Catching Up (Because I Can't Think Of Any Better Title)

We had a very pretty day here, weatherwise, for most of the day.  It was very sunny this morning, but clouded up in the afternoon.  Now it is trying to sprinkle, and we are expecting showers overnight and through the day tomorrow.

We had a busy weekend.  Eler Beth hosted (or would that be hostessed) a slumber party Friday night.  She and two of her cousins, M and H, had planned on getting together to watch a new Disney Channel movie, Minute Men, premiering that night.  What started as the three of them watching a movie, with perhaps pizza and popcorn, turned into a slumber party with five other girls invited.  Oh my!

They had a blast,though.  We ordered pizzas, had plenty of chips, dip, and popcorn, and went through gallons of non-caffienated and sugar-free drinks!  Two of the girls made it to 2 a.m., Eler Beth konked out about 4 a.m., and the other girls were still awake at 6:00!  She had gotten little gifts for each of them, too, and presented each with a very carefully selected gift bag full of little goodies.  I think they enjoyed that as much as anything else.  The movie was cute, and the girls' conversations were priceless!  They are already planning on doing this again at L's house in June when another Disney Channel original is premiering.

Eler Beth's cousin, H, confided in Eler Beth Saturday morning that some kids at her school make fun of her hair.  So Eler Beth got out her comb, brush, some hair oil, and some gel and went to work on it, and the result was very pretty.  H and M are bi-racial, also.  M's hair is pretty easy to care for, but H's hair is a big mass of beautiful, natural curl, that stands out from her head most of the time.  She is eight years old and doesn't like anyone to mess with it, doesn't let her mother do much with it, and I guess her mother doesn't feel it's a battle worth fighting.  But I guess it's different if you're an older cousin.  When Eler Beth was finished H had a head full of controlled, beautiful, long curls.  Eler Beth told her that if she just "worked with it every day" it would look nice and no one would tease her about it anymore.   Later she and another girl got busy braiding M's hair. 

M is the one who is diabetic.  She's two years older than Eler Beth, but maturity-wise, they're about the same age.  They've been spending a lot of time together lately, and it is nice to see Eler Beth paying attention to M's physical clues as to whether she's having a tough day, physically, if her sugar is too high or low, etc.  I think it's good that she is astute enough to notice.  If, when they are older, they go places together, like the mall or the movies, she'll be able to tell if M's in trouble.

Saturday afternoon Eler Beth fell asleep for a couple of hours on the sofa, and I would have taken a nap too, except I had so much cleaning to do!  I made up for it Sunday, though.

Andrew went to see "Meet the Spartans" on Saturday night and came home saying that he was sorry to have wasted $8.50 on it.  It is a parody of the movie "300".  I commented that some of the previews seemed kind of funny, and he said that they were the only funny parts of the whole movie.  He saw "Cloverfield" last week and liked it, but I don't think it's one that I want to see.

Sunday I was just bone-tired all day.  My brain was dragging, my butt was dragging, everything was dragging!  I took a nice three-hour nap, and that seemed to help a lot.  Today I felt pretty spry.  I made homemade chicken and rice for dinner, and that went over very well.   I had it early because Andrew was looking forward to it, and he was leaving around 5 to go to Jason's.  They are finally recording a CD of their music, and they're holding a practice session tonight in preparation for it.

Well, that was my weekend and my Monday, part of it, anyway.  I hope that everyone is having a good start to the week.  If I could think of something witty to leave you with, I would, but I can't, so I'll just say "take care" and "see you soon".

The beautiful graphic by Donna