Ah Choo!!! Guszendtight

It's back to being crazy at the Shockley's.
It started last Thrusday - David got last minute tickets to see VaTech play Maryland Terp football. I wasn't up to the whirlwind trip - but an added bonus was that Emma and Hope got to go to Blacksburg with him and met Memaw and G-daddy who whisked them off for a sleepover!! Emma was SOOO excited, we were letting her miss day of school ( our school's were closed on monday for teacher workday and tuesday for election - so it was a nothing day to miss as all the test's were cancelled )
Have you noticed what this meant??? I was all ALONE thursday night and friday till it was time to go to b/burg and get Rachel and the little hoodlums!
The Terps lost the game but it was a great second half, so it was worth the trip...
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I got the girls and listened to 3 girls telling me all about their day/night/outfit/lunch/what the teacher said/did to her/and enjoyed the ride home my girls.
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I also saw the dust from the g/parents van.... it was uttered as they drove away that the little ones fell asleep around 11ish the night before - had been up since the crack of dawn and no nap was had! Lots of different food groups, popcorn, donuts, pretzels, and several cups of peaches ??? It all works out in the end. Hope made it till T - 10 minutes from the house before falling asleep.
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Not sure if Emma has had allergies or brought home a delightful cold from school - but I would venture that it's a nasty cold - since I have it - Hope has it - Dad had it briefly --- running out and buying stock in Scott Tissue would be a good idea about now.
Emma's on the mend, Hope is walling in er, well snot - and I would be too if not for the invention of DayQuill!
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Saturday - we pigged out on lots of bacon, eggs, biscuits and cool pancakes, made with cheese and bacon! gotta love Saturday mornings with family! Then we bundled up and ran to Enterprise to get the rental while the van goes in the shop ( de-deer the front ) the girls were thrilled at the thought of picking out a new car! we have a Dodge Caliber.... it works, kinda weird being down low but it's better than no car for a week. Dad and Rachel went to the Coomes Center and ran and played basketball, nothing like getting whopped by a 12 year old, er, dad whipped the kid - yeah right. We had an awesome dinner - played Trouble - layed around.
What a weekend, and we all were in bed by 9! It's been a big week. We even offered Rach the controller, the computer, all to herself and she said "g-night".
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Sunday - mum felt like a truck hit her, Dad fed me and sent me back to bed, he and the girls went to church and i rested up a bit. We hung out for a while then dad took Rach back early to have dinner together in b/burg - time together. I gave the girls a nap then headed to the movies to see ' Madagascar 2 ' ... 3 thumbs up!!
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I took some good pictures but our home computer is blink so I will catch up eventually.
I'll be adding the whatnot's at night on Daddio's laptop from work.