Last night my parents came over to watch the kids so that Joe and I could go out for a little while. I love these times, it is so nice to be able to catch up with my husband without the never-ending "Mommy" yells that are guaranteed to interrupt or to be able to sit and enjoy food that I didn't cook and use dishes that I don't have to clean! We have begun going to a restaurant called Fuji Jade Gardens that has a very well stocked bar (essential to date night ;)) hibachi, full Japanese menu, full Chinese menu and tons of sushi to try. Both Joe and I have really enjoyed trying new foods, and simply experimenting with things that we never have had or thought we would ever eat. It has been fun! Last night was no exception. One of our friends was there, he is a regular there, convinced us to try some Sashimi. For those of you who may not know the difference between Sushi and Sashimi, the sashimi is served as raw fish with no rice. I am not talking about the little sliver of raw fish that is in most sushi but rather a slice of raw filet served on a plate with wasabi and ginger!
As someone who grew up eating NO seafood because my mom wasn't a fan, this was a real test. Since I met Joe, I have tasted and come to love several types of seafood but there is still a hurdle to jump when it comes to raw fish or raw meat of any kind. I have enjoyed trying different kinds of sushi and that was a huge step forward but last night when we were asked to try Sashimi, I really wasn't sure. I didn't want to look like an idiot or a baby for not trying it so I figured why not. Worst comes to worst, I hate it and don't eat any more. We had raw Salmon, Tuna and Yellowtail and Smoked Salmon (which I've had before). Much to my surprise I actually enjoyed it! I took a bite of each one plain and then tried the rest of the piece with soy sauce. I figured this way I could test and get a true taste for it before I drowned it in salt! I was not a fan of the Yellowtail, actually almost gagged at one point. Not because of the flavor but rather the texture of that piece was just a bit much. The salmon and tuna were definitely my favorite.
I am not sure that I would order more then a piece or two at any given time but I was very proud of myself for trying it and even more excited that I had widened my views on seafood!
I look forward to trying more fun food at Fuji and other places but most of all, I look forward to the next date night with my best friend!
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Neverending Clothes
Over the last few weeks I have been getting out the spring and summer clothes for the kids as well as going through all the clothes that are too small, etc. I have tub after tub of clothes from Darling and Duke that I was keeping for Kayleigh and J not to mention the tubs of baby clothes that I am keeping for some reason. It seems like no matter how much head way I make, the pile never gets smaller and the kids still need clothes! How is it that I have so much stuff and someone is always in need of something? So that has been my challenge for the past few weeks and I am sad to say that I am not yet done with it! I am getting there. I have made enough progress that if something is stained or has a hole, it has been trashed! That is saying something.
My goal for the end of the Easter break is to have the spring and summer clothes organized into the kids rooms (also doesn't help that here it is the end of March and kids are still layered in winter clothes!) and all the winter stuff that they are still using in another temporary spot in the room. If I accomplish that, BIG IF, I will then tackle the clothes that are too small for all four children. I am not sure if I am ready to get rid of them all, even though I am pretty certain we are done. It seems that actually parting with those clothes is a huge step and too final for me but we shall see!
The other thorn in my side when it comes to the kids clothes is the organizing in tubes. I love the convenience of the big Rubbermaid tubs and the way they stack so nicely in garage but how am I suppose to organize by season, etc when I am trying to put four different size clothes and 2 different gender clothes together. I go through the bins of Dukes clothes in sizes 18mo-3T for J but then have to dig past the 4T-5T clothes of Darlings. There has to be an easier way.
So that is my update on my life and the hassle of the children's clothes. Maybe I will be rich one day after I figure a better way to handle these clothes!!! ;)
My goal for the end of the Easter break is to have the spring and summer clothes organized into the kids rooms (also doesn't help that here it is the end of March and kids are still layered in winter clothes!) and all the winter stuff that they are still using in another temporary spot in the room. If I accomplish that, BIG IF, I will then tackle the clothes that are too small for all four children. I am not sure if I am ready to get rid of them all, even though I am pretty certain we are done. It seems that actually parting with those clothes is a huge step and too final for me but we shall see!
