Too much going on

I can't seem to make any weeknight plans that I'm ok with.  Hannah wants to spend every afternoon at the park, and everytime there's something going on at school, we should do that too.  Tonight is the Scholastic Book Fair, and while I appreciate reading, and want to instill a love of it in my children... I do NOT love going to her school, cramming ourselves into the tiniest library on earth, and buying overpriced books that I could get at Savers for $.69 each.  Steven's also working late this week doing a motor job, so it's solo for me and the kids.  Last night he took some ASE tests and didn't get home until 10pm.  At least the bonus there for me was that I could watch Black Swan without any ridiculous comments and questions.

Happy Mother's Day

And it was.  Peaceful like no other, with the possible exception of last year, when for some reason I wasn't able to see my own mother.  Everyone came over here and we had spaghetti and meatballs, and oodles of desserts.  Donny came, and stayed most of the day, which was nice since he wasn't feeling at all well in the morning.  All the nieces came over too, so I had a houseful, and everyone spent lots of time being social.

I always feel a little guilty when people come over and my mom is also here.  I so rarely see her, that my time gets monopolized when she's available.  I know I should spend time talking to everyone, but I miss just being able to see her whenever I feel like it.

Otherwise we had a nice bottle of wine, good food, and good company.  My brother got good news about his stint in the National Guard, and after everyone left we ran out to a couple stores and just did our little family thing.

More Sick

Though amazingly enough this time, it's NOT Hannah.  I know, I was surprised too.  Steven's got some killer stomach bug.  He can't keep anything down, and at the moment he's napping.  Of course in a fit of insanity he managed to use the carpet cleaner to wash the carpet and all the living room furniture, so none of that is useable at the moment.  He kept forgetting they were wet and stumbling in to crash on the couch, only to realize he had to head back into the bedroom.  We had plans with some friends for today, but I asked them if we could postpone to another weekend, since who knows how contagious he is.  Fortunately Ellie will be turning 3 this month, and the resulting birthday party is in two weeks.  So we'll plan to be there.

I also had to mention to everyone else that he was sick and that we might have to cancel tomorrow also.  Mother's day with all the Mothers looks like it might have to wait.  They will all understand, should it come down to that.  Because in all honesty, I don't really look forward to cooking and cleaning up after everyone alone on Mother's day, so hopefully he's feeling better, or we'll just do it another day. 

I love weekends!

We had a lovely weekend, and some super weather to go with it.  Friday afternoon at dinner time, Sara and Zach came with their dog, Dylan.  The kids played outside with them for over an hour, and then hung out inside while getting ready for bed.  Saturday brought a trip with them up to Grampy and Mimi's house, a really great walk around the Berlin Reservoir, some mega wedding planning and a wedding dress fashion show.  Yesterday we had more fabulous weather.  We headed over to Forest Park and did the walk for MS in honor of Sam, our neighbor.  The weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold.  A long walk for Steven's knee, but he managed.  Then we came home and rearranged some things, played outside, had a great grilled dinner, and just relaxed.  A fabulous weekend all around.  I love it. 

Next weekend we have more wonderful plans, seeing as we have friends we haven't visited in ages, and it's Mother's Day!

Why?

Why after what felt like the longest winter in history, can I not get my kids to go play outside?!  It's crazy.  Yesterday they stayed in playing Polly Pockets, and the day before Norah only wanted to play LPS.  It's very frustrating.  Hopefully this weekend they'll spend more time outside.  It's supposed to still be nice, and their fabulous Auntie and Uncle to be are coming for a visit.  They'll be here sometime tomorrow afternoon I think, so if Hannah's lucky, they'll be waiting for her when I bring her back from school.

April Showers

Are drowning us!  I almost can't remember when we saw a whole day that had no rain in it!  We're looking forward to the next few days where it will be nice and warm, but still with the rain.  It's never ending.  Maybe we need to build an ark. 

The good news is it's getting to be warm.  So I'm going to start packing up a few of the long sleeve shirts in favor of more short sleeves.  It's going to be May and in another month, Memorial Day will be here.  So we'll need to find the warm weather clothes.  I remember both girls wearing shorts last year at that time.  Today though, it's all about short sleeves and capri leggings with the skirts. 

Happy Easter!

Easter is super late this year, so I was really hoping for some fabulous weather.  After yesterday where it was cold, rainy, and generally gross... today was a real blessing.  It was very foggy when the girls got up to see what the Easter Bunny brought them, but by the time we got out of church, the sun was peeking out.  After a stop for a post church breakfast at Friendly's (Per Steven, exactly how it was done when he was a kid) the sun was full out and it was almost 70, which is lovely!  We headed over to Meme's house to have an afternoon of fun.  The girls had more easter treats there, and got to hunt for eggs.  Amanda came over with her friend Ashley and the girls had them running at their beck and call all afternoon.  Yes it clouded over later, and we got more rain, but that little bit of sun and warmth this morning really has me ready for fabulous weather and summer fun!