On Monday, I got to sport some open-toed shoes to work! YES!! I don't care what anybody things, after this winter, that's noteworthy! Especially since we're heading for another winter-weather advisory on Wednesday - WINTER-weather advisory, on May 1st. W-T-F. I also scored a a couple buy-on-get-one free deals on wristbands to Como Town (the little amusement park attached to one of our zoo's) for the summer - love me a good deal! Other than that, it was Monday as usual...work, kids to the in-laws, home for some dinner, play, baths and bed. Pretty exciting!
Open-Toes!
It's Official - see tomorrow's recap :)
Tuesday brought us Amelia's latest milestone - she is officially transitioning to the Preschool room at KinderCare. She's visited a couple times, but they're hoping to have her completely transitioned in the next two weeks. CRAZY - we officially have two preschoolers, I can't believe it! Olivia should still be moving up to pre-kindergarten this summer...I'm just hoping they can survive a couple months together! I left work a couple hours early. I was developing a headache all day long, and just couldn't take working on the computer with it any longer. I stopped into Target quick to pick up a couple necessities, got my workout in (yes, even with a headache...I'm NOT getting derailed!) and picked the girls up. Christian didn't get home from work until really late, so it was just the girls and I, leftovers for dinner and some QT with the iPad. Amelia did have me laughing pretty hard tonight. I was sitting on the couch with the girls, and Amelia snuggled right up next to me. I sarcastically asked her if she "had enough room" and she says "No, I need more room for my elbows...I need more elbow room!" (elbow space). It was the funniest thing - I can't even remember saying that to her, but she picked it up somewhere, and it's hilarious. As much as they can drive me absolutely CRAZY, man do they make me laugh.
Amelia's First Day of Preschool!
Olivia broke out the sidewalk chalk and wrote her name - for some reason, she's obsessed with writing backwards. I don't get it...
On Wednesday...IT happened again. Snow. Snow, snow, snow. Ugh. So over it. I cured my winter blues with some more deal buys online - a ProFlowers living social deal (YAY for Mother's Day deals!) AND, my next workout on babysteals. So excited. The very first workout series I did was Moms into Fitness "60 Day Slimdown"...the one I'm doing now is another Moms into Fitness program "Pretty Fierce: Weight Loss". I love this trainer and her programs so much, I'm obsessed. Her Pretty Fierce program was featured again today, so I snagged the next one in the series, "Lean Out". I think I'll end up doing another round of Weight Loss first, but I'm super excited! I LOVE these deal sites! That was pretty much the highlight of my day.
Playing with the Sock Puppets they made with Dad...
Thursday was my Friday, and it couldn't have come sooner! It's been a good week, but work has just been kicking my butt. Everything is so crazy and such a rush, it's exhausting! Our scanner was out all day today, and I was seriously about to go "Office Space" on it. Yes, "Friday" was very welcomed. When the girls and I arrived home, they decided to help themselves to some peanut putter toast...seriously, I don't even know where they come up with this stuff. They got themselves some bread, popped it in the toaster, gathered up some peanut butter and a butter knife, and Olivia served it out. Wow. I guess I should be happy their self-sufficient?
The girls, helping themselves to a snack...
Some cat "cuddles" before bed.
The girls were up bright and early on Friday, what's new! Christian was off to work, and the snow was coming down like crazy. I didn't even know it was supposed to snow today. Lame. I did a little cleaning, paid some bills and did our checkbooks. I got my workout in and the girls and I hung out - played some games, watched some TV and relaxed a bit. Gotta love the "weekend"! During naps, I caught up on some pinning - I haven't been on Pinterest forever...and, I can tell you, we'll be hitting some outdoor projects for sure this summer. I want us (probably meaning Christian, and my dad, LOL) to build a tree bench, get a vegetable garden going, and I'd love to lay down a brick/rock path to the firepit, and build an underground firepit. And, of course, get our plants going again. However, this all hinges on summer actually showing up at some point, so I guess we'll see what happens there! Our evening was pretty low key. Christian brought home some takeout for dinner, so we all hung out, ate, and had some family time. Since he works Saturday's now, it's usually a pretty early night for us.
