Busy, busy, busy Memorial Day Weekend

I wonder what it would be like to have a three-day weekend and spend them all resting. I wonder what it would be like to be bored. Wouldn't it be awesome to reach the point of boredom just once again? Just to have nothing to do for long enough that I actually got sick of it? Yeah ... I don't really see that happening. But a girl can dream. Let me recap our Memorial Day weekend for you. I'm not gonna post a bunch of photos here, as I am putting them all on Facebook anyway (and they are SO MUCH easier to but on Facebook). So the blog is for word pictures mostly. Want photos? Get a Facebook and friend me. It's fun!

Friday evening
Haircuts for the girls. Shopping and preparing food for Saturday. Last-minute preparations for a crazy weekend, and emergency tick removal for Little A. I am very proud to say that I handled this all by myself while B was gone, and both Little A and I handled it without panicking. This is good, as I generally panic whenever I find a tick on one of the girls. I am certain that every one of them is infecting my child with Lyme disease and removing them is just a race against time. Seriously, I have a big-time tick phobia.

Saturday
Big A had a Junior Bible Quiz tournament (where, I should add, her team took first place for the first time all season). This tournament also marked my debut as a Quiz Master. This went mostly well until the very end of the day when one of the coaches who had apparently forgotten to check his ego at the door decided to engage me in a theological debate after his kid got a question wrong and two judges and I had the audacity to over-rule the coaches' appeal. It was one of those rare occasions when Junior Bible Quiz is a little bit like Little League and an overly aggressive parent has to be put in his place. His team won with 220 points, so this was not a matter of him losing, he just couldn't stand winning by 30 less points than he did. Whatever. It was only a small moment of the day, but one worth mentioning because it happened the first time I got up the courage to Quiz Master. Overall it was a very fun experience.

Also on Saturday, Little A was rehearsing for her Sunday evening dance at church -- so thanks to Grandma for handling that for us so we could be at the tournament.

Saturday Evening
LifeGroup cookout. Fun!

Sunday
Little A got the opportunity to dance in front of the entire congregation at church. The Kids' Chorale was singing, and they decided to have some dancers during the second song. She was asked to participate because she has been taking dance from the person doing the choreography. She did an amazing job, and she was just precious up there. I cannot believe she can even remember all the steps, let alone have the courage to march out there on stage like that. I was one proud mama!

Monday
Madly getting ready for Grandma and Papa who will be here tomorrow. You know -- shopping, laundry, cleaning, etc. I did manage to fit in some laying around and reading too!