Monday was Memorial Day. Christian and I were both off work, so we spent the day with the girls. We really just relaxed around the house most of the day - did a little cleaning, finished laundry, played with the girls. It was kind of rainy and crappy outside all day, so we were limited on entertainment options. I started Week 3 of my program and I'm feeling pretty good. I haven't "officially" weight in yet, but I do check from time to time. I had a really great first week, but I kind of stalled out this week. I do see some visible changes though, so that's still a success. My mother in law watched the girls for a while so we could go to a movie with our friends Sara and Mariano - we went to see Fast & Furious 6. It was actually really good - probably my favorite of the series so far. And, yes, I say "so far", because they clearly left it open at the end for another movie. Fine by me, that series comes with some great eye candy! It was nice to get out for a little adult time - even though I HATE paying for movies, it was worth it.
Amelia, making her own picnic...
Tuesday it was back to reality. I woke up already begging for the weekend to hurry up and get here - so it's a good thing I only work 3 days this week! Some days I just REALLY wish I didn't have to get up and go to work (well, many days lately). The only saving grace has been how ridiculously busy we've been. I feel like I'm staying pretty on top of my work, but it's just constant busy - zero down time. Better than the alternative, but it just gets too stressful some days. Outside of work, it was a pretty low key day and evening - tomorrow is my CT scan, so I was pretty consumed by that all night.
Silly Daddy thought he was going to play on the iPad tonight - Olivia felt differently. He was quickly sent back to his phone.
On Wednesday I was off to work, as usual. I took some time off in the late morning to go in for my CT scan. It was a much quicker process, which was nice. I was in and out and back to work before I knew it. Then came the dreaded waiting period - waiting for test results is seriously the worst. I was a basket case ALL day long. After work I was off to a little party at the girls' school, so that was a nice distraction. Our City has three KinderCare center's (pretty excessive), and they have decided to close one of them (thankfully, not ours). So, the teachers and families from that center will be moved to the other centers. Because of this, they are remolding our center to make it more appropriate for larger classes. It kind of makes me sad - the center had a great open floor plan, one room just flowed into the next and it was really nice and welcoming. Now, they are putting up walls and doors and splitting the rooms, which I don't care for as much. But, I understand why they're doing it. SO, the little party tonight was to invite some of the new families to get a tour and mingle with the other parents, and to check out some of the remodeling that's been done. It was really fun though - they had "walking tacos" for dinner, which the girls LOVED, and the Teddy Bear Band was there so all of the kids were dancing and having a blast with that. Christian ended up working really late tonight, so he wasn't able to make it, but I was happy to get out of dinner duty! After the party, we made our way home, and it was pretty much time for baths, relaxing and bedtime. I had a really hard time getting to sleep, my mind was definitely racing all night long.
Party Time!
Thursday we were up and at em'. Luckily, my test results came in pretty early, so I didn't have to stress about it ALL day. And, thank God, the results were good. (you can see my separate post about the whole process HERE). The girls had a good week at school. Olivia spent a lot of time in the Pre-K room, and Amelia is getting to know the other kids better and better every day. At first, Olivia was a little overprotective of Amelia and felt like she had to baby her and help her all day long - it sound like she's let up a bit on all of that, which is good. Christian had some long days this week - they didn't work last Saturday, and had Monday off for the Holiday, so lots of catching up to do there. After work, Christian was off with a few other employees and the managers to tour the Surly brewery (they distribute for them now) and didn't get home until late. The girls and I stopped at Walmart to grab a couple things and made our way home. We had a pretty quiet night - I was just happy to finally breath easy again!
I snapped this picture of a storm rolling in on my way home tonight.
