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- I know it isn’t exactly the same, but this photo reminds me of this photo that I took way back in 2014 (Abby’s just a tiny bit greyer). (Was anyone around, back in the day, when I just posted photos & didn’t write a post to go with them?)
- This past weekend was Memorial Day which means we all packed out the Lake House! Literally, every single person in our family was there & the place was bursting (in the very best way). We truly do not have room for 29 people (+ 4 dogs) at the Eichelberger Lake House, but that didn’t stop us from trying.
Since we were all together, we took Sunday afternoon & celebrated my littlest sister’s birthday! Ruby turns sixteen years old next week, & her wish was for a “forest ball”. We all brought fancy clothes & the original plan was to set up some tables & lights & decorations in the woods behind our house, but the weather had other plans. It was freezing & rainy all weekend (of course), so Plan B was to have the party in the garage. It wasn’t quite as pretty, but we did the best we could! And it was a lot of fun – let’s just not talk about the fact that Ruby, my baby sister, is now (err, will be in 3 days) the same age that I was when she was born. - After Memorial Day, the kids & I spent a few extra days at the Lake with my Mom & Ruby. Again, the weather was pretty crappy – raining off & on & pretty chilly – but, as we always say: a bad day at the Lake is better than a good day at home! We played a lot of games, went on lots of walks (we saw a snake on one of those walks – YUCK), threw thousands of stones into the Lake, roasted marshmallows, and simply enjoyed the quieter, calmer pace of Lake-life.
- Leander has always hated getting a shower. He just does not like water hitting him in the face & on the head – he is 100% a bath-loving kid. However, certain scenarios simply require a shower to be taken & on those occasions, our poor little dude just cries & cries.
I tossed him in the shower one night while we were at at the Lake this week, preparing myself for crocodile tears, and to my great surprise, he said: “Ohhhh, the shower!” And he proceeded to actually enjoy getting a shower! He played & laughed & basically brought me to tears over how he’s growing up (I know, I’m a total sap – being a Mom means I cry at just about anything cute my kids do). - I got a new pillow this week! (I know, big exciting news!) But seriously: it is big news. I’ve been sleeping on the same pillow for 11 years – ever since Derrick & I bought our bed for our new house & it came with 2 free pillows. Well, it’s officially (and finally) gone flat & so I’ve been searching for a new pillow. Pillow-shopping is hard – definitely up there with mattress-shopping and bathing-suit-shopping!! How in the world do I know what I need by just pushing on a pillow at the store?
So, Derrick asked the physical therapist that he sees every few weeks for his back for a recommendation & she told him that this is the best pillow & that this is the one she actually sleeps on herself. It’s great quality, plus you can either add or remove stuffing to make it as firm or flat as you prefer! So I ordered it! (It’s kind of pricey, but I figure, if I’m going to sleep on it for another 10+ years, it’s worth it.) I’ve only slept on it a few nights, but so far, I’m REALLY happy with it! - This weekend is a really BIG weekend for our family! I don’t want to say too much, because I’ll be sharing all about it next week, but just know that this weekend is a BIG DEAL for Derrick & I am so so so proud of him!