The other thorn in my side when it comes to the kids clothes is the organizing in tubes. I love the convenience of the big Rubbermaid tubs and the way they stack so nicely in garage but how am I suppose to organize by season, etc when I am trying to put four different size clothes and 2 different gender clothes together. I go through the bins of Dukes clothes in sizes 18mo-3T for J but then have to dig past the 4T-5T clothes of Darlings. There has to be an easier way.
So that is my update on my life and the hassle of the children's clothes. Maybe I will be rich one day after I figure a better way to handle these clothes!!! ;)
Monday, March 25, 2013
Yet another snow day...
Here it is, March 25 and the kids have another snow day. I am truly beginning to think we may be in for the LONGEST winter ever at this rate. We may be wearing snow clothes on the 4th of July. This weather also is not helping anyone in house with our desire to move back south. Today at the breakfast table, Duke said something about the snow day and Kayleigh chimed in with, its a snow day....not a beach day. Then made an adorable little pouty face!
So my plan now is to figure out how to keep my sanity while having a fun day with the kids. This wouldn't be such a big deal for one day but the problem is the kids only go to school 2 days this week, now with the snow day, they only go tomorrow! What am I suppose to do with the kids for a snow day today then WED, THUR, FRI and then the following MON off of school? It's not like it will be warm and they can go run outside all day with the neighbors...no, it will be cold and yucky! Fingers crossed we will all make it through and still love each other! :)
Another note on this week off...I have to figure out how to get all my errands (most of which a giant bunny needs to accomplish) without the kids. Or at least the big kids. Yikes, this might be trouble.
Next thing on my agenda...school registration for next year....holy smokes! Where does the time go?
Well here is to hoping that we survive the rest of March and that April warms up FAST!
So my plan now is to figure out how to keep my sanity while having a fun day with the kids. This wouldn't be such a big deal for one day but the problem is the kids only go to school 2 days this week, now with the snow day, they only go tomorrow! What am I suppose to do with the kids for a snow day today then WED, THUR, FRI and then the following MON off of school? It's not like it will be warm and they can go run outside all day with the neighbors...no, it will be cold and yucky! Fingers crossed we will all make it through and still love each other! :)
Another note on this week off...I have to figure out how to get all my errands (most of which a giant bunny needs to accomplish) without the kids. Or at least the big kids. Yikes, this might be trouble.
Next thing on my agenda...school registration for next year....holy smokes! Where does the time go?
Well here is to hoping that we survive the rest of March and that April warms up FAST!
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
First Day of Spring
Happy First Day of Spring!
It is finally spring, winter is over but the problem is...it doesn't feel like spring. The high is only 34 today and it is snowing. There is already snow on the ground and more coming from the sky, not to mention there is more in the forecast to come. It is depressing.
The groundhog lied...
Now that my little rant is over, I am so happy it is spring. It means that at some point the weather will warm up, summer is getting closer and closer and baseball starts soon! Yay.
Everyone enjoy the first days of spring.
It is finally spring, winter is over but the problem is...it doesn't feel like spring. The high is only 34 today and it is snowing. There is already snow on the ground and more coming from the sky, not to mention there is more in the forecast to come. It is depressing.
The groundhog lied...
Now that my little rant is over, I am so happy it is spring. It means that at some point the weather will warm up, summer is getting closer and closer and baseball starts soon! Yay.
