{sickies & sunshine}

Thankfully Lexi's stomach bug truly lasted for only 24 hours (too bad those 24 hours fell precisely on her birthday).  She woke up on Monday morning feeling fine and wanted to go to school.  We said goodbye to Aunt Inken & cousin Grady and Omi K accompanied them to drop-off at school.  They were excited to celebrate their birthday at preschool on Tuesday.  I came in for cupcakes and read a story to the class. It was fun to watch them in their element.

GiGi stayed in Cincinnati all week because on Wednesday morning I had to fly to Minneapolis and Randall was in China all week.  The girls were good for Sara and GiGi while I was in "Mini Apple" - as they called it.  On Friday when I was back we took the girls to Nordstrom Cafe upon their request.  We left with 4 pairs of new shoes and 2 new dresses for the girls - quite an expensive dinner :)  The girls love the new light up "twinkle toes" shoes that GiGi bought them!

Saturday was a beautiful day filled with sunshine.  Unfortunately GiGi came down with the stomach bug in the middle of the night so she was pretty much out of commission.  I took the girls to Target to exchange a birthday gift, and Kenzie decided on a scooter while Lexi picked a Belle baby doll and Minnie Mouse dress up dress (she swore she did NOT want a scooter, but as soon as we got home and she saw Kenzie using it she changed her mind and also wanted a scooter - of course... should have seen that one coming.)  The girls and I spent the rest of the day outside.  We met up with friends at the park, played soccer in the back yard and Kenzie and George went for a spin in the Mini Cooper. 

After nap it was time to go pick up Daddy at the airport.  To say the girls were excited is an understatement.  They built quite the fan club as we waited for Daddy to arrive and watching them reunite was priceless.  We decided to stop in Over the Rhine for an early dinner on our way home from the airport.  Even at 5:15pm it was packed and we ended up waiting for a table at A Tavola.  The food was yummy as always and it was so nice for the 4 of us to be together again.

GiGi woke up feeling better - or at least good enough to venture out for brunch - so we headed to The Echo.  We stopped at Target on the way there to pick up a scooter for Lexi - yes, we caved - and the girls rode their new scooters in Hyde Park Square while we waited for a table.  It was a glorious day - we scootered all the way up to Ault Park - which was filled to the brim with everyone who had been hibernating all winter and was now anxious to soak up some Vitamin D.  On the way home the girls ran into a preschool classmate and then the Krause's who were playing baseball in their front yard so it was a nice leisurely trip home from the park.

We topped off the weekend by grilling burgers and asparagus and eating dinner outside.  Hard to believe that we got 4 inches of snow on Wednesday and were eating dinner outside in short sleeves on Sunday.  Too bad the sunshine and warm temps didn't last long.  We were back down to the 20's and snow flurries a couple of days later ... and with that blast of cold Kenzie inherited the stomach sickies ... which thankfully once again were short lived.  We are ready for spring ... for consistently warmer temps, sunshine and no sickies!