My weekend and upcoming projects...

Well I certainly had a busy weekend - March has been a whirlwind type of month and I am so looking forward to the calmness that is April. Spring break will make for lazy mornings, Jon will be home so no homework, and planting season officially begins, and last, but definitely not least the blessing of Easter!  It also marks the beginning of baseball season and dusting off those bikes, which again are wonderful markers of Spring in the Page house.  

This busy weekend we started off on Thursday when Jon had a half day of school so we went to see old friends, the Stumpfs, that we hadn't seen in years.  I worked with Bryan and his wife, Lainie and I had the same doctor deliver a few of our kids.  I say a few because the Stumpf's have a wonderful, large family of eight children.  Lainie has a fantastic website and I just really don't know how she does it all! Anyway, they live on some beautiful property in Boone County, just about twenty minutes away from us and they have CHICKENS!  It was such fun, the kids played, they chased the chickens, Jon and Penny got quite good at catching them and gathering up a few eggs.  The only party-foul that occurred was Penny climbing into the coop and falling in while the chickens were partaking in their "scratch" snack, so she got pecked at a bit - but being the type of mom that I am, I wasn't going to leave without Penny making peace with the chickens (I was not going to have her declare that she wouldn't eat nuggets anymore because of her experience) so we went back to catching they chickens and then tossing them done saying, "here you go" (Penny not me) as though she was doing them a favor.  It was a wonderful visit, it was so nice to catch up and see how their children have grown and one of the best parts was I was able to come home with three dozen fresh eggs!

Friday, Jon had another half day, so it was a lazy day for the kids, but a cleaning frenzy for me, that evening we had an overnight with our cousins, and promptly had a scrambled eggs and bacon dinner - delightful!  

Saturday morning I was fortunate enough to host a "girls day" here at the house with my girlfriends that I've talked about here before.  We normally don't get together so soon, but Annemarie is delivering her second daughter in April, so this was our last chance for a while to get together as a group.  So we all met up, caught up and visited for the day - being entertained (or annoyed) by my children that decided that we needed a little excitement.  Penny would sing for us, and dance and talk and walk up to and hug and kiss everyone - Drew decided some of my guests needed to be put in their place with a light saber poke or two.  Poor Annemarie, must have done something to the dark side because she was the unfortunate recipient of most of Drew Vaders antics.  Later that day we decided to head to Broad Ripple, we hadn't been their in a while and well we actually had an agenda in mind. 

The girls (not in pajamas for a change)

Now before y'all think I'm nuts, I will say in my defense this is something I've wanted for a very, very long time. As I explained to Jon, this was the first time in my life I felt like this was totally appropriate, so I got my nose pierced.  It really wasn't bad at all - although they don't use the guns like at the piercing pagoda, they use a ginormous needle - which I didn't see much of, but felt and saw on the table.  We went to Metamorphosis in BR, and I was pierced by Paul - who isn't highlighted on their website, but is a really nice guy.  Based on the piercings he had, I figured I was in good hands.  So we went, and I did it and the best part is I saw women from my church their getting their belly buttons pierced.  I guess there is a boom of piercings occurring in the suburban mom sect.  I like it a lot, I am so glad I did it and I love the looks I am getting, like - people don't know what to say, did she have it before? am I rude if I didn't notice, but mention it now?  It's hilarious really, I am curious what my dad is going to say - he's coming down next week.  The kids didn't really mind and I explained that I did it because if I had done it in high school or college my parents would have killed me, and then I worked professionally and generally engineers aren't known for their piercings.  Up until now, I just didn't feel it was the right time.   So when their adults making their own money, they can decide what is right for them.  They seemed happy enough with that answer.  

We had a wonderful dinner and dessert and then said good bye. I hosted a couple girls overnight so I had the added treat of a bit of visit during breakfast on Sunday.  Sunday was a calmer day, but we did get the garage pulled together and the bikes ready to go - I am almost done with my first clothing project - I will be finishing that in the next two days and shipping it out later this week.  I am really excited about how these little jumpers are turning out.  I had a little extra fabric, so I decided to make a cover for my camera strap, it is adorable, but I am wondering how Ryan is going to feel if he dons the camera next.  It was super easy - I used a remnant of fabric and interfacing and it slid on like a dream and makes the strap a lot more comfortable, not to mention pretty.

Cute, no?

Sunday evening we hosted the Au's for dinner and fun - it was so great to catch up again -  I don't think I had seen Lisa's husband Jeff in over a year, and the kids enjoyed the hours of Wii and backyard play.  After our guests left and the house was picked up, we curled up on the couch and watched a movie, it was a nice end, to a busy, but fun weekend.  

Just loved this picture from our lazy morning

Next up - Jumpers!

Thanks!