Everyone enjoy the first days of spring.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Snow Day
Don't get me started on having a Snow Day in middle march, 2 days before Spring starts but we had one. On Saturday we had gotten 2-3 inches of snow and it was still covering the ground come Monday morning. We were predicted to get another big storm early Monday morning through Tuesday morning. Much like our school district has done in the past, they jumped the gun and called school off for the day. I woke up to nothing happening outside but hey, it was early and school wouldn't have even begun for 1.5 hours. Well "bus stop" time rolls around and nothing. Then lunch time, then the time they kids would've been getting home had they had an early dismissal, still nothing. At 1:40 it began to snow. A few flurries at first then blizzard! For the next 4 hours or so, it snowed. By the end, we had received 3-4 inches of snow, roads were a mess and the weather prediction was right, only LATE! So the kids had a the day off and now have to make it up in June! So frustrating, but the thing that is more frustrating about snow days in general but this one in particular....the kids need a break from each other!
It is middle of March and still "winter" weather outside. The kids have been inside the four walls of our house for way too long! They are on each others nerves (and on mine!) and they are bored. How they are bored, I do not know because they have more toys and Toys R Us but that is another story for another day! Two weeks ago, they had a little spring break (3 days off) and it was cold and wintery outside. These kids need some warm weather and a LONG day off playing outside! Yesterday they wanted to play in the snow. Perfect, get them outside, fresh air, even though its cold they can handle it. So I proceeded to get the snow gear out for the three older ones and get them the dressed. That is one time consuming task. Once they were bundled and ready to go, out they went. They played for awhile, close to an hour and then one by one they approached the door with looks of pure pain from the cold fingers and red cheeks. As the came in, I got them underdressed, a cup of hot chocolate and turned on a movie. Okay, maybe this day isn't going to be that bad after all. Then I looked at the clock....9:58am! Oh my, it wasn't even 10 AM and they were already done outside. :( I had a HUGE pile of wet snow clothes sitting by the back door, a line of snowy snow boots melting all over the towel they were set on. Time for some new plans!
As I begin to rack my brain on things to keep my children from fighting all day or sending me to the looney bin, I get some ideas. Of course these ideas involve my help, therefore my list of chores to do around the house has been pushed until the next day but hey, what are snow days for. When the movie was over, we all retreated to the basement to build one heck of a pillow fort. While that was fun and time consuming I knew it wouldn't last. It was getting close to lunch time so I told the kids I had to do a few things upstairs and I would be back down. About 15 minutes later I returned with 4 plates of food and a blanket for an indoor picnic! Kids LOVE doing this. We picked a show on TV that everyone could agree on...that is a task in itself...and went along eating our lunch. Mmmm...
When lunch was over, a full blown game of Ninjas broke out! Whoa, that escalated quickly! ;) After being the bad guy for way too long, I needed a break and took J up for his nap. I then decided to see how long it would be until I was missed in the basement. I was able to get some cleaning done and a few emails/phone calls done before the parade of children one by one exited the basement for the worlds silliest reasons!
The kids decided they then wanted to go back outside. Okay, why not. So we spent the next 20 minutes getting snow clothes on and playing the mystery of the single glove. Of course their gloves from their first outing were still wet and the kids weren't happy with that and every new pair of glove I pulled from the drawer caused a raucous. Finally after telling one child they would were "this" pair or NO gloves and another that no one would see him wearing pink gloves, they went on their way. This time they played for about an 45 minutes before they began to act like they were ice cubes couldn't help me at all when trying to get their clothes off. At least they got more fresh air!
Next on the snow day list....movie theater in the basement! Kids have been wanted to watch the Nightmare Before Christmas for a few days so I figured it was the perfect time. Everyone went down and took a seat, I brought down popcorn and water bottles and the lights were turned off! Just like a movie theater...but WAY cheaper!
At this point, I had not planned dinner since my original dinner plan involved going to the store and NOT having a snow day so out to the freezer I went. Thankfully, since I had just stocked up the freezer, I had a few choices. Frozen lasagna it is! Dinner...check!
Phew. At that point I knew I would survive the snow day....just hope there isn't another one the next day!!!
