A Summertime Weekend with Skylee Dallas

Skylee stayed with Alison and I on Friday night so that her parents could celebrate their anniversary. Alison was out of town for a work trip this week and got home on Friday night. I picked Skylee up and we went downtown and hung out while we waited for Alison to get home. We wandered around City Creek and ended up in front of the Salt Palace. There is an art installation there with signs that have lots of opposites. Skylee used to be a little obsessed with opposites. Last year there was one weekend she stayed with us that she kept thinking of every opposite she could and would tell us. She may not be into opposites quite as much, but she still really liked reading all of the signs.

We met Alison at the airport. Skylee was pretty cute and so excited to see Alison. She had to tell Alison all about the princess camp she attended earlier in the day. We waited to have dinner until Alison could join us. We stopped back downtown on our way home and had dinner at Blue Lemon.

We were all tired by the time we got home (it was ~10 pm). We got ready for bed and read about a few inspiring women from the book Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls. This is a fun kids' book we got for when Skylee and Holly stay with us at our house. We read about Jane Goodall, Mae Jamison, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and others. It is a fun book to read with Skylee and she kept wanting to read one more. story.

Skylee woke us up right at 7 am. She was ready to go. We made breakfast. It primarily consisted of Mickey Mouse-shaped waffles for Skylee along with spinach, bacon, and eggs for Alison and me.

After breakfast Alison and I did some yoga - we thought Skylee might participate, but she was feeling a little tired after waking us up early and wanted to relax. After yoga, Skylee and I started watching Cinderella.

We made it about halfway through before we paused to head to the pool. One of the things we love about Daybreak is that we have access to some great swimming pools. This is the first weekend that it has been warm enough to really enjoy the pool. Skylee and I swam and played in the water while Alison lounged (she did jump in the water shortly before we left).

We met Kristin at our house and she dropped off Holly and picked up Skylee. They were going to have some mommy-daughter time. We took Holly out on our porch and enjoyed the beautiful summertime weather. She fell asleep right in my arms - it was adorable. When Kristin and Skylee were done getting pedicures they joined us on the porch and we talked away the afternoon.

After they left Alison and I took a long walk through our neighborhood and down around the Daybreak lake. It was the perfect relaxing summertime day.