This Week's Whirlwind

It's been a pretty busy week.  Most activities centered around the weekend.
On Saturday, we had a multi-family yard sale in the morning, followed by a Girl Scout Bridging Ceremony, followed by a birthday party.  And, Sunday was, of course, Mother's Day.  Lots to do.  At least it keeps us off the streets.

The yard sale was actually at our friends' house in Eagle River.  Our house is situated in such a way that makes holding a yard sale a complete waste of time.  Very few customers ever make it to our neck of the woods!  So, we hauled our "treasures" to our friends' house and set up shop there, amidst an extensive neighborhood yard sale event.  Despite the logistics and our time constraints, it went pretty well!

Alicia's Daisy Troop bridged up to Brownie Girl Scouts on Saturday as well.  We held our ceremony in the backyard of the previous troop leader.  All the girls were very proud to exchange their Daisy smocks for Brownie sashes.  I made each girl a tissue paper flower to brighten their day.

After the Bridging Ceremony, all the girls headed into Anchorage to attend one of the girls' birthday party being held at the Alaska Natural History Museum. 

Despite the back to back activities of the day, I'm pleased to say that it all went relatively smoothly.

Sunday dawned bright and early (this is Alaska after all) with a tasty serving of breakfast in bed.  Alicia joined me for a meal of bacon, eggs, and pancakes.  She also included a bouquet of pretty flowers in a vase which she'd made at school.

Tess took both Alicia & I out to lunch once she got off work downtown.  She's working at the Anchorage Market on weekends during the summer months.  It's open Saturday and Sunday from now till early September.  This, along with her daycare center job and summer class, should keep her pretty busy.  With all her newfound wealth, she can afford to buy a ticket to join me on my weeklong trip to San Diego in July.  That will be a much-needed beach break from her summer grind.

I finally got around to processing some of the photos I took of Mom's garden when I visited her earlier this month.  I've added some to an album here:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150848602273159.419704.523908158&type=1&l=60c2e16dbb

 

Alicia participated in the elementary school Talent Show today.  She and her friend, Italia, danced the Salsa!  They were pretty cute.  Italia is a bit taller than Alicia, although she's the same age...  ;o)

 

Here's a link to the video of their performance:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150847681688159