It is middle of March and still "winter" weather outside. The kids have been inside the four walls of our house for way too long! They are on each others nerves (and on mine!) and they are bored. How they are bored, I do not know because they have more toys and Toys R Us but that is another story for another day! Two weeks ago, they had a little spring break (3 days off) and it was cold and wintery outside. These kids need some warm weather and a LONG day off playing outside! Yesterday they wanted to play in the snow. Perfect, get them outside, fresh air, even though its cold they can handle it. So I proceeded to get the snow gear out for the three older ones and get them the dressed. That is one time consuming task. Once they were bundled and ready to go, out they went. They played for awhile, close to an hour and then one by one they approached the door with looks of pure pain from the cold fingers and red cheeks. As the came in, I got them underdressed, a cup of hot chocolate and turned on a movie. Okay, maybe this day isn't going to be that bad after all. Then I looked at the clock....9:58am! Oh my, it wasn't even 10 AM and they were already done outside. :( I had a HUGE pile of wet snow clothes sitting by the back door, a line of snowy snow boots melting all over the towel they were set on. Time for some new plans!
As I begin to rack my brain on things to keep my children from fighting all day or sending me to the looney bin, I get some ideas. Of course these ideas involve my help, therefore my list of chores to do around the house has been pushed until the next day but hey, what are snow days for. When the movie was over, we all retreated to the basement to build one heck of a pillow fort. While that was fun and time consuming I knew it wouldn't last. It was getting close to lunch time so I told the kids I had to do a few things upstairs and I would be back down. About 15 minutes later I returned with 4 plates of food and a blanket for an indoor picnic! Kids LOVE doing this. We picked a show on TV that everyone could agree on...that is a task in itself...and went along eating our lunch. Mmmm...
When lunch was over, a full blown game of Ninjas broke out! Whoa, that escalated quickly! ;) After being the bad guy for way too long, I needed a break and took J up for his nap. I then decided to see how long it would be until I was missed in the basement. I was able to get some cleaning done and a few emails/phone calls done before the parade of children one by one exited the basement for the worlds silliest reasons!
The kids decided they then wanted to go back outside. Okay, why not. So we spent the next 20 minutes getting snow clothes on and playing the mystery of the single glove. Of course their gloves from their first outing were still wet and the kids weren't happy with that and every new pair of glove I pulled from the drawer caused a raucous. Finally after telling one child they would were "this" pair or NO gloves and another that no one would see him wearing pink gloves, they went on their way. This time they played for about an 45 minutes before they began to act like they were ice cubes couldn't help me at all when trying to get their clothes off. At least they got more fresh air!
Next on the snow day list....movie theater in the basement! Kids have been wanted to watch the Nightmare Before Christmas for a few days so I figured it was the perfect time. Everyone went down and took a seat, I brought down popcorn and water bottles and the lights were turned off! Just like a movie theater...but WAY cheaper!
At this point, I had not planned dinner since my original dinner plan involved going to the store and NOT having a snow day so out to the freezer I went. Thankfully, since I had just stocked up the freezer, I had a few choices. Frozen lasagna it is! Dinner...check!
Phew. At that point I knew I would survive the snow day....just hope there isn't another one the next day!!!
Monday, March 18, 2013
Couponing....reality
I have begun working out on a daily basis, nothing major, just some workouts at home. To warm up or cool down (depending on the workout of the day) I usually do some stretching/light cardio and watch 15 minutes of something totally dumb on TV. Something that I wouldn't watch for a whole 30 minutes even if I had time to sit down and watch it but rather to keep my mind off how incredible tired I am or how sore I am from the previous days workout! Anyway, the other day I was flipping through channels and found reruns of "Extreme Couponing" on TLC. Why not? I had seen several of these shows when they first aired in 2011 and although I was shocked by them then, I felt the need to watch a snippet of one during my cool down.
