We had a very busy Saturday
this weekend. We took the kids to The Picture People for
professional pictures. I was hoping to get there early and have
a nice relaxed session, but of course we were late and the
whole thing was chaotic. Lex was hungry and rushed and in no
need to participate. Eve was a camera glam girl. The
photographer snapped picture after picture of her while we
negotiated with Lex. We ended up with one nice picture of them
together, a few pictures of him alone, and tons of her :) I’ll
post them all somewhere and put a link here. Alan’s family met
us at the studio (and bought us pictures, thanks!!!) and then
we all went to Chuck E. Cheese for lunch/playtime. Lex was much
happier there, although it took him awhile to get used to the
noise and crowds. He spent the first half of the time in the
pipes on the ceiling, crawling around and just watching the
crowds below, but after awhile he came down and played with the
games and had some lunch. After C.E.C. we all drove down to
Grammy Lynn and Grampy Don’s house for a quick rest (I called
Joyce while Eve napped in the car) and then we went out to
dinner to celebrate their 41st anniversary!! That’s a lot of
years!! :) After a delicious dinner we headed home. It was a
fun, but very long, day.

This afternoon
our neighbor stopped by and asked if we wanted to go bowling.
Lex was talking about bowling a few days ago and seemed
excited, so I thought he’d love to go. Instead he said, “No
thank you.” I suggested Eve and I go and he stays home with
Alan, but he said, “Mom, we all need to stay home today. All
four of us at home.” I think he needed a day to recover!
Honestly, I think we all needed a day to recover :) I’ll get a
link to those professional pictures asap.