Weekend ransoms anyone?

[dizzycooks]

I’ve got time on my hands. Third weekend out of four that someone in this house is puking. So tired of the sick. At least it’s a crummy day outside.
I guess this would be a good time to do some of that cleaning I was complaining about?? 😝

[momin2013]

My DH has a man cold, so basically...FML.

I'm trying to decide which is more annoying: toddler whining, or grown man fever-moaning.

DS and I just made chocolate chip cookies with some m&m's mixed in, so that's one good thing. I'm also considering doing some day drinking shortly to celebrate this fine Fall weather...

[auroraloo]

My children are holding my time for ransom.

DD and I did a Build-a-bear date today. She's 4 and still uses a pacifier (judge away, I judge myself daily) so we put 2 of them in a Tempest Shadow Pony today and did lunch. We kept one for use at bedtime only and then spent the rest of the day saying NO when she asked for one. Sigh.

DH and DS went to the science museum. Tomorrow we may go get pumpkins (we were holding off until our house sold) and look around inside the new house for the first time.

[nicolewi]

auroraloo, good luck with the paci. My DD2 was totally addicted and getting rid of them was HARD. How did it go with the new house?

dizzycooks, I hope everyone is better.

My big kids were off school Thursday & Friday so we went to my parents' house. GORGEOUS weather. Could not have been more perfect and the leaves were beautiful. I was outside in flip flops, shorts and a tee shirt in late October in Wisconsin! We had a great time. Went to a big petting farm/pumpkin farm place that was just adorable. Saturday my mom had free tickets to a special kids' showing of "Shrek". They had some Halloween activities there before the show and the kids got popcorn, candy and drinks. Then we just hung around and played outside/went to the park/grilled out. One the downside, DD somehow lost her brand-new, really nice Gap hoodie and I was not pleased. It just vanished. We looked everywhere. All I can think is that it got mixed into the neighbor's big leaf piles before they took them to the compost dump site. She lost a fleece at school last week, but that was a hand-me-down so I didn't care much.

We drove back today and had a stop from hell at Carter's & Oshkosh on the way. My 2 year old screamed and cried like the entire time at the second store but we had to finish the errand. I'm sure I was being judged. Anyway, we made it home now and are chilling out watching football.

This week is going to be super busy and I'm already stressed about getting everything ready for TOT, class parties, the big school fall fest, and the grown-up party we're supposed to attend. I only have like one costume totally ready to go. Might try to run some errands this afternoon since DH is home.

[court26]

Fall sports have come to an end! A break for a few weeks until winter sports begin.....but it still feels good!

[lexus]

No one is going to comment on the ransoms? Lol

We had a busy weekend. Friday night, we made PB & J for the homeless with Girl Scouts. Saturday morning I got some reading done for grad school and went to my kickboxing class. Then I took the kids out to some open house events at a historical site and the fire station. In the evening, we had dd's school carnival. This morning the kids and I went shopping at Target and Costco. Now the baby is taking a nap and I'm about to get some planning done for work and more homework done for the classes I'm taking.

[auroraloo]

Oct 22, 2017 15:20:05 GMT -5 lexus said:

No one is going to comment on the ransoms? Lol

I did! 

New house is chugging along. We close on our current house on December 7th and will be homeless for at least a month. Hopefully it will just be 3-4 weeks and we can suck it up at my mom's. Otherwise we have to find an apartment for a couple months. We should get a closing date soon. 

[cjcouple]

Such a packed weekend! Two soccer games Saturday morning, followed by a classmate of DS2 had a BDay party. Then I had a sleepover at my place for DS1 and 4 friends. We did an outdoor movie, Jurassic World. Haha.

Sunday, Bs friends were picked up at 10 and we had a pumpkin carving party at 1. Then went to my sisters last night for dinner. My niece was in from out of town and they were smoking brisket and ribs.

All fun stuff but now I am exhausted.