Mom and Kid Hangin' Together

Last year, when Hannah had the day off after her 1st Communion, I had to grade papers all day, plus I was very sick and badly sunburned. I felt bad for her to waste her day off laying on the couch watching T.V. with a very boring mom. So, we picked up lunch and headed to the park to eat and play a little tennis.

This year, I'm not sick, I'm not badly sunburned, and I don't have papers that need grading right this minute. I had planned to take Emily to the park for lunch and tennis too (since it is a BEAUTIFUL day today), but after raking in the money yesterday at her party, she wanted to go shopping. She bought herself a skateboard that she saw while shopping with Uncle Ed and a camera (a child after my own heart!), a camera bag, and an SD card. And, she still has plenty of money left over.

After shopping for a couple of hours (we drove around looking for the cheapest decent camera), we ate at Wendy's.



While at Toys R Us, Emily showed me this dog that she said Uncle Ed threw at her while they were shopping on Saturday...she said it almost knocked her down when it hit her. I can't imagine how that might be...



When we got home, we played with our cameras and her skateboard.

Here is Emily doing a "trick" on the skateboard. (Beware: the video is sideways...I guess I can't flip the camera while filming!)

After completing this "trick" she said, "And I've only had this skateboard one day!"

Amazing. ;-) I say that, but I tried the skateboard myself and it's not as easy as it looks!

Today was a great respite for me and the kid. I can hardly wait for the next 19 school days to fly by!