Social Distancing Day Three

Got up at 8:00 AM, ate two Jethro size bowl of Honeycomb. 

Stirred my cantaloupe. When I took the lid off it made a sound like it's under pressure...tomorrow this adventure may be a little more exciting...if that's even possible.

Watered ChaChi's plants. I have never liked plants in the house but we went dumpster diving and they were in there and now I water them. They are doing pretty well. The tallest one is a ZZ plant and it is poisonous. So yeah, I keep that one in the kitchen. If you look closely, you will see some new growth. That has to make you feel good! I don't know what the other three are but they are weird and you never know what they're gonna do. They were fat but now they're growing tall and skinny. I keep  waiting for that to happen to me. When Ansley was in Montana for two weeks last summer I killed her cactus. I killed Ryan's humming bird vine too. I'm proud to be keeping our dumpster plants alive.

Wednesday is my day to do chores so I did chores all day, fun. When I was doing the laundry I found one of ChaChi's cough drops that had made it all the way through the dryer and never opened~God is good, y'all.

I cut this sweet potato because I guess some cooking oil had gotten on it and it was going bad. I have a recipe for this but I'll have to cook that later.

Ryan brought home my favorite, Stargazer Lily. He must be spending a lot of money on hunting crap lately. I know they look a little crazy in that "vase' but that's all I had and they'll still smell good.

 The kids slept til noon ish, cleaned their rooms. ChaChi vacuumed for me,  played Xbox all day. Ansley unloaded dishes, cooked several meals and we watched The Voice.

Mall Scavenger Hunt

Ansley's twelfth birthday party!

We started out the night at a Japanese steakhouse. After dinner I took the girls outside the restaurant and revealed the plans for the night. The scavenger hunt was a surprise. Ansley had wanted to do one but I had told her we wouldn't have enough time after dinner. I had to work on the plans while she was at school. Side note: She knew I was in the office working on something because I told her not to go in there. It was driving her crazy but I told her it was a surprise. She kept asking what I was working on.  I told her it was a poem about how much I love her.  I told her I planned to recite it after dinner. Bahaha I thought it was hilarious.  She was really freaked out at the thought of this.

I made shirts for everyone to wear and passed them out after dinner when I told them about the scavenger hunt.

Next stop, the mall. Here are the pics from my team, A.K. A. the winning team!

Dancing with a statue.

Everyone wearing glasses

 Picture with employee at makeup counter.

 Riding the escalator.

 Picture with the blue mannequins. I thought this would be a hard one as there were only in a few places. These girls obviously shop a lot!

 Looking lost in front of a mall directory.

 Getting a strangers autograph. This lady was a little apprehensive which made it funny. I assured her it wasn't a legal document.

 Wearing hats and scarves.

 Smelling flowers real or fake.

 Had to find Amazing Grace perfume and get a sample.

 Group saluting an American Flag or replica.

 Picture of someone wearing a band or concert shirt.

 Using your bodies to make the number 12.

 Getting a napkin from the yogurt shop.

Jumping off the fountain 

 Ansley's initials

 Picture with "turtle" on the "beach."

 Picture with surfboard

Ryan's team pics

 ChaChi was such a trooper...as usual!

The whole group met up in the courtyard and played a little tag.

Let the games begin!

 Cookie Face Race

 Bubble gum hidden in whipped cream, first one to blow a bubble wins!

The cake.

 Opening her cards. In lieu of gifts she took donations for Callie Evans. You can find her story on Facebook. "Praying for Callie Evans"

Time for a movie! I introduced them to a little Napoleon Dynamite. It was a hit, most passed out before it finished. We restarted it in the morning.

Now, breakfast...served on a string. 

 Never tried before...doughnut game in a triangle! I had ChaChi taking pics at this point.

It was a great party! Ryan and I had as much fun as the kids. Ansley has done a great job picking her friends! This really is the greatest group of girls ever! Eleven girls, one boy and not the first sign of drama. I say it was a success!