It's Friday!

[mommyatty]

What do you have?

We are running a 5k tomorrow morning, as a family. All dressed alike. Oy.

The weather is supposed to be amazing, so I'm hoping for some outside activities. Also, figuring out how to do an applique on the new sewing machine. So excited about that!

Random: I hate that every other vehicle on the road now has Vegas-style flashing lights. Those should be saved for first responders. Not school buses, garbage trucks, construction crew pickups, 18 wheelers, and the random granny who thinks they look neat.

[judyblume14]

It's my big girl's birthday today. Her pool party is this Sunday, where it'll be a blazing 69 degrees. Sunday is also our anniversary - I'm sure we'll forget.

[twinmomma]

I've got a bridal shower tomorrow afternoon. Thankfully MIL, both SILs, and a friend are all going, so I'll have people to socialize with.
On Sunday, DH is taking the kids to a birthday party while I go pick up an amazing gift for our kids. We're getting them this incredible, handmade Victorian style dollhouse FOR FREE from a friend of DH's aunt. The pictures of it are incredible. Our plan is to put it away until Christmas, since it'll be so freaking cool under the tree with a big bow on it. And that gives me time to purge the playroom and find a home for it.

[erinshelley21]

Today is my dad's birthday so my brother and I are going to get his favorite lunch together. I'm hoping we can start reaching a decision on the business front.

The guy that lives behind us is have a "huge house party" for the ENTIRE weekend. There will be camping, bands and all kinds of shit I just don't want to deal with. It happened last year and it resulted in at least 25 cars turning around in our driveway and it was only one day. One of the singers has a much larger following now so I have no idea what to expect. DH works so the kids and I are going to stay at my mom's for at least tonight and maybe tomorrow night depending on how rowdy it gets tonight. This guy is supposed to be losing the house so I'm hoping he gets kicked out soon.

Tomorrow I'm having lunch with a BFF to use her as a sounding board. She's an excellent listener and very encouraging.

DH works on Sunday so I'm not sure what the kids and I will do.

[saraml13]

DS1 starts a new round of swim classes tomorrow. We are hopefully assembling the 60 year old playhouse that we've been restoring. I've got lots of yardwork on my list as well.

[frozenpeas]

erinshelley21--hugs on your dad's birthday. My siblings and I do the same thing on the anniversary of our dad's birthday. We don't all live in the same city, but we all eat his favorite foods that day and usually share pictures & favorite stories. We feel silly, but it's our way of honoring his memory "together" even though we're apart. We're a very food-centric family!

[2chatter]

DD has a playdate here after school (only notable because I now have a meeting during and at her play date yesterday they broke her bed by all flopping on it at one time) and oldest is going to the park with friends. DS is going to be a hot mess. Friends are coming over to swim tonight and the kids went to school in sweatshirts. DD goes to a sleepover.

Tomorrow we have soccer (first outdoor game fingers crossed) for DS and Biofeedback for DD.
I am hoping to talk DH into going out to dinner in a new shopping area. Without a specific plan. We will see if that happens.

Sunday church and errands and a party (DD). The gift closet is empty and I need to restock it.

Pretty light weekend, I am excited for some down time!

[sudokufan]

TGIF. No idea what we're doing this weekend; it's the only one this month where I have nothing scheduled. I'm hoping to do some sewing, and I think DS wants to bake "kelp cakes" so we may do that.

[frozenpeas]

Random: Can we all agree that 8 minutes is far too long to wait to begin a 30 minute conference call while everyone assembles? This isn't the first time I've encountered this, but it's making me irrationally annoyed this morning.

My annoyance is compounded by the fact that the invite was cryptic and I have no idea what this call is supposed to be about.

[erinshelley21]

Sept 8, 2017 8:54:32 GMT -5 frozenpeas said:

erinshelley21 --hugs on your dad's birthday. My siblings and I do the same thing on the anniversary of our dad's birthday. We don't all live in the same city, but we all eat his favorite foods that day and usually share pictures & favorite stories. We feel silly, but it's our way of honoring his memory "together" even though we're apart. We're a very food-centric family!

The first couple years my brother and I took a shot a Crown at midnight but stopped when I got pregnant with DS. 

[supertrooper1]

I have OT tonight and Sunday, so I took tomorrow off so I could have some downtime, since it's likely I would be assigned OT during the day on Saturday. I plan on going to the Greek festival in our area. It is one of my favorite things all year that I look forward to. The food is amazing. It will probably just be DS and me, so I'll let him play in the bouncy house at the festival for a while (DH is freaked by bouncy houses will all of the news reports of them blowing away).

[Covergirl82]

I'm excited that we don't have a ton of plans this weekend. It feels like the summer was non-stop and weekends were packed, so I'm looking forward to a quieter Fall. I'm hoping to catch up on some TV shows, since I generally don't watch TV on weekday evenings.

Saturday morning DS has a flag football game, then the afternoon is open, and then DH has his bowling league in the evening. I think I'm going to see if the kids want to go get dinner somewhere.

Sunday we have church, an open afternoon, and then our small group in the evening.

Random: DH and I sent in DNA samples (spit in a tube) to Ancestry.com to find out our heritage. I'm excited to get it back, but we won't get the results for about 6 weeks. When the kits go on sale again (I'm assuming around Thanksgiving), we're going to get a kit for each of the kids. My kids don't even look like siblings, so I'm really interested to see if the combination of heritage they received from me and DH is also very different.

[judyblume14]

erinshelley21, that's a sweet way to remember your dad. What's for lunch?

[supertrooper1]

Covergirl82, I did the Ancestry DNA test a couple of years ago and it was really cool to see the breakdown.

