Weekend Report

Remember how at the beginning of the week on my daybook I was very ambitious about all I was going to accomplish last week.  Here's what I said I would do:

• read a lot of books
• finish a puzzle
• bake
• art project
• school with Grace
• finish Hannah's math workbook

Here's what I actually accomplished:

• finished my puzzle
• made lemon bars for the cookie exchange and the easiest white chocolate popcorn in the world 

See, I told you Leisa--on Monday morning I have lofty ambitions for my week and all that will be accomplished.  It isn't long before reality sets in and most of it doesn't get done.  Tomorrow's a new week though, with a new list of ambitions.

Weekend Update

Does Thursday count as the weekend? It will for today because I'm including it in this blog post. Thursday night we had two of the Smith kids over for a sleepover. This is the first time Joe has had a friend sleepover. As you can tell from the hilarious picture below, he was just a little bit excited.

For this one, Levi planned the "pose." He was too cute.

The girls!

Saturday afternoon Hannah was in a Christmas performance for theatre. It was really the 4-6 year old class's recital but Hannah helps out with that class so is also in the performance. She got to be a cute little elf.

Here we have Grace, Joe, and Jake fooling around outside while waiting for the show to start.

Hannah is the one on the end.

Last night we were back at the theatre for "Bridge to Terabithia." The show was wonderful! These kids only had 4 or 5 two hour rehearsals and did an amazing job! Today we went to church and then later to the park for Levi and Abby's birthday party. And that was our weekend! Oh yeah, and we went to a bonfire on Friday night with some church folks. Never a dull moment around here. I don't know when the last time I was bored. It's been a long while!

Weekend Update

Nothing terribly exciting around here.  Just the way I like it...for a little while at least.  It's a cycle with me.  I crave busyness and things to do and then I get too many things to do and start to feel like a hamster in a wheel and then I crave calm and quiet again.  Until it gets too calm.  Actually, is it ever too calm with three kids?  So, I've been craving calm this weekend and have found it halfway.  We haven't had too much going on this weekend and I'm starting to feel a little less stressed.  I've had my weekly Sunday afternoon nap and feel ready to conquer the world--well, not quite the world but Mt. Laundry is looking conquerable and so is the bathroom and maybe even the kitchen but I'm not going to get too ambitious.  

Ollie took the kids to the science center yesterday while I went to a baby shower.  It was fun as baby showers usually are for people like me.  I love to eat and I love to chat it up and talk about babies.  I even love the corny games.  The cornier the better.  We did the melted candy bar in a diaper game.  My warped sense of humor wants so bad to put some real poop in one of them and watch as some0ne takes a big whiff.  Whoo-- I can get myself really laughing thinking about that one.  I know, third grade potty humor.  What can I say, I got stuck in third grade humor-wise.  Don't judge me for it.  So, after the shower I crashed on the couch for a good half hour (not long enough) before the family arrived home.  I wanted my time alone in my house to last longer than that but oh well.  They live here too and I've tried locking them out but it doesn't work.  I guess in about 15 years I'll have my house to myself more than I want.  We went for a night walk last night that was fun.  It's so nice to get out in the cool, night air.  The kids love walking at night when they should be in bed.  The stars were beautiful to see.  Once we got back in I watched some Britcoms, anybody else like those?  

Today, we've gone to church and then to the local Y for some baptisms.  I always love to see people get baptized.  Then home for lunch, some reading, and a nap.  You can't ask for a better Sunday.  How was your weekend?