Prom Dress Shopping

We went with my niece today to a local mall to shop for her senior prom dress. It was super fun to spend the day shopping together. She got a super adorable dress for her prom and her graduation and all the accessories for less than $100 - woohoo!! It was just enjoyable to spend the day hanging out together. My babes had fun being with their auntie and cousin. SDP (my niece) brought along a friend from her town and we picked up her long time friend from down here. These girls had a blast shopping, chatting and being silly. Their adulthood is looming in the near future and seeing them just be teenage girls was fun for me! L had fun trying on dresses again, just like with LW back in the fall when they visited. The boys tagged along and were super well behaved. They were rewarded with a carousal ride, lunch out and then chocolate gelato. Auntie D kept the boys sitting in the stroller in the middle of the aisle while the girls were all trying on dresses, so they couldn't touch anything with their chocolately fingers!!

I had all 3 kids while Daddy Piper went over to talk with a local contractor about some upcoming work. That idea seemed better in theory than in reality. He dropped us off and went over to the contractor, with the plan being to come back and meet up with us for lunch. FAIL! 12:45 came and I called to have him come get us - it was getting sooo close to nap time and all the kids were melting quickly. He claimed he was 10 minutes away. In fear of angering him (yes that's how things are these days), I rushed everyone across the mall to be at the entrance he dropped us off at. We made it there in about 15 minutes and then waited 1 1/2 hours for him to come get us. He kept talking is my guess - though he won't admit it. Then he was more than 10 minutes away to begin with. Anyway, it was 2:30 when he finally picked us up. The kids were a wreck and I was super upset.

This is just how things are right now. We are just up to our eyeballs with loads of stress and it isn't getting much better.