When I look back in my planner, I always wonder what we did each weekend, because by Sunday I can't remember what I did on Friday, let alone the weekend before. So I thought it would be fun to recap our weekend, to save a little moment in time.
It was a long day on Friday. Ty talked my ear off, and when I asked for a few moments of him not talking to me, he still talked to himself so there was constant noise. Davids mom called and said he wanted the boys for a sleepover. Yesss! Sherry usually takes the boys over night about once a month. Before Collin, it was a free night for David and I, plus a morning to sleep in. And the boys really enjoy staying the night at Grandma's. They all have those weird snuggie blankets and have "snuggie parties" whatever those are. So it's nice for us, and nice for them. Now that we have Collin, and he is to little to participate in snuggie parties, it's not so much a free night for us, but it is quiet at least. After the boys had gone to grandma's, Collin took a long 3 hour nap. I'm sorry to say I spent almost the entire time on the computer. I ordered Collin's stocking from Pottery Barn, did some blogging, did some facebooking, and looked for Christmas presents. After David got home from work, we decided to take Collin out on the town. He is still little enough he can pass out in his car seat when he gets tired and he is still portable. We met Chad, Lindsay, Corey, and Keri and all piled in our mini van and headed to Outback. The restaurant was packed, but I had my heart set on a Wallabee Darned. We made the guys wait in the van and us girls bellied up to the bar for our cocktails. By the time we finished, a table was available, so we ended up staying. We had a great time with our friends, and baby Collin didn't make a peep. I held him in my lap the whole time and he just looked around and flirted with the baby girl next to us that was his age too. After Outback, we went back to Corey's and watched movies. We left around 11:30 with sleeping Collin in his carseat.
No sleeping in on Saturday! Even though the older boys were gone, Collin was still up at 7:00. David left to meet Jake and take him hunting at his mom's, so it was just me and the little guy. We played all morning until he passed out at 11:00. Then the boys came home and I got ready for town. We grabbed lunch and headed into Jackson. I was excited to stop at Micky D's to try the new Carmel Mocha. Yes, this is what I look forward to. We got our coffee and head into Jackson. When I try my mocha, which is full of yucky froth. I look at the receipt and the lovely McDonalds button- pusher put cappuccino's on the screen instead of mocha's. What a great big let down.How can McDonalds workers screw up orders? Seriously, you just need to push a button. How hard is it?
Ty fell asleep on the way to town because it takes 30 minutes to get anywhere from our remote location we call home. Our first stop was Toy House for Jake's boy scout shirt. I had a coupon if I spent 100, I could get 20.00 off, and since Jake's shirt was 23, so I was already a quarter of the way there. I grabbed a Chicco table high chair for Collin, a Melissa and Doug United States puzzle for Jake, a wallet for Ty, and a firefly toy for Collin. Already got some Christmas shopping done.
Then we went to the big library. The kids love to get books from there and a fun play room. I decided since we were near by, I should stop by the Belly to Baby expo to say hi to Jane and Nicole. I had some extra diapers I wanted to donate, plus I wanted to see the picture of Collin that Nicole had on display there. After that, we went to Sam's Club for snacks. You have to fight the crowds, but it is worth it. We always end up buying something that we try, this time it was Parmesan crusted tilapia. I really like being able to try different foods that I normally would not buy. It gives me a lot more options for dinners.
It was time to head home. We had our friends Brent and Jenna coming over with their daughter Abigail. It was was so fun having a little girl running around the house. She is an absolute doll. She loved playing with the boys and they all played great even though she's only 3. She kept calling me Miss Sadie and loved baby Collin. After they left, David and I crashed. We were tired after running around all day.
We had no plans for today (Sunday). We should have went to church, but the thought of getting all the kids ready and getting them all buckled in the car seemed to be too much work after doing it all week long. David washed the van and then made room for it in the garage. The boys played outside with daddy. Again, while Collin took his nap, I jumped on the computer. I think I may be a tad hooked to the computer. This time I started looking for bunk beds. We promised the boys bunk beds last January when we told them we were having another baby. I had looked at a few furniture stores, but never found anything I loved. I have been dragging my feet because I kept thinking I had to buy them from a store and never had time to shop for them. Today I decided to check out Amazon and found some I loved and ended up ordering them! It feels good to have that done, and I didn't even have to leave the house. No wonder I love the computer so much. After lunch, the boys went back outside and I picked up the house. Then we had to do a family thanksgiving project for Jakes school. After that- dinner and showers. When the boys went to bed, I talked David into watching Kate Plus 8 with me. What a good weekend, although I felt a tad guilty today because besides the 15 minute family project, we didn't do much as a family today. Seems like Sundays David and I are busy trying to get projects done instead of hanging out as a family. The boys are getting so big and soon enough they won't want to hang out with us. It didn't help when I was on facebook, I kept seeing all these posts about all the fun places people were going as a family. A lot of the time, David doesn't want to go anywhere on the weekends. He just wants to stay home and relax. He is tired of driving after doing it all week long. We will do more when he gets laid off, but today I had some major mommy guilt going on.
Now I'm off to bed with my People magazine. It doesn't get any better than a cozy bed and a People to wrap up a weekend.
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