Cora's 1st Weekend Away {& Mommy's 1st Wknd Alone in the House}

While Marcus and Sonoma were on their trip in Atlanta, I decided it was the perfect time for Cora to have her first weekend away by herself.  I figured she needed to do something on her own, now that she is two years old.  Marcus' parents met me halfway on Friday morning, and I said goodbye to Cora for a long weekend.  They took her straight to the Indianapolis zoo on their way to Bloomington and she had so much fun!  She spent Friday-Monday in Bloomington and had an extremely wonderful time.  She stayed with Marcus' parents for the duration of her trip, but also spent the day with my parents and Krista & Jake on Sunday.

Cora loves to play dress-up!

This is one of my favorite videos!

Grandma and T took her to a pumpkin patch on Saturday

This picture reminds me so much of Sonoma

And what did I do for my first time EVER being alone in our house?  A lot!  I got a lot done!  I will admit, it was very, very weird, almost eerie - being all alone for 2 nights and almost 3 days.  Dixie and Dorothy kept me company, but I definitely caught myself talking out loud for no reason and wandering around not even sure how I should spend my time!  I ended up running a lot of errands, cleaning out the girls' rooms, cleaning the house, working out, walking Dixie, went to a friend's daughter's birthday party and had a girls' night out with my two neighbors!

Selfie in my new coat (thanks, Mom!!) before going out with my neighbors

When I picked up Cora on Monday afternoon she could NOT stop hugging me, saying "Mommy, missed YOU.  Mommy missed YOU. "  It was the sweetest.thing.ever.  I love this pic of Cora in front of our burning bushes that just turned red.