Weekend Update

Eleanora and I have become quite the mallrats lately. Every Friday, Bryce is home by noon. He has to work from home for the afternoon, so the car is available to me! Since I am stuck in the house a lot these days (soooo sick of winter), the last several Fridays we've taken the car and gone to the mall. Now, I really don't like shopping/the mall, but being stuck indoors is no fun, and the mall on a weekday afternoon is a great place to walk around. It's free, no one bugs you, restrooms w/changing tables and a food court!

So, I stock up the diaper bag, put the stroller in the trunk, and bundle up this little lady:



And we head to my old stomping grounds, Southdale. I spent 3 years of my life here, folding sweaters, cleaning out dressing rooms and dealing with complaints I had no control over (prices, what sizes were in stock, etc).



Nora deciding which stores we should hit up today:


Eleanora usually browses her favorite clearance racks,



She loves scoring a good deal!



We have to stop for a soda. I can't walk around the mall without a fountain diet coke, not sure why.



Eleanora gets an aerial view of the makeup counter at Macy's while riding the glass elevator,



After a long day of window shopping, she was happy to come home & see daddy.



Saturday afternoon, Eleanora and I went to Nisa's baby shower (no photos as I forgot my camera was in the diaper bag). We discovered that she does NOT enjoy when a group of loud women break out in laughter...she was very scared! We played a few shower games, guessed the stats for Ben & Nisa's baby (April 13th, 7 Lbs 8 ozs was our guess) and had a good time. We had to leave a little early to pick up Bryce & head to Uncle Paul & Auntie Jackie's for lunch to see cousin Kathryn who was in town for a few days. (I just noticed I didn't actually take a photo of Kathryn...man I gotta get better at this if I am going to blog).

Eleanora made herself right at home:



Played with Malia,



was adorable,



and worked the room. (sorry about this pic, Malia, but Eleanora is adorable in it. It's the price aunt's have to pay I guess...plus the first pic of you was gorgeous so you can deal)



Eleanora is SO BIG



Got a shot of her with Great-Grandma before we left. Doesn't Vivian look stylin? Pin strip pant suit with pearls? She looks ready to close a business deal.



And we met their husky puppy Tess for the first time,



After we left there we ran a few errands. Needless to say, Eleanora was pooped.



So exhausted she didn't care when her pacifier fell out, now THAT'S tired.



So far today we've done a whole lotta nothin. Laid around in bed most of the morning playing.



And for those of you who don't believe Eleanora likes Kirby:



We had a great weekend