Tonight we ventured to downtown Greenville to see what it was like on a Friday night. It's actually a pretty hoppin' place! We grabbed a bit to eat at a kid-friendly little restaurant where you eat at tables on the sidewalk. The girls loved it. Then we walked through Falls Park and checked out the interactive fountains that we will be visiting this coming Tuesday for a playdate. Our last stop was Spill the Beans for some refreshing ice cream. The girls were awesome, especially for being up 2 hours past bedtime. The whole experience was great and we learned that the girls can really handle being up a few hours late every once in awhile. In a few weeks we're going to try out a concert in an outdoor amphitheater and I'm so excited. Not only will it be nice to get some fresh air and visit with people, but our girls LOVE music and will be dancing away I'm sure! I'm just sad that we have been here almost a year and a half and have not taken advantage of downtown at all yet. Hopefully before we move away we get a bunch more time to enjoy it.
While we were crossing the street tonight, Sophia grabbed my hand and Drew's, too. She looked up at us, as she always does when holding both our hands, and said, "Look, we're a family now!" That reminded me that she also always says, after she sees a man and woman kiss, "Look Mom, they're married now!"
Next to our house, there are two empty lots on one side and one empty lot on the other side. Across the street there is also an empty lot. People have come this week to start building homes in the two empty lots on one side and across the street. I'm not sure why they are not building on the other side, but I am thankful for that because that's the side of the house where Sophia room is. At least it shouldn't be too loud for naps right now. So, they have the homes started and have been digging for the slab and piping. The other day Sophia looked out and said, "Where are the mans who are building those houses?" They not there at that time so I told her they were done for the day. She looked at me and said, "Mom, women can work with tools, too. Someday when I get bigger I can work with tools." Of course I told her she was right and can do anything she wants when she gets bigger!
Yesterday we went outside to get the mail and there were some men working next door. Sophia looked up and said, "That boy has a naked shirt! How come?" I told her that he was probably hot because it was very sunny. She looked at me and said, "I want to take my shirt off, too!" I told her only boys can do that and the rest of the afternoon she kept quizzing me on why only boys can do that.
Today there was noise outside from some dump trucks. Stella is particularly tuned into noises lately and will ask what a noise is when she hears something. So, today we went outside to check it out. There were two large dump trucks that were dumping gravel in front of each empty lot. As we were watching a third truck came to dump gravel across the street. The girls were enthralled with the trucks and Sophia has informed me that each day we're going to go outside to watch what is happening with the houses! Next weekend we're going to take the girls to an event where you get to touch and climb on lots of big trucks and I think they will love it!!!
We have a book with a picture of a boy eating a piece of lime. Sophia has always liked that picture and talks about lemons and limes being sour. Stella saw the book the other day and thought the boy was crying in the picture. Sophia informed her that that was not the case. Yesterday, while eating a slice of fresh pineapple, Sophia told me that pineapples have lemon juice in them, too, and with every bite she made the sour face! It was really funny because, as usual, Stella was copying her!
Those are our updates for the week...it was a busy one for us. Drew's interview in NY seemed to go really well. He enjoyed his time at the company and felt like the people there liked him. We have to wait a few weeks to hear anything, but there are some other companies we're waiting on as well. I hate being in limbo like this. I hate the thought of leaving all my friends here and would really like some time to mentally prepare myself to start all over again someplace new. We have a very special thing here in SC and I'm afraid that I might never find friends quite like these ones again. Once we do move, I know the girls will adjust well and I know we'll be closer to family but I am going to miss everyone lots! Pray for us that when the time comes we will know what we should do and we will make the right choice for our family.
On a very happy note, my cousin got engaged last week in Paris!!! He will be getting married next summer. My niece is getting married this summer. My other cousin got married last summer. My brother got married last summer. I'm hoping my BIL will get engaged soon and get married next summer (that's just my plan :-))! I just love weddings...I think being married and having a family are so great and everyone should get to experience that happiness! Yay!
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