I Have to Dance

On Saturday morning we went to West early with Eric so I could help him unload the trailer before the parade and to get Graham so we could all go to the church for work day (well play day for the kids). The custodial staff had the radio on over the PA, and it was the loudest in the hallway - so Genni walks out into the hallway and starts to dance - she stops, looks at me and says "Mommy I have to dance" - haha, OK Genni go for it - jeesh the things they say are so cute! Sometimes when I'm talking to Eric and holding onto Genni and she's trying to get my attention she'll put her hands on the sides of my face and turn my face to her and say "Mommy I need you to listen to ME." How can you refuse something like that! She also has this infectious, there's nothing in the world to worry about super enthusiastic smile, I wish I remember how to smile like that all the time, I hope she never loses that smile because it is impossible to be sad about anything when she turns on the brights. Of course there are other things she does that I thought wouldn't happen till she was a teenager - like when I tell her to do something and she doesn't do it and I tell her again and she says " I AM" with that little attitude voice - when she certainly wasn't doing it when I asked her - or when she asks daddy a question and I answer it and she says "I was talking to Daddy!" - seriously? Your only 2 1/2! She also knows how to manipulate a situation by pretending she can't hear you or asking really obvious questions to try to distract you from what she's supposed to be doing. Like when she is supposed to be helping clean up and she goes to the bookshelf and says "over here mommy? do they go over here? over here?" Hhhhhh (exasperated sigh) of course they go there Genni, you know that, now stop standing there and asking me questions and clean up! How do they learn these things?

Well as a little catch up from last week - I had lessons Tuesday, choir Wednesday and Eric's concert was Thursday - it was nice to chill out Friday night and then Saturday Genni and Graham played while West had their parade. Sunday I had church in the morning and then I had to go to Williamsport in the evening. The morning was nice but the afternoon fairly depressing and lonely. Mom and dad asked us if we wanted to go to Syracuse to see Grandma on Sunday (this was back on Thursday) and I said - well you guys can go but I can't because I have WSO rehearsal at night, and I have to be at church in the morning. Of course I wasn't thinking about it being mother's day, or that they would actually all go without me. (Eric hasn't seen his grandmother in awhile so he felt like he should go). So Eric and Genni took off before church in hopes of getting home in time for dinner and before I had to leave - unfortunately they didn't make it. So after church I had the house to myself all afternoon.

It's a busy week - I have another WSO rehearsal tonight and the concert is tomorrow night - Wednesday is choir and the Band Aides meeting - Thursday night is the mother-daughter banquet at church, I have to sing and Eric has to serve - then Friday we get to relax. Saturday I'm hoping to go take advantage of some free mulch for the landscaping. Fun times!