The first night and second day

Shane left early yesterday for his trip to San Francisco for the Guidewire Conference. I have not looked forward to this day since we learned about it:( Not because I was going to be alone with the kids, (although that isn't the easiest thing to be) but because I knew how much I was going to miss him and how much the girls would. Sure enough Ava cried at different times yesterday and today. That being said it has gone a little smoother than I thought. We had a relaxing morning yesterday just goofing around in the morning. We had an simple mac & cheese lunch with some olives which they loved and we saw a little bit of the movie "Mommie Dearest" If you kids ever tell you "Your the meanest mom" then show them the bathroom scene and suddenly you will be the best mom ever.lol Then the girls straightened their rooms and got ready. We headed to Barnes and Noble for the American Girls Book Club. The girls and I both love it. The lady who does the presentations, (I think her name is Jennifer?) is a teacher and she always has fun projects that relate to the main character of each story. This time we got there late so the girls missed out on the narrative but were in time to do the project. The character was Josephine and in the book they made stuff to go into a Hope Chest. For the project the kids decoupaged minature hope chest. For Ava it was a blast, for Kennedy it was a little hard to do but she did it. After that we normally stay for story hour but that day we left to go look at the animals in the mall and then to look at some shoes. Finally we left to head to Misty's house for our book club. For more about the book club meeting see http://www.twelve-oaks.net After having a nice time with the Bucks we came home and the girls got settled into PJ and we snuggled together on the couch and watched the lifetime premiere of CoCo Chanel. It was an intersting movie albeit rather long. The girls crashed quickly and I watched the movie until the end. I was not looking forward to sleeping alone, (such a chiken) but I was so tired that I fell right asleep and woke only once to find Kennedy getting in my bed. She and I slept until she woke in the morning but for some reason we were sleeping horizontal on the bed.lol Once all the girls woke we called Shane and they got to talk with him. We are looking forward to seeing his pictures since he and the group are going to Alcatraz today. After making a quick trip for diapers and a red box movie we are in for the night and plan to have some soup and salad and relax. Only 4 more night to go!!!