SHOES

You all know how very much JoBeth loves her shoes, and she has many of them!

She was looking on E-Bay last week and discovered a sight that had plastic shoe boxes for sale. This was after seeing some home show where the lady had dozens of shoe boxes stored in her closet. Jo found these boxes that allow you to see the shoes inside the box. They came 30 to a set. Well the thirty came in and they are now put together. If only we can find a place in the closet to put them. The never ending saga of Women's shoes and the storage and display of all those shoes!

No they will not be stored forever on the bench seat in front of the window. At least I hope not?

Plus, which shoes go best in which color of box?

Wee Ha, Walking, and Water

We called Stephanie this morning and could tell immediately that she was feeling so much better than yesterday, so we went to their house for a nice visit. Emily was watching "Handy Manny" when we got there, but decided to get some of her toys out to show us. She showed us how she can ride her pony (that her mother bought before Emily was even a possibility), saying "Wee Ha!" Then she showed us how she can walk on the treadmill. After all that and some visiting, we went to Lowes to look for a tree Stephanie wanted to buy for her students to plant outside on Thursday for Arbor Day. While we tree shopped, Emily found every bit of water possible.

"Ground Hog Day??" with Emily

You're going to have to read this whole story before you understand the title.
We came to Lubbock today planning on picking Emily up from childcare after her nap and spending the afternoon with her until Steph & Ken got off work.....BUT...as we were on the way, Steph called to say that she was sick and running a high fever and that the childcare center had called them to pick Emily up because she had diarrhea. We decided we would keep our plans and check on her after her nap. By 2:30 she was awake and was not sick at all--probably teething, so we picked her up so Stephanie could sleep.

When we got to their house & knocked, Emily yelled "Come on in!" She was so excited to see us & just hugged & hugged us. She kept patting me on the back as I held her & repeated over and over, "Hi, Nana Jo!" Then she would go to Ed, hug him and say, "Hi, Grampa!" When we asked her if she wanted to go with us for awhile, she turned to Ken and said, "Bye, Daddy. See you tomorrow."

We checked into our hotel and just let her explore the room a little. She loved the big bed with all the pillows which she immediately rearranged.

All the way to the hotel, Emily kept saying from her carseat, "Hi, Nana Jo. What ya doin' today?" I would answer, but then we'd go through the whole conversation again about 5 minutes later. This went on all afternoon...not every five minutes once we got a little busier, but on a fairly regular basis. I told Ed that I felt like I was in the middle of the movie "Ground Hog Day."

After a few more stops at a few stores (DSW for sure), we took her to the mall and let her play in the kids play area, took a break to feed her some chicken nuggets and apple juice at Chick Fil-A, and then back to the play area. After a couple of hours of playing, eating, walking around the mall, and playing some more, she was walking like a zombie, so we took her back home.

Stephanie went to the dr. while we had Emily, so she got some antibiotics and a good nap. By the time we took Emily home, Steph was feeling somewhat better. Hopefully, after a good night's sleep she will feel more like having company tomorrow mornng. Then we head home just after lunch. At least we got to see them.