Daily Key: Cleo's First Sleepover

Yesterday, we took the kids to their last art classes. The art classes and swim class overlapped for 2 weeks. It worked out yesterday since their swim class was canceled because of swim meets.

Cleo may continue with art at a later point. Sidney is done for now. Come the Spring, we are looking into basketball for both of them. Cleo is really good at softball but they both want to try basketball classes.

After art class, we came home for lunch and Sidney and I had a short nap. Then, Sidney and I took Cleo to her school pal Jordyn's 7th birthday party. She lives in a subdivision not too far from ours. We got there around 3pm. We brought Cleo's pillow, sleeping bag, Bearie (her favorite stuffed bear that our friends the Duck family gave her after she got home from the hospital in July), and Blankie, which she has had since she was born - my pal Alyson gave it to her. I need to tell Alyson how attached Cleo is to it. The party was coed until the evening. Sidney and I left around 5:30pm. Some of the other boys left around then as well. Sidney did not want to leave.

Below is Cleo dancing to Wii U Just Dance 4. She loved it.

Here is Sidney enjoying some Sweet Thai Chili Doritos. They are so good. I had never had them before. After that, he chased them down with some Jalapeno Cheetos. It was not a health food day for them. :-) The Jalapeno Cheetos were not too spicy.

After Sidney tried the Doritos and realized they were not too hot, he said now he can eat Hot Cheetos and Takis. There is a song with that title that Cleo knows. The first time I heard it was at the Kids R Kids Fall Festival. The DJ put it on and all the kids danced and sang along. I don't think Sidney knew the song until he heard it at the Fall Festival. I asked Cleo where she heard it and she was all, "Mom!" I was like no really, where. She said either in PE at Deerwood Academy or in aftercare. It's not a new song so I think Cleo thought I was joking that I didn't know it. I felt very old. It's a funny song with silly lyrics. Check it out on Youtube if you're so inclined. I still need to figure out how to embed video into my posts. You can search the title of the song on Youtube.

Sidney and I went home and picked up Roger and we went to Blue Moon Pizza in Vinings. It's near where our friends Shelly and Eric used to live. The pizza was okay - the crust was too sweet. It was a noisy place, it reminded me of being out in NYC. We cannot wait to go to NYC in a few weeks. We arrive on Friday, Nov. 22, and return on Saturday, Nov. 30. We are staying with Ahnya.

Ahnya sent the kids NYC subway maps and they arrived yesterday. Last night, Sidney quickly started plotting out our trips. We are thinking about taking them to It's Sugar, a candy store, in Coney Island. I think they'll enjoy the trip because most of it is elevated and they will be able to watch from the windows.