Ice Cream and a Haircut

For someone who thought she didn't have any plans today, I sure ended up doing a lot! To start with, Reagan went with Nini and Ana Cece to take Bella to South Bend to meet her dad. I had offered to babysit my sister Valesca and we decided to go have lunch @ Arby's. On the way we called Gina to see if she wanted to have lunch with us. So we picked her up and had a very nice lunch. While we were eating Ana Cece called me to ask if I could pick up her son Drew @ the racquet club, so after lunch we headed over there. Since I had two extra sets of hands and was down one child I thought it would be a good day to take Jack to get a haircut. When we got there the barber had a note on the door that said he was out to lunch. I asked the kids if they wanted to kill time by walking down to the ice cream shop. Off we went, and they all ordered this playdough ice cream which I guess is just a colored vanilla with sugar cookie dough pieces. After that we just started walking around the village, from shop to shop waiting for the barber to get back. It was a hot day and we stopped to get drinks somewhere else, and browsed around the pottery shop. All in all we just had a nice lazy walk, which I figured had to be more entertaining for them than sitting on the couch @ my house watching T.V. Of course we did end up getting Jack's hair cut and he screamed the whole time, but as soon as it was over we gave him a sucker and all was well. Personally I love his hair this short (see the after picture) it makes it so much easier to manage! Now, my parents have picked up Valesca, and Drew, Dee Dee, and Jack are all sleeping. It just goes to show, even what was intended to be a lazy day at home can be eventful enough to warrant a nap!

(eating ice cream)


(after the barber)