Friday was my day off. And it was a long, LONG day. The girls were fighting non-stop, ALL day long. About everything. Olivia's temper just really gets the best of her some days, and today was definitely one of those days. She was on Amelia's case about EVERYTHING, and wouldn't let her do anything. To make things even better, they wouldn't listen to a work I said, so I was pretty much about to lose it by naptime. I did manage to get the bills paid and do some cleaning throughout the morning a midst breakfast, breaking up fights, sending kids to timeout and lunch. One of the BEST parts of having Friday off - actually getting to do some housework during the week, so that we actually have the weekend to do what we want to do! So nice. While the girls napped, I got my workout in, kicked up my feet and relaxed for a while, catching up on some shows. When the girls woke up from their naps, we got dressed and took off on a walk around the neighborhood. Olivia rode her bike, I pushed Amelia in her little car...we picked some lilacs and went on a nice, long walk. We got caught in a couple sun showers along the way, but nothing too terrible. We stopped at the park on our way home and the girls ran off some energy. It started getting really dark and cloudy, and we could hear thunder in the distance, so we started making our way home....getting caught in a downpour just a few houses away from home. We were soaked - oops! The rain didn't last long though. Our friend Sara stopped by...she and Christian were off with the truck to pick up a bed she'd bought for Bella, so Bella and the girls played for a while. After the finished up, Christian cut the grass in the front yard while we girls hung out for a while. Sara and Bella made their way home, we had some dinner and took it easy. Like usual, Christian works in the morning, so it was an early night for us.
Saturday was a good day, well, for the most part. I did wake up feeling pretty crappy - my throat was sore, my voice was really course and my chest felt super congested. Nothing like a cold in June! Hopefully it passes quickly! Christian was off to work - he ended up working later than he usually does on Saturday, so he was pretty exhausted by the time he got home. I feel so bad that he has to work so much - such LONG days. I know it's good for him - it's just making him more valuable to the company, and he's learning so much more putting in all of this extra time, and it's definitely nice being able to save up some extra money (maybe I really will be able to get a new car next year!), but I know he's just exhausted. Poor guy. The girls were not as bad as they were yesterday, but they were still fighting quite a bit. We were off to swim class for Olivia - her last of this session. She's doing well, but will definitely need another session or two at this level. She loves it, which is great, but I hope she starts really grasping the swimming concept soon and advancing. We had some lunch and they went down for their naps when we got home. I got my workout in and caught up on some shows. Christian was right back at it when he got home from work - got the backyard grass cut. It started raining a little, so we took to the garage and planted the vegetable pots and got them set up on the deck. Yes, finally done with our planting for the year. Now we just anxiously wait to see if anything grows! Once the girls were up, we had some dinner and hung out for the night. Christian and I started watching "Breaking Bad" tonight and we're pretty excited about that. I've heard great things about it, so I'm interested to see what it's all about. It was time for a new obsession!
Watching Sissy at Swim Class
Swim Class, Session #2 done!
Imaginations at Work
The Last of our Garden
Sunday ended up being a pretty busy day. I woke up feeling worse than yesterday - very stuffed, still really congested and my voice was basically gone at this point (I'm sure the girls love that!). Christian spent the morning keeping the girls entertained and fed, and vacuumed the upstairs while I got some final cleaning done. I cleaned the stairs, set up the cats' new litter box (we had an enclosed one, but one cat has become afraid of it...the other one still has issues pee'ing on the stairs, so we got a large square box, hoping they'll like it better), mopped and cleaned the entry and got a couple loads of laundry done. One we were done, we took to the outside and spent the rest of the morning doing yardwork. It was finally a pretty nice day - sunny, with a nice cool breeze. Perfect. We got the last of our "lawn ornaments" set up around the yard, emptied the sand box and sand/water table so we could start using the swing set sand box, watered the gardens, cleaned the patio up and did some yard waste cleanup. The girls were nice and dirty by the time we got done, so I got them bathed, re-clothed and made them some lunch. Christian took over so I could shower and get ready, and then we were on to our next adventures. The girls and I were off to the farm for my cousin's graduation party (it's about a 90-minute drive)...the girls slept most of the way, thankfully, but they were exhausted when we got there and just wanted to keep sleeping (backfire). The eventually perked up a bit though and started playing. I got to catch up with my family a little bit and it was just nice to be out for a while. Meanwhile, Christian was doing some more yardwork. He got some grass seed planted, FINALLY hung our hanging baskets and cleaned up the garage a little bit. When the girls and I got home, we helped daddy burn some brush and called it a night. The girls were off to bed, we watched a little Breaking Bad, and sadly ended our weekend. Back to work tomorrow. Ugh.
Checking out the Tractors
Cleaning up the Backyard
So, there goes another week. Welcome to June, as hard as it is to believe. But, June does kick off "summer" and we have so many fun things to look forward to, which is pretty exciting. Here we go!
