Friday night we were talking at dinner how nice it was going to be to have a nice quiet weekend....without any plans, etc. I went to bed around 9:30...I was super tired....and Josh went to bed around 11....I just remember waking up in the middle of the night to this ringing noise....turns out Josh is on-call this month...and got called out at 1:30am!! Ugh! However...his phone rang...and he thought it was an alarm...so he swiped his finger across the screen to turn it off....he said he was laying in bed...and he could here this faint..."hellllo? Josh.....? Can you hear me?" Then nothing....and Josh was like what in the world...! Then the ringing started....now he was a little more coherent and realized it was his phone ringing...he answered it...and found out he was getting called out....so he left at 1:30am....and came home around 6:15am...went to bed for a few hours and got up. Ella slept in until 7:30am...yay for me! :) I got her up and we played for a little while before Josh came up and said he wanted to go out and do something....it was going to be 70ish on Saturday....so we decided we would go to Amazement Square. Ella went one time...but she was like 5 weeks old! :) So...we got ready and headed there. It's basically a discovery museum for kids with a lot of local things incorporated. When we first got there she was very timid and didn't want to do anything....but after about 10 minutes she opened up....
The first section is for 4 years and under....it's a farm scene...
The have a pretend vegetable garden that you can pick vegetables...you can "milk a cow"....I failed at it...Josh was like come on you're the one who grew up on a farm! :) He was able to do it! They had a chicken coop that you can climb in (it's right behind Ella in the picture) and you can gather the pretend eggs up. We stayed in this section for about 30-45 minutes....until she finally opened up and was ready to play!
There are multiple levels with slides all throughout the levels....we found one slide that wasn't too big and she loved it....we did that one multiple times!
They have a huge exhibit all about the James River....
I think she would have stayed here and played quite a big longer....but her shirt kept getting wetter and wetter! :)
It's very interactive...lots of things to do....we checked out a Native American display...
It was a fun day....we spent almost 3 hours there...then Ella was saying she was hungry and wanted a corn dog....her almost weekly treat! :) And we got a milkshake to share!
The rest of the afternoon was spent taking naps....all 3 of us! And playing at home.
We got woken up at 2:30am to Ella yelling MAMA! MAMA! Josh was like probably a bad dream...so I went running upstairs...turned the light on and she was sitting up saying, "I'm sick. My tummy doesn't feel good." And she was right....she was sick....all in her bed...Josh came upstairs to help me....I got her bed all changed....Josh cleaned Ella up...we got her all tucked back into bed...I laid down for about 2 minutes...and I could hear her moaning Mama.....so I went back upstairs...and she said, "Mama I just don't feel good...can you please hold me?" Well....not what I REALLY wanted to do...I wanted to go to sleep....but how can you say no to that....so I gather our pillows and some blankets and we camped out on the couch...good thing....she got sick almost every 30 minutes for about 4 hours straight....ugh! I kept waiting for her to fall asleep on the couch....and no such luck! We watched show after show....and actually I found this to be pretty neat....she wanted to watch the Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Filmed in 1977) - I can remember watching that when I was little! And she loved it....watched the whole thing (twice today as a matter of fact!) About 7:30 she was like I'm hungry....can I have some applesauce....I was very hesitant to give her anything....but she was asking for it....she ate it....and kept it down....and really had way more energy than I did! I kept telling her to lay down she needed to rest, etc. Josh finally got up around 9....I wanted to go to the grocery store since I didn't go on Saturday...so I got up and got ready while he stayed home with Ella...she was feeling better but still wanted to be snuggled up on the couch with her Daddy. She took a 4 hour nap today! And Mama took a 1.5 hour nap! :) I scrubbed the bathrooms clean today! And did 4 loads of laundry!
She seems to be just fine now though....so fingers crossed she is!
It's snowing like crazy now....beautiful weather yesterday and now predicted 4-8 inches of snow...we'll see!
I made Banana Bread today...I was right in the middle of making it....and realized I didn't have ANY sugar....and the recipe called for quite a bit....well.....I made it without sugar! I did put some pure Vermont maple syrup in it....about 1/3 of a cup....and the bread actually turned out okay....not quite as fluffy as usual....but not bad.
Well it's 8:20....and since I got a whole 4 hours of sleep last night....I'm ready for bed....I have to go fold my last load of laundry...and get ready for bed!
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