This Weekend...

On Saturday afternoon the girls went to the Butterfly Day event at the Nature Center. They tried on butterfly goggles to see how butterflies see, learned the life cycle, saw chrysalises, live butterflies, and made a butterfly craft that will be on display at the Nature Center.

Saturday night, Georgia went to a pool party and had fun playing games and eating pizza.

The girls both checked their e-mails and typed e-mails to friends and family. Olivia would ask me how to spell words and I told her as she typed. Sometimes she already knew how to spell them, like the words hi and go.

We watched a show on the Animal Planet called Weird, True, & Freaky featuring strange cuisine from around the world.

We also watched a show on the History Channel called Clash of the Cavemen.

Sunday was Georgia's 8th birthday. We had quite the eventful day. When Georgia woke up, Olivia wanted to give her the gifts she picked out for her right away. She had picked out dark purple nailpolish and a pretty pink top with horses on it.

We had strong winds that knocked out electricity for a lot of people. All the shops and restaurants downtown lost power. There went our plans for the day. But we had fun playing games, decorating and eating her birthday cake, talking about days without electricity, or having our own solar power. At 8:30 PM the girls were playing their version of chess by candlelight when the power returned.

Georgia was so surprised that they would be out there in the dark and in the rain to fix the electricity. She said we should send them some money as a thank you. I said, "We already pay them...maybe you could write a letter instead." And so she did....