Good Friday

Since we got Friday off of work, my mom, my niece, NJ, A and I went to the Biltmore. There were supposed to be blooms everywhere, but as we got close to a foot of snow early in the week (Monday through Wednesday it snowed! :)) I wasn't super surprised that we didn't have flowers to see.

We only went through the lower half of the house, but got to see the swimming pool, bowling lanes and servants' quarters. It was about the attention span of the little girls, so it was a good choice for us. We did manage to play on the grounds a fair amount. We got ice cream in the ice cream parlor and then rolled in the grass, played behind trees, etc just on the grounds. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day.

The girls got the typical, "You are such a big help for your mom and little sister!" comments to NJ. She would then correct them and say, "She isn't my baby sister. She's my baby cousin!" You can see that they ran and ran and ran! They also went up and down the stairs.

After the Biltmore we went to Build-A-Bear. It was a blast for the girls. NJ picked out a pink kitten and wanted it to meow. A picked out a puppy and wanted it to play Star Wars. We tried very hard to get her to put something else in her puppy, but she would have none of it. She clapped and giggled each time the Star Wars Theme was played. Who knew we had a John Williams fan on our hands? I will try and post some pictures soon of that, but they are on my phone instead of the camera memory card. The best part was driving home we got to see snow, some pretty parts of the Parkway, and the girls CRASHED. I mean they were talking, chattering, giggling and then utter and complete silence. It was quite entertaining for mom and me.

Chris had to work on Friday as he stayed home Wednesday with A, who had been throwing up. She managed to get over the bug fairly quickly as all she did was projectile vomit for about 12 hours. She never ran a temp or anything, just wouldn't/couldn't eat.