Day 331/365 (June 13, 2015)

Woke up earlier than I would have liked but what can ya do?! I tracked Sasha's 10K race and made an omelette for breakfast. Then I showered. When Sasha got back we started to watch another episode of Orange is the new black but we got a surprise when Ellyn brought Lola over very early! Good thing we were home. Needless to say we stopped watching it. After a bit I popped over to help Holly and Anna with Hedwig lotto, then rushed back home. Ellyn came back and we talked Lola's party. I am sad we will be missing it but glad I will be in NH with my family. I am still mating her cake though so I hope that it still tastes good the day of her party!

Then we had some fun with Lola and she worked on making a calendar for me. Then we tried very hard to convince her to not go with Sasha but failed, so Karen and I had a quiet evening. I fell asleep finally trying to watch the Game. Lola also played with the window markers and made herself as a mermaid in an underwater sea castle. Lola also toppled Sasha and Karen.

Fred is so cute.

Day 290/365 (May 3, 2015)

The morning started fairly early because of the Lola sleepover. I must say it is fun to be woken up by a giggly 5 year old! Then we made pancakes and improved her rocket ship after we discovered Fred had peed in her rocket ship from the night before... oh man was she upset by that, and couldn't understand why Fred would do that.

Then Karen and Sasha went off for morning errands so it was just Lola and I. we dressed up, played a wonderful few rounds of Hot Potato with the friends, though some of them ended up in time out for being sore losers. We read the Derblin book over and over. Derblin is a Derblin, and she even used some of the friends to act it out. She started singing a made up song to the tune of another song (and dance with pon poms) about all the activities we were doing and how it was the best Sunday ever.

Then after Ellyn arrived and Sasha and Karen were back we went to Bareburger for lunch. Then back home to play for a bit, and when Ellyn headed out to Kinky Boots the 4 of us headed to the park. Sasha would sing Let's Go Fly A Kite and we would lift Lola up and she was loving it! Then we got to the park and boy oh boy can that girl move! She met another girl, 6 year old Lila, and they became best buddies and poor Lila had to keep yelling after to Lola to "Please slow down I can't keep up" There were 3 adults watching this one girl and we were having a hard time keeping tabs! Eventually Lola got to have an ice cream before we left. She ended up being very tired and fell asleep before we made it back tot he apartment.

Later on I went for a few random walks to hit my step goal for the day and made a birthday card for Karolina that ended up needing Sasha's hep because my writing turned out so poorly. Charlie also still squeezes into that cat scratcher.

Day 283/365 (April 26, 2015)

Day began by attempting a run with Sasha. I was not as successful. Then I made an omelette that was super yummy!

Lola came over and we went to playing right away. She brought spring window clings that we played with on the mirrors. When it was my turn she said that my art show was "not what I was expecting, the flowers should be on the ground but was nice" and then she played with the window markers. She told me that everyone is an artist "all you need is a brush, paint, and imagination" then she cleaned it up. Since Karen was not there she had me play the role of myself and of Karen. SO i would have to pretend to be angry with her for cleaning it up then pretend to be Karen telling me it was okay, and back and forth like that... she was cracking up! She also asked if I missed her and then told me she missed me very much! She made a matching glove to replace her missing one for dress up.

Then it was story time/dress up. We took another girls vs. boys vote (this time the boy was on fire) and then she read me 3 stories. Then it was time for a tea party with the friends and she was very said when Ellyn came to take her home.

After Lola left I made chocolate chip oatmeal cookies and ate way too many of the giant ones! Then I made a card that was next to normal themed I was quite proud of, and Also throughout the day i did so very much laundry! I changed my bed sheets and my room looks neater than it has in a long while!

Sasha and I also had a lovely conversation with our neighbor Chris.

Charlie was sleeping in my underwear drawer and Lola really wanted the batgirl cape... glad I could find it! Fred is a cutie.

Day 248/365 (March 22, 2015)

The day started slowly then Karen I headed out to run some errands. This quickly got thwarted because it turns out we were watching Lola today... only no one told us, so when we fond out we scurried back and picked her up just in time! It was okay because we always love seeing her and when Ellyn opened the door up and Lola saw us she got so excited and came running to hug us... I mean really it doesn't get any better than that! Which is why I will always drop whatever for her.

Then we went to get her some lunch and after when heading home we skipped and she sang the song about how we were friends and loved to have fun. At home we played fashion show, and put a scarf on Fred and she did an art show and told Karen and I we couldn't speak but Karen kept trying to and getting us in trouble! Then we discussed her art (the 4 seasons).

After she went home Karen and I did a mild apartment tidy since it was so bad and we couldn't take it anymore.Charlie also likes to take our drying laundry off the rack and burrow under it.

Day 233/365 (March 7, 2015)

What a lovely day! The day started by doing some laundry and looking for my shorts that I put away for the winter... sadly I did not find them! I ate frozen nutella, Then Lola arrived!

We spent quite a wonderful day together! We did art shows with the window markers, she got dressed up and we took a vote of boys vs. girls. The boy picture shows a boy thinking he is afraid a girl might kill him. Karen tried voting for boys and Lola peer pressured her into saying girls. She laid on my lap cuddling with me while watching a little My Little Ponies. She also played a game where she would put stuff on her head and I was supposed to be angry so I had to yell at her. It was very difficult because she was so funny so she kept telling to to "get all your laughs out Tamra and be serious"

We ended up meeting with Ellyn for a bit and got our nails done. I went with blue for Ravenclaw (even though the color isn't the right shade.) Lola was so funny when they put a warm towel on her hand at first she was like this is warm then she went AHHH. It was pretty cute! I got a mini shoulder massage and didn't realize how tense they were until it happened. When we were walking to Port Authority Lola ran past the scary people (good for her!) She also told me I was her best friend which melted my heart. On the bus she gave me a pretty accurate lesson on MLK Jr. and it ended with "its not what is on the outside that counts, it is your character that counts and my character is Lola!" B.T. was also at the nail place and I was a little embarassed when I took my coat off and I was wearing my Godspell hoodie.

Then I took her back to NJ to drop her off with her dad. I had to hang out for a bit while waiting for the next bus. I watched her do some chalk drawings and we danced around. Then I headed back into the city and went to Max and Liz's engagement party for a while. Then I headed home just enjoying the weather. Before I got home I popped over to meet up with Ellyn and give her back the stuff she gave to me... it was mid performance. I saw her for a second then she disappeared to finish singing a song then popped out... It was one of the funniest experiences I have had this year.

Then it was home because of the time an getting ready for bed.