Labor Day Weekend

We had a great, relaxing Labor Day weekend.  Jeff & I took the day off on Friday, but the kids went to school.  We enjoyed a perfect day by the pool.  Since all of the neighborhood kids were in school, we basically had the place to ourselves!

Saturday morning, we all went to the Zionsville Farmers Market.  Jeff and Melanie have gone to the market every single Saturday this summer that we have been in town.  Usually, Joey is taking his first nap during this time, but we have occasionally joined them.  After the market, it's a tradition to play at the park, so we took part in that tradition!  Melanie and I then headed to the Monon Center for our first and only trip to the aquatic park this season!  We met Aya & Lida there, and it was a gorgeous day! We took a lap through the lazy river, and Melanie made a career out of going down the little slide at least 300 times.  She made it a good 2.5 hours without going overboard; she did fall asleep before we left the parking lot!  Later that evening, we went to Grace's house for dinner.

Sunday was a very lazy day....after Mel & I did nursery duty, errands, lunch, etc., I changed back into my pajamas, and we just hung out at the house.  The weather had gotten considerably colder since the first half of the weekend, so we just played & slept indoors all day!  Gigi & Poppy came over that night, and played with the kids while Jeff & I walked to dinner out.

Monday, Melanie and I started our morning with a playdate at Aya's with Aya & Grace...how cool is it that Aya has a bouncy house in her basement??  Then we headed to Bella's fifth birthday party, where there were a LOT of little rock stars!  Melanie was able to get off of my hip for a few short minutes to pretend like she was a rock star!

I'd say we packed a lot into the long weekend, while still managing to relax and enjoy ourselves! Melanie struggled with quite a bit of antisocialness over the weekend, and we're still investigating how to get her to interact a little better.  She has a very large personality, but it doesn't always come out when she's around other people!

Tuesday night, Molly came over to play while Julie taught her acting class at ZPC.  That night, Melanie was definitely back "on" with her sociability!   The girls were hilarious, and getting along great.