While Mom Was Out

I'm sure Mom and Turner had a great time in San Francisco, but there is no way they had as much fun as Hazel and I had with Dad while they were gone.  After we dropped Mom and Turner off at the airport on Friday night, Dad gave us our favorite kind of bath - a giant bubble bath.  In fact, we had bubble baths almost every night Mom was gone.  We also stayed up pretty late every night, because we were usually doing something pretty fun.

Saturday, Dad woke up early so he could shower before we got up.  We gave him a break by sleeping in a little bit too.  After breakfast, we went to Tot Shabbat.  It was so fun!  We sang songs, danced around, and even got to hold the Torah.  Then we made our own little toy Torahs and had some yummy snacks.  Then we played on the playground until we were super tired and hungry.  After a yummy lunch, Hazel took a nap and I had some quiet time.

Saturday night, we went over to our friend Will's house for dinner and a Halloween party.  Will's house was really fun!  They had a ball bath and lots of toys.  Will's Dad built a HUGE patio outside, and we played outside for a while.  I played with bubbles, while Hazel impressed everyone by hitting a baseball off a tee.  She hit it pretty solid and had great aim.  In addition to Will, Will's friend Oscar and his parents came over too.  Will's mom fed us a delicious dinner with grapes, strawberries, pizza, and Halloween cookies.  After we ate, we all got in our costumes and rode in wagons down to a Halloween party.  It was our own little Halloween parade.  My costume was a banana, and Hazel was a monkey.  We had a lot of fun being in our costumes and riding in the wagon.  When we got to the party, Hazel and I ran around yelling trick-or-treat, and getting lots of good candy.  I also won an award for "Most Original Costume"  When it started getting dark, we headed back to Will's house and played for a little longer.  Dad was pretty surprised how well we behaved even when were out so late.

Sunday we slept in again, probably because we were out so late.  We started off the morning by going to the park.  On the way to the park we go past the school, where there is a big map of the United States painted on the ground.  On Sunday, Dad showed up where Austin is on the map, and where San Francisco is.  We pretended to get on a plane and fly from Austin to San Francisco and back, walking across the map to each of the cities.  It was pretty fun.  We played in the park for a long time and came home pretty tired.  Hazel had a nap and I had some quiet time.

Sunday afternoon, we took Dad on some errands to Costco and HEB to buy some groceries.  Hazel kept pointing up at the sky every time she saw a plane and asking if Mom was on it.  I kept telling Hazel that Mom was not still on an airplane, that she was in San Francisco.  Hazel waved at the airplane anyway.  Dad made us a yummy dinner, including chicken nuggets and honey.  Mom didn't think it was the healthiest dinner, but she thinks its okay for Dad to give us a treat every once in a while.

Monday morning, I had school and Hazel went to Leaps N Bounds.  In the afternoon, we went back to the park.  I also cleaned my room up so Mom would be proud.

Tuesday was more of the same - school and Leaps N Bounds.  Then we went to pick Mom up from the airport.  We were so excited when she and Turner opened the car door.  We all just laughed and cried.  We were sure happy to see her, but we had a really fun week spending some extra special time with Dad.

Dad had his hands too full to take any pictures, but Will's Dad took some great pictures of at at the Halloween party - we'll post them when we get them.  In the meantime, here's a short video of Hazel making Turner laugh.