey is doing great despite having had a c-section after over 30 hours of labor. Hailey is perfect and absolutely beautiful. On the way home from the hospital we stopped by Grandma Leute's house and dropped of some things I had picked up for her from BJs. The girls are always excited to visit there because Grandma Leute is the "candy" Grandma. Rich's mom is always good for a piece of candy or a sweet snack for them, and Friday night didn't prove to be any different. Saturday started a marathon of sorts for me. We decided a while ago to host a pool party for Katie's brownie troop and their families. Kathryn was really looking forward to seeing her friends and having them all at her house. I was worried about the weather because of all the rain we had on Friday.... but Saturday turned out to be beautiful. Katie has the best brownie troop, and I feel I should explain. When Kathryn was in Kindergarten I was the class contact for Mrs. Frole (her teacher) Mrs Frole's whole class ended up being a great group of children (and parents). The children all got along so well and really enjoyed each other, and the mothers all clicked and worked well together. So last year two of the moms from her kindergarten class decided to start a brownie troop. They were lucky enough to be able to solicit and sort of hand pick the girls. Well they stuck with the girls from Mrs. Frole's kindergarten class plus 2 more. It has been nice to see Katie stay close with this wonderful group of girls, and it is nice for us moms who get to stay close as well. They are staying together for another year of brownies in 2nd grade. About half of the troop came with their families and it was a really nice day. Rich helped me alot by vacuuming the pool Saturday morning and by grilling the burgers and hot dogs. The children swam, ate, bounced on the trampoline and just had fun together. Unfortunately we missed (because everything always falls on the same days) Pop-pop's family picnic at the Port Jeff firehouse. It is always tons of fun there, but we couldn't do everything. Setauket FD held their annual picnic on Saturday night. I took a quick nap before going because I had to work from 11pm until 7 am. Sarah Hubbard babysat for us, and we got to enjoy ourselves without the girls. We had to leave early though... so I could go to work :( I got home on Sunday morning and quickly got to sleep so I could wake up in time (and with enough rest) to attend my niece's baptism at 1:30pm. Rich is so good...when I woke up he had the girlies showered, dressed and all ready for the christening. Samantha was so good, and looked beautiful in her baptism outfit... unfortunately it was Father Matthew who did the service and he is from the middle east and VERY hard to understand. So the girls spent the hour climbing all over Richard and I spent the hour making mental to-do lists. The family then trekked over to Carnival Restaurant (yum) for some really good Italian food to celebrate Samantha's special day. I unfortunately had to head back to work, so we got home just in time for me to change and walk out the door for another midnight shift.