The major problem with this show is reality. Coupons are amazing, I have used them for years and do consider myself a coupon pro but this show takes it to the extreme, hence the name. :) Anyway, this show has people leaving the stores with 3-4 carts full of stuff, valued somewhere between 500-2000.00 dollars and they paid only a few dollars. Of course that is going to catch someone's attention, I mean really, who wouldn't like to go to the grocery store and buy $500.00 worth of stuff and pay $0.50? The fact is, you cannot do it! You can do amazing things with coupons, in fact, I have gotten tons of stuff for free or even been paid to take it out of the store but it takes time, is limited in quantity and overall, my family can't live on it!
The episode I watched that day worked out as such....
-Total Before Coupons and Store Discounts- $549
- Total After Store Card - $488
-Total Out of Pocket Spent - $1.26 (Yes, that is only ONE dollar)
Wow, amazing, totally awesome....but....
This entire order consisted of:
10 12pks of Soda
54 Bottles of BBQ sauce
12 Bottle of Spices
2 Gallons of milk
8 12count Toilet Paper
20 Floss
120 Microwave Noodle meals!!!!
3 boxes of Cat food
2 Frozen Pizzas
I am not sure about you, but that isn't going to feed my family for 2 days let alone a week or two! So yes, was it neat to see that you can get ALL that for basically free, of course. Does that mean that you will never pay for groceries again or that you can feed your entire family each month for a grocery budget of $20.00??? NO WAY!!!!
Last week I did a regular grocery shop that included a mini coupon trip and a CVS run. You will learn that I LOVE CVS and have mastered couponing at CVS. We even have a "CVS closet" closet in the kids bathroom that is stocked with toothpaste, mouthwash, shampoo. razors, cleaning supplies and sometimes even multiple packs of diapers! Anyway, my couponing trips last week were not my best by any means, honestly I wasn't trying to get the most possible in one trip, I was getting the really good deals that I couldn't pass up and what we needed that week.
My CVS run down was as follows....
Transaction 1:
2 packs of Pampers Diapers - 2/20.00
1 Pack of Pampers Easy Ups - 10.00
Total Before Coupons- 30.00
Used- 2x $1.50 off diapers coupons
Used- $2.00 off easy ups
Used- $3/10.00 Baby Purchase at CVS
Used- $10.00 ExtraCare Bucks (From a previous week shopping)
Total After- 12.00 cash but received 10.00 back in ECB
Transaction 2:
4 Suave Deodorants - 1.00 each
3 Suave Men Body Wash - 2.00 each
1 bag of CVS Jelly beans- 1.99
1 bag Huggies Wipes - 5.79
Total Before Coupons- 17.78
Used- 2x $0.50 off Deodorant
Used- 2x $0.25 off Deodorant
Used- 2x $0.50 off Body Wash
Used- $2.00 off Huggies big bag wipes
Used- $2.00 off Huggies Wipes (CVS Coupon)
Used- $10.00 ECB from previous transaction
Total After- 1.28 and received 4.99 in ECB
Totals for shopping trip:
-Retail Value- $47.78
-Cash Spent OOP- $13.28 with 4.99 CVS money
I then went to do my regular grocery shopping at our local Giant Foods and made sure to use my coupons to take advantage of the Frozen Food Sales. March is Frozen Food month and our store always puts unbeatable deals on sale. Most of these sales I would purchase without using ANY coupons but just so happened that I could put together one nice frozen food run!
The deal was select foods for the week were spend $25.00 get $15.00 off instantly! That's only $10 for $25 worth of goodies! Only catch, $25 has to be AFTER coupons. Unlike most stores, this is the way Giant usually "gets" you. This week, it didn't matter...I had a plan.
My shopping list included the following "selected" frozen products...
-Super Pretzels (2/4.00)
-Eggo Waffles (3/$5.00)
-Stouffers Family Size Entrée (6.99)
-Viola Family Size Skillet Entrée (5.99)
-McCain Potato Products (3/5.00)
-4x Giant Frozen Veggies (4.00)
-Red Baron Individual Pizzas (2/5.00)
The way it worked out...
