Weekend Recap

Another wonderful weekend is in the books.  I am grateful for my family and friends and the downtime we shared this weekend...my tribe truly knows how to lift my spirits when I am down...such a gift...

Here is what our little weekend looked like....

Friday Night

 I set Diana's hair in curlers once again for a weekend full of Nutcracker rehearsals.  My mom got to observe the work that goes into making the curls perfect...and it is lots of work- ha!

Then,

my Mom and I attended the Festival of Trees in Methuen as we do every year.  Usually we take the girls but they have been wrapped up in Nutcracker rehearsals and we can't let them miss those so we went on our own and had a wonderful time.  Since Friday was the opening day, we really lucked out and when we got there that night, it wasn't crowded at all!  We told ourselves we need to remember this for next year...it was so much more enjoyable when you didn't have to fight the crowds! 

After the festival, we hit Tuscan Market for a lovely little dinner- wine, salads and the most amazing olive bread...my parents love it here...they feel it is very authentic and that they are sitting right in Europe in a little cafe...my mom treated me and spoiled me...we shared some laughs and just had the best night :)

Saturday

I started my day at the gym...daunting as I was going to do a class on my own but it was "C2S" which is a combo spin and resistance class and I did it...I sent this pic to my besties beforehand as I was the FIRST one at our gym...they don't open until 6 on the weekends so I had to wait a few minutes in the car and made them laugh because I am such an early bird ;)

 Then it was time to get through our last CCD chapter in preparation for confirmation...Exhibit A (still in curlers as you will notice)

Right after, we got hair and makeup prepped for Dress Rehearsal #1...I couldn't take the cuteness!  :)

While the girls were busy rehearsing, Daddy was busy with learning his role this year as part of the Tech Crew and Mama had her hair done and then got the big Thanksgiving shopping done...one of my favorite times of the year!

I am lucky to have some great Dance Mom friends who work behind the scenes AND snap some cute pics for me :)

and enjoy this one...Diana and her Dance Pals entertaining between rehearsals....

 

Saturday night meant NO PLANS- yeah!!!  We all crashed with takeout, Hallmark and maybe Mama had a glass of prosecco too :)

Sunday

This day meant our last CCD class before confirmation!  It was a rainy yucky day but my heart was warmed with the kids' participation.  I promised them if they worked hard during class, we would have some fun at the end and they chose "Holy Hangman" but as you may be able to tell here...it ended up being not so "holy"...This phrase reads "VSCO Girl Sksk"...oh middle schoolers

and a gift from one of my students made my day :)

Then it was time for the 2nd Nutcracker Dress Rehearsal....

and as my fam headed out for the day, Mama met up with the Fab Four for a much-overdo brunch and catch up...it was so good for my soul...love these ladies...

and thanks to Daddy and the crew for sharing and posting more behind-the-scenes photos of rehearsal :)

We wrapped up our weekend by decorating our last tree- the one in the girls' playroom :)

That's it...excited for a short week surrounded by our people...lots of QT to be had! 

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