The votes are in ... EVERYONE is loving having Mommy home! :) It's wonderful to be able to simply enjoy being home, and not feel as though everything has to be crammed in to a couple hours (or left undone altogether.) Along with getting to spend lots of time cuddling on the couch reading books, doing crafts, going to the park, and celebrating birthdays, we managed to thoroughly clean the kids' bedroom and trim most of the bushes around the yard--in addition to the normal household responsibilities. It's been nice. And what's even better ... we get to do it all over again next week ... and the week after that and the week after that ... Ahhh. :)
Day 134. Mommy and crew! :) Love these munchkins to pieces!! :)
Day 135. Happy Birthday to ... me. ;) My gift to myself? We cleaned out the kids' bedroom. :)
Day 136. We all agree that going to the park is lots more fun than cleaning bedrooms! :)
Day 137. Shopping with my crew. :) Whew. Glad I can do this in the morning when everyone is still fresh. We're still working on our groove for this aspect of things, but it will come. Overall, the kids did great--it just takes about twice as long.
Day 138. We had so much fun celebrating Daddy's birthday!! Mommy is still super excited, because I managed to completely surprise him with his freshly tuned and repaired bike! :) It involved getting it down from the ceiling hooks by myself, getting it in the van, two trips to the bike store, storing the bike at our neighbor's for a couple days, and then an 8-step scavenger hunt to finally find the surprise in our guest bedroom. And none of that was spoiled, because my ultra-observant husband failed to notice that it had been missing for a week+! :) Woo-hoo! :)
Day 139. A couple girls from church gave us the sweetest gift of an evening of free babysitting--we celebrated Mothers' Day, my birthday, Chris' birthday, and our anniversary with dinner at a very nice wild-game restaurant, a trip to Lowe's, and free icecream at Coldstone. :)
Day 140. The kids were super excited to hang our very own American flag. (One perk of our Lowe's trip the night before.) :)
And that be that! Birthday season has now concluded, so we'll be settling into a summer "routine" ... along with preparing for our Sunday School picnic this upcoming weekend. :)
3 comments:
I can almost hear your smile through this whole post! It really is a great thing to be able to solely devote yourself to your family. P.S. Jack would love that digger shirt!
So, so happy for you!
What a wonderful week. Love the flag.
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