Friday night April 4th we had a princess party sleepover. Kellen and Joe (Team Trauger) had a date to meet some friends for dinner and so they asked us to watch their girls and I suggested that they spend the night so that the parents didn't have to come and disturb them at a late hour and also give them a night to themselves.
We had a great time having Kirsten and Marin over. The first thing we did was play dress up and get the girls princessed out. We happen to own 3 princess dresses, 3 crowns and a slew of play jewelry. Too bad we need to add shoes to the dress up stuff! After getting gussied up and taking some cute pictures, the girls settled down to watch Snow White while I ordered pizza for dinner. The pizza arrived just as the movie was almost done but we stopped and ate some yummy food! 
After dinner, it was time to build the princess tent in the basement and the girls and Lorne had a fun time helping build and then getting in and playing inside the tent. Around this time, I noticed Marin was fussy and ready to go to sleep. 
After putting Marin down, we decided to make some chocolate chip cookies. Jasmine and Kirsten made them together and I measured out the ingredients. As the cookies baked and cooled we sat at the kitchen table for story time and I read them The Cat in the Hat (one of my favs) and then Kirsten read us Fox in Socks (she reads amazingly well for a girl in Kindergarten!). 
After cookies and milk, it was time for bed so we got the girls ready and down. It was so fun to have them and even better that I didn't have to work on any orders so I could spend my time playing with them and enjoying their company.It's too bad that in the middle of the night I ended up having to call Kelleen over to stay with the girls while Lorne took me to the emergency room. I was having pretty serious pain in my left side of my abdomen and they later found a cyst on my left ovary (nothing to worry about but they do cause pain). I felt bad that I cut Kelleen & Joe's night alone short but I hope to have the girls over again and have some more fun. How amazing to have the best neighbors ever!
We were very surprised when we received a call at 11:30 at night on March 28 from Kevin telling us that their new little daughter had arrived a few weeks earlier than anticipated! We were excited to hear all the details and so we skipped church on Sunday morning to go to the hospital and meet little Eleana Elaine Zarcone. She looked like a sweet little peanut weighing in at 6 pounds and 12 ounces. She has pretty dark hair and looks a lot like her daddy (in my opinion!). It was heaven to hold her and get to know her and be close to such a new little miracle. I know Jasmine is anxious to meet her new little partner in crime and we will try and make that happen soon! So welcome to the world little Eleana!
Traditionally, every year we go see the Cherry Blossoms with the Childs and we walk the tidal basin and take pictures. This yesr however, they went with Jeff's parents because they were in town to meet their new little bundle, Sarah. This left us without our tradition and Lorne also travelled this past week for work. I thought we just weren't going to make it this year.
The phone rang on Tuesday afternoon and Shelly was on the other end asking if we wanted to take a field trip to go see the blossoms that very afternoon. I thought a minute and said, "Sure." 
It was a lot of fun. We all piled in Shelly's car (I should have taken a picture, we were in like sardines!) and we went into the city. Once there, we met up with Matt and we walked to the blossoms and took some fun pictures. We also put out a blanket and sat and enjoyed and the girls blew bubbles and ran around and also had a little snack. It was a lot of fun and we really appreciate Shelly inviting us to come along!
