Back to the 'boro

Part of the "relo" package when we moved was we promised Izzy we would celebrate her birthday party in Greensboro. The kids and I left Charleston after lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 9th. Pete was in Myrtle Beach that day so he met up with us at the hotel later that evening.

Wednesday we drove from our house to the Adam's house without stopping! We had Chloe with us (we snuck her into the hotel that night before taking her to the kennel the next day) and the kids knew if they were to jump on the trampoline we had to make it there before dark. We were there by 6 and the kids (plus Rylie) had so much fun jumping, playing and running! It sure felt good to be back with friends!!!

Thursday was our trip to the circus with Izzy's old kindergarten class. The schools had a 2 hour delay due to snow that morning, but thankfully the circus was still a go! It was SO long - too long. Drew sat like this the entire time. I asked him a number of times if he wanted to leave, but he wanted to watch - just not hear.









Izzy and Laci-loo


Friday morning Pete and I each took a kid and split up for the morning. I took Izzy to visit her old school, while Pete took Drew to visit his old school. It happened to be the 100th day celebration at Izzy's "old" school. One of the stations required the kids to lick a lollipop 100 times. Ms. S told me, "It is math ;-)" Look how happy Izzy looks!!!







We all met up, with Drew's friend William, at McDonalds for lunch. Drew has sure missed one of his best buds William! We spent nearly 3 hours playing at McDonalds.





From McDonalds we headed to Izzy's birthday party! While Drew played at his friend James' house, the rest of us headed to Sparkle Plenty. (Sparkle Plenty will get its own post).



Saturday morning I got my hair cut/colored at 8 am, while Pete and the kids slept til nearly 9:30! After I returned, Pete and Drew headed back to Charleston with Chole. Izzy and I met up with Stephanie, Rylie and Max for some shopping and fro-yo.

Saturday night Izzy had her FIRST EVER SLEEP OVER at Delaney's for her 6th birthday party. Leading up to the party she told me she wasn't going to stay over night, but after seeing Delaney she changed her mind. Truth be told, I really wanted her to come back and spend the night with me at the hotel. I don't like hotels...and I REALLY needed her to get some sleep since Sunday was going to be a very long busy day.

...but while Izzy was having fun at her slumber party I had some time to myself! I was so excited that a friend was able to sneak away from her husband/kids and go to dinner with me. Thanks Lish~

Sunday...I'm exhausted just typing all this...I picked up Izzy from Delaney's around 10 and then headed back to the hotel to pack up the car and check out. Our first party on Sunday was Rylie's 6th! She had it at a local roller rink. My Izzy girl can skate!



Immediately following Rylie's party we headed to Caroline's 6th birthday party. It was at Parties 2 Dye 4 and each guest got to dye a shirt.





In addition to the shirts, the kids swirled a cupcake with frosting to give it the tie-dyed look.



Finally...finally...at 4:30 we left Greensboro, NC and made the trek back to Charleston. It was a jammed packed weekend filled with great friends and super fun times!