[judyblume14]

saraml13's post made me remember that this week's swim class will be DD1's first non-Mommy-and-Me class. This is life-changing. Since we don't have to be in the pool with her, it means that one of us can take BOTH girls to swim class, and the other can get stuff done around the house!

[2chatter]

frozenpeas - are we on the same call? I'm yawning my head off. And annoyed.

[saraml13]

Sept 8, 2017 9:40:12 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

saraml13 's post made me remember that this week's swim class will be DD1's first non-Mommy-and-Me class. This is life-changing. Since we don't have to be in the pool with her, it means that one of us can take BOTH girls to swim class, and the other can get stuff done around the house!

We're still doing a parent-child class with DS1. Because of schedules, we haven't done swim classes since last winter. I'm hoping that this session will go well and then we can do child-only classes next session.  In the winter, we'll probably start DS2 on swim lessons as well.  I'm a little intimidated by getting both kids in and out of all their swim gear, though.

[mustardseed2007]

Sept 8, 2017 9:10:27 GMT -5 frozenpeas said:

Random: Can we all agree that 8 minutes is far too long to wait to begin a 30 minute conference call while everyone assembles? This isn't the first time I've encountered this, but it's making me irrationally annoyed this morning.

My annoyance is compounded by the fact that the invite was cryptic and I gave no idea what this call is supposed to be about.

You know what I hate? Being in that same situation and then having the organizer of the meeting turn to you and say "Mustardseed, can you lead us off"....um no I can't. I don't know why the fuck we're here. 

[judyblume14]

saraml13, we've been doing year round with DD1 for over a year now, no breaks (we have a pool in our backyard, and will continue year round lessons until she's married). Our swim school starts group lessons at 3yo (at the earliest). They have to meet a bunch of little milestones, and the teacher needs to feel that the kid is mature enough (ie- she has to be comfortable having them in class without mom and dad).

We'll be starting DD2 next spring, a few months before our pool opens.

[sweetptater]

DH has been out of town since Wednesday and won't be home until Sunday afternoon. I have no idea what to do with the kids. We had people at our house all last weekend and, since I'm a total introvert, hanging out at home all day Saturday and doing nothing sounds AMAZING. But my mom-guilt is telling me I should get the kids out of the house and actually take them to DO something. Maybe I can compromise with myself and keep them home, but make them play outside and off their iPads/TV.

Sunday is church and DS's first flag football practice.

[phdmomma]

This weekend the kids have swim lessons, on Saturday morning. There is a football game at the university, which will make our neighborhood a zoo (we live right by the stadium). Tailgating is big where we live, and DS wants to have an apple cider stand? So I will help him with that after swim. There is also a work picnic during the game about a mile away to welcome new graduate students, that I think that I will drop into for a little bit, but I'm not sure. Sunday is church and taking DS to target to make his birthday list for the families and pick out the plates etc for his birthday next month. Our families really like having an amazon birthday list for him that they can just order off of, but its easier to go get him to pick things at the store that he likes, and then I add them to amazon later.

[erinshelley21]

Sept 8, 2017 9:35:29 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

erinshelley21 , that's a sweet way to remember your dad. What's for lunch?

turkey bacon club, french fries and a diet coke. He used to eat it almost weekly.

[judyblume14]

erinshelley21, that man had good taste. Enjoy!

[katrine05]

Busy weekend ahead. DD has gymnastics tomorrow morning. We then need to go to our rental and swap a toilet, clean it up (we've been renovating), take pictures and finally post it back up for rental. Need to go grocery shopping, clean the house, and make a cake for my mom's birthday Sunday. It's her 50th. Having people over for brunch Sunday to celebrate. Then get ready for the week ahead. I got my ass kicked this week so I need to be better organized for next week.

[waverly]

DH had to fly home for a funeral today. He is back early tomorrow morning. Breakfast out and other stuff on Saturday. I have to work a half day on Sunday, and I have Monday off. Maybe will start back at church Sunday morning? They have less people in the summer and have less services so we have gotten into the habit of skipping in the summer and going during the school year.

[2chatter]

judyblume14 - I am picturing a snarky 28 year old in swim class and it's striking me as super funny!

I need to get on this, but it is a CF. The swim deadlines are first, then sports schedules come out. How do people do both!?! It's making me crazy.

[sudokufan]

Anyone have ideas for me for a picnic potluck? I can refrigerate, but not reheat, and something I can prep a couple days ahead would be ideal, since I need to carve a watermelon the night before. I'm thinking of doing some kind of ham rollup since we seem to be light on proteins.

[supertrooper1]

Here is the website for Equifax to see if you might have been affected by the hack. You put in your last 6 of your SSN and your last name, and it will give you a date to come back and enroll in their protection.

www.equifaxsecurity2017.com/

[judyblume14]

Sept 8, 2017 11:06:21 GMT -5 2chatter said:

judyblume14 - I am picturing a snarky 28 year old in swim class and it's striking me as super funny!

I need to get on this, but it is a CF. The swim deadlines are first, then sports schedules come out. How do people do both!?! It's making me crazy.

2chatter, you are the busiest person I "know." if anyone can figure out how to to do swim class AND sports... it's you.

With a 3yo (! Ahh! She's THREE!), and a <1yo, swim is our only activity. Including the drive and changing, it takes up approximately 90 minutes per week. So we literally just take any class they offer on Sat or Sun. It will be annoying when we sign DD2 up, if their classes aren't at the same time, or right bfore/after one another.

We're also waiting til the spring to put DD1 in a sport or dance. So, we have about 7 more months of being naive about kids' logistics.

[judyblume14]

sudokufan, sausage and cheese cube tooth picks?


And a fancy mustard? (From a jar, of course)