Friday was International Night at the kids' school. Have I told you how much I hate it? They didn't have enough food and then we left at 9:15pm - 90m into the talent show and I bet there was another 30m to go. Stopped at McDonalds on the way home because we were all starving. Got the kids to bed super late.
Saturday - L went to do a 10 mile walk with her co-worker while I took the kids to do errands and to swimming lessons. Met L at the grocery store to get stuff for our party that evening. Spend the day prepping for the party. We had 3 other couples over and had a really good time. It was nice to be social again.
Sunday - L worked with the kids on their dioramas for school while I got stuff ready for the week. We went to brunch and then dropped the kids off for a playdate with a former classmate while we went to Busboys and Poets for coffee. L and the kids worked on the dioramas some more and then L and Gray went for a run while Carter and I met the neighbors at the park. Hung out at the park much later than planned and had a rushed dinner/bedtime. I watched Stepmom while l did some work and was a bawling mess despite seeing it 1001x.
Post by bluedaisyus on Apr 15, 2013 10:12:53 GMT -5
We had a really good weekend. Friday we got started on some things in the living room to get it ready for new carpet, moving furniture out and taping off for paint, that kind of thing.
Saturday morning we tore out the old carpet, then headed out to meet up with SIL and her GF for lunch. They took the boy to spend the afternoon with him and took him to a children's theater show while we painted and cleaned. They called and asked if they could take him to dinner, too, instead of bringing him straight home, so we got some extra kid-free time to work on painting and actually managed to paint the hallway and a door that we've been meaning to paint forever but hadn't gotten to yet.
Sunday we got up and had breakfast together, then I ran him to my parents' house while my wife started on the painting. We finished up that coat when I got home and then ran out to finish paying for our new couch and schedule delivery. We headed back home and I painted a second coat while she worked on some other things. My parents dropped him off early evening, and we had a family movie night in our bed since the living room was off limits and there isn't a lot of play space elsewhere with everything displaced for the carpet.
It's in now, my dad sent me a photo on my phone and it looks really good. I can't wait to get home and see it!
We just had a nice "weekendy weekend." Friday- we actually had sunshine after a solid week if rain, so I put the kids in boots, splashed around & gave them baths.
Sat - swim/gymnastics. Carrot moved up to gymnastics 1, which I am happy about, but our YMCA has funky scheduling & now we have to drive to a further one on a different day.
L's brother wanted some uncle time, so we had a date . We ended up going to my favorite resale clothing shop, scored L a brand new dress with tags, on clearance for $7(!!!!) for a wedding in a few weeks. Went to the mall (dorks) for more kid free shopping, and dinner.
Saturday we went to the gym and left the kids in daycare there for the first time. We did a track workout together and we are still suffering the consequences of too many squats. I went to the coffee shop in the afternoon to work on job and committee stuff and then went to the consignment store to look for outfits for their 1st birthday pro pics. It was about the luckiest I've ever gotten there - I found perfect, coordinating outfits for them, as well as linen pants (Janie and Jack - $4!) and a white polo for him as a backup outfit. (I already have a backup for her.) Dinner, bedtime, watched some TV.
Sunday the babies were in terrible moods, ugh. I took them to Home Depot to pick up a few things and got some parenting advice from an employee. THANKS HOME DEPOT GUY. DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS A CHILD IMPROVEMENT STORE. They took good naps in the afternoon and then we went to our friend's 1st birthday party. There were a lot of people there and I felt over-stimulated, so I'm guessing the babies did too They were in a better mood though, so it was OK. We had dinner and played WIi with my parents afterward, and my dad checked out our car and declared it a good buy. Cleaned and watched Bob's Burgers when we got home.
Post by rikkiandjulie on Apr 15, 2013 12:34:22 GMT -5
Friday-Sunday work.
Saturday evening I picked up an awesome table from goodwill for $8 that I'm going to rehab. Ill post before and afters later. My dear friend and I always leave Goodwill with a project
Post by never2amazing on Apr 15, 2013 12:49:35 GMT -5
I don't remember anything except yesterday. It was a beautiful day. We went to the park. The Kiddos rode the train and played in the park. They ate shaved ice...no syrup or anything, just ice...they LOVED it. We bought another cup for the drive home. We spent $6 on ice...but it was worth it to see the looks on their faces! On the drive home the Kiddos fell asleep and so did I. C drove us around the country-side for over an hour and a half. It was so wonderful of her. We had pizza for dinner; C and Little man cleaned the playroom (C was in search of her driver's license that Peanut took out of C's purse); then it was upstairs to stories and bedtime. It was a great day.
This weekend we took the boys to meet M's grandfather. It was a great trip except for commentary regarding J's reflux. We did take our first family photo. Let's see if I can post it. Oh and don't tell M (if you know me on FB) that I posted it hehehe as she hates it.
Post by seattlekari on Apr 15, 2013 14:15:33 GMT -5
Friday: I picked up E from school and we ate dinner on our way to our final children's theatre play of this season. We saw Adventures with Spot. It was a really great production, even better than I expected and seriously funny. E and I laughed a lot. But I was reminded of why we don't normally do much on Fridays, E was tired and clingy at the play and passed out in the car on the way home. I got her tucked into bed and then woke up A so we could visit and have some adult time before going back to bed (her working nights is a pain for trying to have a life on the weekends).
Saturday: E woke us up shortly after 8 and A said she was wide awake, so she got up with E and let me stay in bed where I sadly couldn't sleep more though I wanted to. We made pancakes with fresh strawberries for brunch and then went through some clothes that A picked up for E on the cheap for camping/hiking/etc. Then we got ready and headed into the city. The place we wanted to hit for dinner was closed until after we needed to be at derby, so we tried an Italian place next door that was meh. Then we ran through a huge hail storm to the car and went to roller derby. Both of my girls were fading before 8pm, so we made an early departure and everyone was in bed as soon as we were home.
Sunday: E was up early and we rallied and went to brunch at a place we'd not tried in a rural town nearby. It wasn't anything we'll go back for. But on the way there, we'd passed a place I hadn't noticed before that sells cider, so we stopped on the way back. They make their own cider both regular and hard, yum! They also sell a variety of produce, meat, a ton of different beers and hard ciders by the bottle, we were in heaven. So we spent some time picking up a number of things to try and A got some groceries to make a stew. When we got home, A took some time to teach E how to use a steel fire starter to make sparks to light a camp fire. Then E and I went to the store while A took a nap and then I made a mediterranean style chicken pasta dish for dinner. After dinner A had to head for home/back to work and we were all sad for the weekend to end.