Lancelot Acres

4/10 - A tornado, bowling and shopping...

A tornado, bowling and shopping

We had a tornado come through our town Tuesday night.  I don't think it did a lot of damage here, but it peaked in Plainwell...a town about 40 miles from here, and they had quite a lot of trees uprooted, barns blown down, etc.  I find it scary when tornadoes hit in the middle of the night.  We had no idea there was a tornado until it said so on the news the next morning.  If you are sleeping, you don't know to take cover.  This wasn't a 'bad' torndao as tornadoes go, it was an 'EF1', but it's still scary to know that it hit while we were in bed (not sleeping, as we were listening to the rain and hail hit the windows).

Lance's dad is still in the hospital.  They say maybe Friday he'll get to go home.  They are watching his white blood count and it's low right now.  It's normal for it to be low with the chemo, but they want him there for observation until it improves.

Lance isn't feeling very well either.  I think he's getting what we've all had.  He's rundown and feeling lousy.  Hopefully he'll kick it quicker than we did.

We got up yesterday and weren't real sure what we were going to do all day.  Lauren still has a runny nose and Lilli has her cough, but it's getting better.  My friend Jeni called and asked if we wanted to do something.  I mentioned bowling and she agreed.  We met about an hour later at the bowling alley about 12 miles away.  My mom met me and picked Lauren up so that Lilli and I could go bowling and shopping together.  It's hard to watch a toddler at a bowling alley, and almost impossible to help one daughter with trying on clothes while the other is trying to crawl out the bottom of the dressing room door or pulling clothes off the racks, etc.

So Lilli and I went bowling and had a very nice time with our friends.  Then we went to the mall and ate and did some shopping with those same friends.  We had a very nice day.

Lilli found a pair of tennis shoes that she liked and a pair of boots.  These were both at Payless and they were having a 'buy 1 get one 1/2 off' sale, so it was a great deal.

We had to go to 4 different stores to finally find a pair of pants that fit her though.  All the stores have their summer clothes (capris and shorts) out already, so it was hard to find many pairs of jeans to try on. 

At JCPenney we tried on 6Xs, but they were way too long.  She already has 6s from there and they are too tight now.  We were hoping the 6X would work, but I didn't realize they were so long.

At Gap Kids we couldn't even find a pair of jeans in her size. 

At Children's Place they mostly just had summer things.  I did find some summer-y pants but all were too long for her. 

Jeni suggested Burlington Coat Factory so we headed there.  I didn't realize there was one in the mall.  We headed there and finally found one pair of jeans that fit.  They are a size 6 and very cute on her.  We also bought a pair of brown dressy culots (sp) and two matching shirts that are very cute.

After that I headed to Victoria Secret to buy myself a bra (TMI I know).  I swear if I buy bras at Walmart or other store they don't last through 3 washings before falling apart.  It's better to just pay the money and get one from Victoria Secret.  I swear they last for years!  LOL

After that we really had to go and pick Lauren up from mom and dad's house as it was getting late.  We picked her up and headed home.  We didn't get home until almost 9PM!  We made a complete day of it!  I was tired!  LOL

We had a good night, both girls slept well, so I'm sure they are both on the mend, even if Lilli's cough and Lauren's runny nose still hang on.  A good night's sleep is important for both of them.

Today we have plans to go to Bounceland.  It's an indoor play land with inflatable toys.  We planned it two weeks ago with the girls from Lilli's gymnastics class.  I asked Lilli if she thought she'd be ok with her cough and she said she would.  She's just going to take it easy and not run and jump as much as she normally would.  If she starts to cough we'll cut our visit short and head out.

I need to go grocery shopping today too, but I'm not sure if I'll get to it or not with both girls.  We'll have to see how they are doing when we leave Bounceland.  I can go a different day if I need to.  I just really want to hit Meijer this week for some of their sales.

The rest of the week is up in the air.  Lilli plans to spend one more night with Grandma and Grandpa, so it will be either tonight or tomorrow night.  I'm waiting to see if Lance and I are going to the animal auction on Saturday or not.  If we go to the auction, Lilli will stay Friday night because she doesn't like the drive to the auction, it takes 2 hours to get there.  I'm not sure if we are going or not though, and I'd like to take Lilli roller skating if we don't go to the auction.  Otherwise we'll go skating on Sunday instead. 

I'm really just watching her cough, as we might go to a hotel with water slides on Sunday night.  Monday is her first day back to school after Spring Break, but she has an allergist appt so she'll have to miss half the day anyway.  I was thinking about just giving her the whole day off and staying at the hotel that night.  We really have to see how her cough is though.  We went to Great Wolf Lodge when she was 3 years old and had this cough, and she went into coughing fits from the humidity in the water park and the cold halls.  We don't want to do that again.  If we don't get to go this weekend, we'll go in a week or two when she's feeling better.

So...Bounceland today, and roller skating this weekend.  Then hopefully the hotel if Lilli's cough is better.

Have a great day everybody,
Lisa