This is how I found the girls this morning...in the 3 minutes it took me to get up and put my contacts in after they woke up, they helped themselves to some pringles and snuggled up with the iPad. The dynamic duo struck again!
This is how we felt about the snow this morning...luckily the rain that followed washed it all away.
Playing in the Rain
"Our" Ducks were out Playing the Rain too!
Saturday was a pretty good day. The girls definitely tested some boundaries throughout the day, but overall, we survived. We watched a little TV, had some breakfast...the usual. They played in their playroom while I got my workout in, showered and got ready for the day. Then, we were off! First, Olivia's swim class. I got her mid-session "report card", and I was a little disappointed. I'm pretty sure she's doing worse than she did last session - how is that even possible?!? BUT, it seemed like today's class was better - she was front floating way better than she ever has before, even putting her face under water, so I guess that's progress. After class, we were off to Target. I had to pick up a gift for a baby shower tomorrow, and some other goodies. I got myself some heavier hand weights for my program, I got Olivia a bike helmet, in anticipation of moving her to two-wheel's this summer, and finally got her a t-ball, bat and tee to start practicing for t-ball next year. I'm pretty sure I'm way more excited than her, but whatever, I can't wait! We got a couple other goodies, grabbed some lunch and made our way home, just as Christian was arriving home from work. We ate and the girls went right down for their naps...Christian followed suit, while I caught up on some Hulu. I seriously don't know what I would do without naptime - it's so amazing! After naps, Olivia wanted to try out her new helmet, and the sun finally made an appearance, so we played outside for a little while. I made some dinner, and Christian was off to watch the Mayweather fight with some friends. Once the girls were in bed, I did some blogging, played on the computer for a while and enjoyed the peace and quiet of an empty house. How wonderful!
Trying out her new helmet and bell!
Sunday did not go quite as expected. At all really. Sunday was supposed to be a day of working in the yard, trying out the new t-ball set, getting my usual chores done, and attending a baby shower for my cousin's wife. However, that is not how the day played out. Yesterday, my car was sounding pretty bad again - basically, it sounds like an airplane taking off every time I stop or take off. It's done it before, and it's not pretty. So, Christian had to spend the day changing the brakes and a rotar...again. Obviously we realize there is something else wrong, actually causing them to go bad. So, he and his dad will be trying to figure that out in the next week or so. In the meantime, my car is out of commission, and that's not a good thing. Also, Olivia started the day off complaining that she didn't feel well. But, every time we'd ask what hurt, what's wrong - she just said "I don't know". Eventually, she rushed off to the bathroom to throw up. She was also running a 102+ fever along with it, so she was definitely in a rough spot. She spent the rest of the day on the couch, with a cooling patch on and a couple doses of medicine. Poor thing. So, I was starting to panic a little bit. I eventually got in touch with my mom, and she offered to watch Olivia while Amelia and I went to the baby shower. Whew! So, I quickly did my usual chores...dishes and kitchen/entry clean up, showered...we got ready, and we were on our way after my mom showed up. The shower was fun - it was nice spending time with my family, and I'm a big fan of shower games, so I always have a blast. Christian arrived home with my car just before Amelia and I got home. Olivia was still not doing too hot and it breaks my heart to see them like that. Christian took Amelia off to his parents house for the night...they had our nieces for the weekend, so both of the girls were supposed to go spent the night there and hang out with them. Unfortunately for Olivia, that didn't pan out. Amelia was off and very excited though. Olivia and I hung out - she finally ate a little bit and seemed to be on the mend - it's hard to tell if that medication induced, or reality though. Hopefully in the morning she'll be right as rain, and it will have all been a fluke. In the end, I got some chores done, about half of the laundry done, and we didn't get to enjoy the nice weather at all. So sad!
My Poor Baby! I have this part of parenthood...
Amelia entertained herself quite well while we catered to Olivia this morning. I was quite impressed! Here she is, enamored with the Mickey Train...
Ending the day on a happier note - looking better!
The mom-to-be! Awwww :)
So, there ends another week. Some twists and turns along the week, but we made it! It's looking like we're actually in for some spring weather in the upcoming week, which is pretty exciting. YAY!
