The second day of Michelle’s visit was the 4th of July and we had big plans. We started the day by meeting some of our friends from church for the Arlington 4th parade. Mike stayed back home with Dani so she wouldn’t sweat for hours. It was our 3rd year to attend and we got the same great spot as the last 2 years – yippie! We had a great time as always and look forward to going again next year.
We let Michelle give Dani her candy during cast cooler time so they could bond. I thought this was a cute little photo of Amelie and Michelle talking. The rest of our day was nice and the girls played a lot and visited with Aunt Michelle. When the girls had a nap we ran over for some shopping at Target and then home for dinner. Then we packed everyone up (included ice packs to put under Dani) and headed to find a good spot for fireworks. We went to the same location as the last two years, but this year we found THE SPOT!!! I told Mike and Michelle that I was going to be like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory from now on for this spot! We had a blast 😉
On Saturday we headed over to see my friends Laura’s new cell phone accessory shop, Cases Galore, so Michelle could get a new case for her phone. After that we went to lunch with Laura and had a great time. Dani went crazy for the fried pickles and rolls, which made me laugh.
Once we got home it was time for the girls to take a nap. Michelle and I headed out to get our nails done. Michelle was so sweet to treat me to my first set of gel nails.
Later we surprised the girls and took them to get shakes at Sonic in their jammies. I think that Amelie and Dani enjoyed it a lot more than Nadia because she always thinks the shakes are too sweet at Sonic. Next time we need to just get her a plain soft serve cone. On Sunday we had homemade waffles and I got Michelle addicted to Trader Joe’s cookie butter. Michelle and I ran over to Central Market and Trader Joe’s for goodies that she could take back to California.
We were sad when it was time to go and as we left the airport Dani said, “Shell? Shell? Shell?” and the big girls tried to be tough and not cry. Thanks for coming to see us Michelle! We love you!
*On a side note: A great thing about Michelle’s trip was that it made the last 4 days of Dani’s cast fly by. After dropped her off we picked up burgers for dinner and got the girls in bed because we had to be up early to head for the hospital.