But I made it to her Spring band concert!!
Of course, as luck would have it, I brought our camera with a fully charged battery - all ready to go. The problem? I left our SD card in the computer! Grrrr.... Happens to me way too often! But, with some careful watching and timing, I managed to get most of her solo. [She's the cute blonde rockin' her new specs!!]
Unfortunately, a good portion of the concert was not the most enjoyable. The music and musicians did great... it was Ethan. Ugh. This was definitely a "let's learn how to behave at a performance" concert. And we picked the wrong people to sit behind. Ethan swung back and forth between sitting nicely/quietly and loudly whispering/moving around. In about 1 minute intervals!! Very frustrating. But, I also know that this is how kids learn. If you don't expose them to these types of situations where they have to behave and be quiet they won't learn. It didn't help, either, that we had just been in the car for over 2 hours on the ride down and had to go to the concert within an hour of getting into town. But don't try telling that to the lady in front of us! Oh, no! It was obvious I was trying to keep him quiet when she loudly turned around and shooshed him. Really?! When there was a brief break to switch bands, she proceeded to talk about how ridiculous it was to bring kids to the concert, blah, blah, blah. Rude! Again, I'm sorry he wasn't ideal, but this is also a high school level concert. You did not pay to get in. Calm down. I was actually just getting ready to take Ethan to the back but part of me wanted to stay there and tough it out but then Ethan had to go potty, so my mom took him and then they stood in the back the rest of the time.
Rant over.
After the concert we went and got treats at Sweet Life Patisserie. Ethan got gelato. My dad got a slice of vegan German chocolate cake {did I mention he's gone vegan?!}. Lizzy got some chocolate pie thing and my mom and I shared some custard filled thing with a raspberry sauce and then she got creme brulee to take home and I got a lemon bar for later. We had happy tummies.
Lizzy had Friday off, so we got to sleep in and hang out. While it downpoured on our way down Thursday afternoon, Friday morning/early afternoon was fairly sunny. Which meant my mom insisted on a photo shoot in front of the blooming cherry blossoms. And then, of course, it started to drizzle! After our quick photo shoot, we loaded up the car, made a pit-stop at JoAnns so I could buy a paper cutter {I've been getting my crafting on - post with recent projects to come...} that was on sale and then it was off to the mall. Not my favorite way to spend my time, but it was still fun to be with my mom and sister plus I recently found a Victoria's Secret gift card with a good chunk of change on it so I loaded up on their heavenly-smelling shampoo and conditioner. Love that stuff. It smells fabulous and the conditioner is super thick and creamy... Love. It.
We ate a little dinner in the food court and then while Lizzy debated over which Hunger Games tee to buy at Hot Topic, Ethan and I left early to pick-up my Dad to go do my soda can refund. That's right. We may not pay a deposit in WA, but we save ALL our cans and take them with us to OR when we visit. Don't laugh, we hadn't gone in a while and have over $7. It adds up, baby! And we're saving it. Not sure what for, but we're saving it. :)
And that about raps it up. Just over 24 hours and we were back home again. Sorry there aren't any other pictures... The curse of the camera continues!!
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