It was parent-teacher conferences this week, so Katie had early dismissals on Wednesday and Thursday and was off on Friday. On Wednesday Caroline stayed home from school with Jamma and they had a blast, including three trips to the park.
Like the rest of us, Jamma now has her own bus story. The bus arived very early on Wednesday, while Jamma and Caroline were still playing at the park (which is on the corner right by Katie's bus stop) when Jamma heard the bus coming down the street. At the time, Caroline was swinging in a baby swing. Jamma tried to hoist her out, but Caroline's legs got stuck and the bus was there. She grabbed a neighbor boy and asked him to stay with Caroline while she ran down the bus! I think this is right up there with Jamie chasing the bus in his suit and tie!
Wednesday night we had Katie's school conference. The report was that she is doing terrific with writing, math and reading and is popular with the girls in her class, but needs to work on raising her hand before volunteering the answers and not always being the boss. We were pleased to hear that she's doing well and weren't entirely surprised about the things to work on!
Thursday Jamma had a little time to herself (which I think she spent doing laundry!) and then we picked her up to meet Katie at school for lunch at 11:15. When kids have visitors for lunch they get to sit on a stage in the cafeteria. Katie had told me that the kids call out when this happens, but it was funny to hear the kindergarteners yell "Katie, you're on the big screen!" After lunch Jamma and I went outside and stayed through recess.
Friday, Katie was home all day and we picked Caroline up at noon. Later that afternoon Jamie and I took off for a weekend in Louisville, while Jamma kept the kids VERY busy. They swam at the Y both Friday and Saturday, went to the park, had a picnic (where some ducks stole Caroline's potato chips!), took Lily for walks, and did a lot of art projects.
Jamie and I enjoyed our weekend and first trip to Louisville. Friday night we went out to dinner, then tracked down a homemade pie and ice cream shop that Jamie had read about online, which was very much worth the effort! Then we went out to a dualing piano bar and enjoyed the people watching. Saturday, after brunch we went to a glass blowing studio. I had hoped to make something, but we would have had to stay well into Sunday afternoon to pick it up, so that didn't happen, but it was fun to see. Jamie and I agreed that Katie would have loved it and Caroline would have broken at least half of the items in the gift shop!
After that, we went to Churchill Downs and enjoyed an afternoon of horse racing. It was about 70 degrees and sunny, so it was a terrific day for it. As Jamie tells it, before going I complained about spending the whole day there (of course he had mentioned 11:30 - 5:30 as a good time to go!), but quickly found myself standing and cheering as I got on a hot streak with the bets and enjoyed a few beers along the way. Then we went out to dinner, took a horse carriage ride around the downtown area and then went to a sports bar to watch the Notre Dame game. We made it home at noon on Sunday in time to relieve Jamma from nap duty!
After some rest, we drove out to a new park (pictured) and then went out to dinner.
Here we were all making grumpy faces in an effort to get Caroline to cooperate, which didn't really work!
Jamma left bright and early Monday morning- she and Jamie left the house at 4:45. Thanks for coming, Jamma! We had a great visit.
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