Total Before- $35.98
Used- $1/2 Pretzels
Used-$1.50 off Stouffers
Used- 3x $1 McCain Potato
Used- $2.00 off Viola Skillet Meal
Used- $1/2 Eggo Waffles
Used- $1.00 off Red Baron
Total After Coupons- $26.48
Store Frozen Food Deal- $15.00
Total Out of Pocket - $11.48
That is how I use my coupons to effectively save money and feed my family. This is an example of a normal week for us. Of course I have done better and worse and I have had my fair share of carts full of food for mere dollars at the end but NOTHING like the show portrays.
Coupons are awesome and totally worth the effort it takes (which is a lot I might add) but the reality of coupons is what I have here, not thousands of dollars worth of product for pennies. That is simply silly.
Note: I have had a reader ask me to show more of my couponing scenarios in my blog so here is a start. I will make sure to include a post (maybe once a week) with my buys. I hope that seeing this helps everyone realize what you can do with coupons...you don't have to be a hoarder or have an unhealthy diet!!
The major problem with this show is reality. Coupons are amazing, I have used them for years and do consider myself a coupon pro but this show takes it to the extreme, hence the name. :) Anyway, this show has people leaving the stores with 3-4 carts full of stuff, valued somewhere between 500-2000.00 dollars and they paid only a few dollars. Of course that is going to catch someone's attention, I mean really, who wouldn't like to go to the grocery store and buy $500.00 worth of stuff and pay $0.50? The fact is, you cannot do it! You can do amazing things with coupons, in fact, I have gotten tons of stuff for free or even been paid to take it out of the store but it takes time, is limited in quantity and overall, my family can't live on it!
The episode I watched that day worked out as such....
-Total Before Coupons and Store Discounts- $549
- Total After Store Card - $488
-Total Out of Pocket Spent - $1.26 (Yes, that is only ONE dollar)
Wow, amazing, totally awesome....but....
This entire order consisted of:
10 12pks of Soda
54 Bottles of BBQ sauce
12 Bottle of Spices
2 Gallons of milk
8 12count Toilet Paper
20 Floss
120 Microwave Noodle meals!!!!
3 boxes of Cat food
2 Frozen Pizzas
I am not sure about you, but that isn't going to feed my family for 2 days let alone a week or two! So yes, was it neat to see that you can get ALL that for basically free, of course. Does that mean that you will never pay for groceries again or that you can feed your entire family each month for a grocery budget of $20.00??? NO WAY!!!!
Last week I did a regular grocery shop that included a mini coupon trip and a CVS run. You will learn that I LOVE CVS and have mastered couponing at CVS. We even have a "CVS closet" closet in the kids bathroom that is stocked with toothpaste, mouthwash, shampoo. razors, cleaning supplies and sometimes even multiple packs of diapers! Anyway, my couponing trips last week were not my best by any means, honestly I wasn't trying to get the most possible in one trip, I was getting the really good deals that I couldn't pass up and what we needed that week.
My CVS run down was as follows....
Transaction 1:
2 packs of Pampers Diapers - 2/20.00
1 Pack of Pampers Easy Ups - 10.00
Total Before Coupons- 30.00
Used- 2x $1.50 off diapers coupons
Used- $2.00 off easy ups
Used- $3/10.00 Baby Purchase at CVS
Used- $10.00 ExtraCare Bucks (From a previous week shopping)
Total After- 12.00 cash but received 10.00 back in ECB
Transaction 2:
4 Suave Deodorants - 1.00 each
3 Suave Men Body Wash - 2.00 each
1 bag of CVS Jelly beans- 1.99
1 bag Huggies Wipes - 5.79
Total Before Coupons- 17.78
Used- 2x $0.50 off Deodorant
Used- 2x $0.25 off Deodorant
Used- 2x $0.50 off Body Wash
Used- $2.00 off Huggies big bag wipes
Used- $2.00 off Huggies Wipes (CVS Coupon)
Used- $10.00 ECB from previous transaction
Total After- 1.28 and received 4.99 in ECB
Totals for shopping trip:
-Retail Value- $47.78
-Cash Spent OOP- $13.28 with 4.99 CVS money
I then went to do my regular grocery shopping at our local Giant Foods and made sure to use my coupons to take advantage of the Frozen Food Sales. March is Frozen Food month and our store always puts unbeatable deals on sale. Most of these sales I would purchase without using ANY coupons but just so happened that I could put together one nice frozen food run!
