A Long Weekend

We have had a fun three day weekend! On Friday, Emmy and I had taco night over at the Williamses while Daddy went to his school's conference swimming meet. The Houstons were there too, and all the kiddos especially loved the chocolate chip cookies for dessert. Emmy got a selfie with Aunt M! 

On Saturday morning, Meg and I knocked out our weekly run at Salem Lake. We have signed up for our 2019 half marathon - the Craft Half in Winston on April 6th. We still have about 3 more months to go, but we have been upping our distance to get ready. It is hard to believe that we have been running together for a decade now! After a shower and a little bit of downtime, Boomer, Emmy, and I hopped in the car to head to Charlotte. We met up with Granny, Paw Paw, Carlin, and Matt for a Charlotte Checkers game. Carlin is in her second season of working with the Checkers as the Fan Services and Retention Coordinator, and she hooked us up with free tickets. This was Emmy's second Checkers' game, and she loved watching from Granny's lap and bouncing on Daddy's shoulders after a goal. Daddy has trained her to say "Go Deacs!" anytime we are watching sports, which I'm sure was confusing to the nearby fans. Emmy especially got excited when a stick, puck, or person ran into the glass and made a big bang. 

Just after the Checkers tied it up 3-3, it was getting late for our little girl. With an 1.5 hour drive home, we made the decision to leave before the end and made a quick pajama change before hitting the road. It wasn't too long before Emmy was knocked out! 

Yes, we are still wearing our Christmas jammies! It may be January, but Emmy is still in the holiday spirit. In addition to her pjs, she also loves singing along to her Mickey Christmas book, especially "Naked Bells." Every evening, she loves coming home from school and pulling all her new toys out of the toy box. Her favorites right now are her flash cards and her teapot set. 

This past week has also included a visit to the new Kernersville library, looking outside after a bath, a few dinners at home, and extra cuddles before bedtime. Emmy has had an pretty persistent cough ever since returning to daycare after New Years. Luckily it hasn't progressed to a fever or anything more serious, but it has meant a runny nose and some cranky mornings. The weather continues to bounce back and forth between the 20s and the 50s, so it seems unlikely that she will be back to full health any time soon :( I certainly haven't minded her requests to "sit in Mommy's chair" before bedtime. I have been rocking her to sleep in the chair most nights this week. 

With the MLK Holiday, it was nice to extend our weekend with an extra day off. Boomer needed to spend some time writing, but first we planned to go out to breakfast together. I love when the three of us can go out to breakfast - it doesn't happen very often! Between my Saturday runs and Boomer's writing, there aren't too many lazy mornings. For breakfast this morning, we went to Krankie's in Winston. They were recently pictured on the front cover of the February Our State magazine, and so of course we ordered the featured Texas Pete chicken biscuit. Over the summer, we went to another Our State restaurant (Miller's in Mocksville), and since then, we have kept a "to-do" list of other local spots within an hour or so that we want to try. In this case, Krankie's was special, because we had been there before - it was the location of Boomer's and my very first date. We went there for coffee over 10 years ago! Boomer's friend, Jason, recommended it because it was a cool, local spot that he thought would impress me. Now, 10 years later, we aren't too worried about appearing cool...as you can see, Boomer is doing his best to fit in with the coffee-drinking college students and hipsters!

One last photo. I hesitate including it, because I know it will embarrass Emerson later in life! Weekend naps have become a bit of a struggle. Emmy still likes to nap, but she will often play in her crib for up to an hour or more before finally succumbing to sleep. During today's nap, once again she was not interested in going to sleep, and at one point I looked at the monitor to see this! Luckily there was no mess to clean up...it seems she was just practicing dressing herself. I think it is finally time for us to invest in blackout curtains!