A quick stop

We stayed at Gramma Pat and Pa's for just a couple days. Here are a few pictures of us hanging out with grandparents, aunts, and cousins. We then traveled back to Cleveland where Eva and El hung out with cousins Katie and Lolo. Kathryn and I went out to a college Happy Hour with some friends from the good old days! Thankfully there is no photographic evidence from that evening:)

*I didn't add this because I could not remember the name of the "restaurant". Here are the sordid details from Katie's own words.

I remember Lolo teaching her that song as we walked down to the bar... I mean, restaurant.

(disclaimer: we ate at Buckeye Beer Engine while our parents were at a real bar, drinking. We were going to eat outside at the restaurant part but all the table were being used. So we are inside, with "nice decorations" as Eva said. The decorations were beer bottles.) hahah

July 26, 2010 4:23 PM

Arriving in Ohio

We arrived in Ohio at 10:40pm. Aunt Kathryn picked us up and we spent our first night at her home with Charger and Dodge. Eva was quite fond of Charger as he was small in size just like Lelly. El enjoyed Dodge as she was used to big dogs like Jake (best dog ever). The top picture was our ride to Ashtabula. Charger sat on Eva's lap the entire ride. In fact, Charger's paws rarely hit the floor from the time we arrived. Dodgey had plenty of room on the back seat but chose to sit as close and snugly with El as possible! I had to encourage him over with treats a couple times as he was squishing her. They weigh about the same.

Ready for the Holiday?

Eva: Mom? Is tomorrow when we go to Ohio?

Mom: Yes! (smile)

pause...

Eva: (big smile) Then today is Ohio Eve !!!

Get ready for fun:)

About A Roomful of Sugar

When I named my original blog I did not have time to think of a meaningful name. I named it what I was feeling at the moment, "Busy Busy Busy". While in Ohio we were discussing favorite movies and scenes. I mentioned that I was quite fond of Mary Poppins. I then broke out into song with "A Spoonful of Sugar". A little time went by and we heard Eva singing, "A room full of sugar helps the medicine go down...

Welcome to A Roomful of Sugar.

Barbie twins

We all went to see Toy Story 3. It was great (I had a tear at the end). I surprised Eva with the Barbie from Toy Story 3 just before going. She LOVES it. We came home and she wanted to have her bangs cut just like Barbies! I can finally get her to wear a pony tail...yea!!

Ohio... here we come!

I am booking the tickets as I type:)

We will arrive in the Buckeye state on June 29th at 10:20pm.

We will be mooching off the relatives until July 13th.

Looking forward to our visit... it has been 2 years!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET ELYSE!

We had fun, fun, fun on June 7th. For El's big day we rented a speedboat and went tubing! She had a couple of her bff's along for the day. We started about 2:00. I took the four girls out for the first hour and then Daddy and DeDe joined us for the second hour. There was a whole lot of screeching so I guess they were having fun:) We then came back to have (Dad's homemade) pizza and (DeDe made) cake. I put two candles on because it looks like the number 11 and would be easy for El to blow out and get her wish... well... she did not manage to blow them out. She opened her gifts and the "Twilight edition of People magazine" I saw and just picked up for fun was a hit.

My little girl has grown up.

Fun, Fairies, and Boots

Eva is enjoying the new front yard. She loves to be outside! She had spent hours making a fairy house so the fairies will visit our front yard. She also loves her pink and white cowgirl boots. Eva is especially excited that in one more day we get to "keep" Issy all summer long!!!! I can not believe summer is here already... but I am so ready for it.