The deal was select foods for the week were spend $25.00 get $15.00 off instantly! That's only $10 for $25 worth of goodies! Only catch, $25 has to be AFTER coupons. Unlike most stores, this is the way Giant usually "gets" you. This week, it didn't matter...I had a plan.
My shopping list included the following "selected" frozen products...
-Super Pretzels (2/4.00)
-Eggo Waffles (3/$5.00)
-Stouffers Family Size Entrée (6.99)
-Viola Family Size Skillet Entrée (5.99)
-McCain Potato Products (3/5.00)
-4x Giant Frozen Veggies (4.00)
-Red Baron Individual Pizzas (2/5.00)
The way it worked out...
Total Before- $35.98
Used- $1/2 Pretzels
Used-$1.50 off Stouffers
Used- 3x $1 McCain Potato
Used- $2.00 off Viola Skillet Meal
Used- $1/2 Eggo Waffles
Used- $1.00 off Red Baron
Total After Coupons- $26.48
Store Frozen Food Deal- $15.00
Total Out of Pocket - $11.48
That is how I use my coupons to effectively save money and feed my family. This is an example of a normal week for us. Of course I have done better and worse and I have had my fair share of carts full of food for mere dollars at the end but NOTHING like the show portrays.
Coupons are awesome and totally worth the effort it takes (which is a lot I might add) but the reality of coupons is what I have here, not thousands of dollars worth of product for pennies. That is simply silly.
Note: I have had a reader ask me to show more of my couponing scenarios in my blog so here is a start. I will make sure to include a post (maybe once a week) with my buys. I hope that seeing this helps everyone realize what you can do with coupons...you don't have to be a hoarder or have an unhealthy diet!!
It's the little things
On Saturday morning, I got a nap! Yes, in my book, that statement could be a blog post in itself but since this isn't just for me, I will expand....
Saturday late morning, I mentioned that I was tired. J still isn't sleeping great and by the weekend, I am ready for another set of hands helping with the kids...Yay, its a Daddy day!! I was sitting with Joe on the couch and he was being awesome and rubbing my legs and feet and then told me to go upstairs and lay down. Next thing I know, it had been almost 2 hours and I was awoken by the knocks of Joe and J at the door. I felt amazing! Joe had been down in the basement with the kids playing "Beach Party" I believe. What the consists of I am not entirely sure but they all had fun doing it! After my nap, the rest of the day was relaxing and just what I needed. It's funny how a simple nap or break in a day can change the rest of the day. I felt great, was relaxed and totally ready to handle all that the 4 kids could throw at me....
Boy, they have A LOT up their sleeves!
Saturday late morning, I mentioned that I was tired. J still isn't sleeping great and by the weekend, I am ready for another set of hands helping with the kids...Yay, its a Daddy day!! I was sitting with Joe on the couch and he was being awesome and rubbing my legs and feet and then told me to go upstairs and lay down. Next thing I know, it had been almost 2 hours and I was awoken by the knocks of Joe and J at the door. I felt amazing! Joe had been down in the basement with the kids playing "Beach Party" I believe. What the consists of I am not entirely sure but they all had fun doing it! After my nap, the rest of the day was relaxing and just what I needed. It's funny how a simple nap or break in a day can change the rest of the day. I felt great, was relaxed and totally ready to handle all that the 4 kids could throw at me....
Boy, they have A LOT up their sleeves!
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