Monday was a hot, hot, HOT day. We were all off to work and school as usual. When I picked the girls up from school it was just scorching out...they had just been outside for a bit and were sweating like crazy. We decided that it was not worth dealing with the heat at soccer practice, so we decided to stay home (this is big deal for me...I do NOT take lightly to people who don't show up to things/cancel/quit, but it was just way too hot, especially after watching them suffer at Saturday's game). So, we took this as our last opportunity to fill up the pool and have a water night. The girls had a blast and I kicked up my feet watching over them. After some play time, we had dinner, watched a little TV and it was bedtime before we knew it. Today was pretty exciting though, in that my new glasses came in! YES! Roughly 4 years ago, a 9 month old Olivia got a hold of my (fairly new) glasses, and ripped one of the arms off. Christian fixed then, as well as he could, and that held for a few months. I spent the next year or two taping them together (yes, I wore glasses, that were taped together), until the tape would not hold anymore, and I finally resorted to wearing them with one arm missing. I wear my contacts 95% of the time, and just never had the money to spend on new glasses, that I hardly wear (even though they were significantly broken, and several prescriptions outdated). Well, with my drastic prescription change this last appointment, I decided to bite the bullet and order some new ones. I had a few people recommend zenni.com to me, and I found some SUPER cheap ones (like, $15 for the complete pair cheap) and ordered them. I cannot believe how well I can see in them...it's crazy! Yes, it's very exciting to have sight again, and have an option when my eyes aren't handling contacts well. YAHOO!
Dawn posted another one of our family pics today! YAY!
My new glasses!
Tuesday was just a regular old day. I have to admit, I've been HORRIBLE at taking pictures lately. I think I'm getting so depressed with not having a nice, fancy, fantastic camera yet, that I'm boycotting ours. LOL. In reality, we've been busy, but nothing super picture worthy. Work has been going well. Christian hasn't been working as much overtime for a while, but he should start working Saturday's again pretty soon with the holiday's approaching. My work continues to be crazy, chaotic and often overwhelming. But, as hard as it could be, I couldn't imagine it any other way. The days fly by, and we know how important what we do is, and that's comforting. School has been going well. Amelia is really coming into her personality in class, and is LOVING her teacher, Miss Jenn. She has learned how to write an "A", and is SUPER excited about that. Miss Jenn, like all of Amelia's previous teachers, just loves her and can't get enough of her goody personality, which still warms my heart to hear. Olivia is loving Pre-K and learning all kinds of new stuff. She's been talking a lot about Kindergarten, especially with Bella starting last week, and about how excited she is to start next year. I hope she keeps that spirit!
Wednesday was another pretty standard day. Monday was the last of our latest heat wave, so we've cooled down pretty significantly. We may get an Indian Summer or two yet this year, but overall, I'd say fall is setting in. It's sad how quickly time passes, but I'm excited for fall and all that it brings, like usual. Changing colors and trolling the neighborhood with the girls, the apple orchard, sever's, all of the Halloween activities, pumpkin EVERYTHING, sweaters, new clothes for the girls, thanksgiving. I just LOVE it! Of course, I would be remiss not to acknowledge that today was the anniversary of 9/11. 12 years later and I can still remember everything about that day like it was yesterday. It is definitely engraved in my mind for life. And I still just hope every day that our children never have to live through, or God forbid experience, anything like that in their lifetime. Definitely ALWAYS REMEMBERING!
Made our first batch of salsa from the garden (well, tomatoes and jalapenos from the garden, fresh onion and garlic from the farmers market)
Well, yet again, Thursday just proved to be a pretty standard, boring day. Well, work was kind of hell for me. My supervisor is out of town and I was roped into a horrible meeting. It's not worth explaining to anybody that doesn't actually work there and know what I'm talking about, but the meeting ended up consisting of 3 very frustrating, irritating topics and I was very annoyed that I had to deal with it on my own. Ugh, just one of those days when having a job really sucks. ONE MORE DAY this week. The evening went well. I picked up the girls and we spent a little time playing outside before Christian got home. Then, of course, dinner, baths and bedtime. The usual!
The picture Olivia drew for school. Melts my heart, I love that girl! I asked her what we were doing, playing with maracas? And she said "No, Mom, we're eating popsicles". LOL. And, apparently the purply thing on the left is her and sissy, swimming.
Friday could not have come soon enough this week! I plowed through the work day and cleaned everything up for the week and was very excited to clock out. I wasn't feeling too well today, so that just added fuel to the fire. But, since I get off a little earlier on my Friday, I picked up the girls and we took a walk/bike ride down to the park for a while. We spent quite a while there, and they continued playing in the backyard while I made dinner once we got home. Christian worked pretty late, per his usual Friday, so we had a late dinner and played with the girls for a while. Once they were off to bed, we settled in for a movie night..."This is 40" and "Mama". This is 40 was actually really funny, way better than I was expecting. Mama was good...I thought it could've been a little better and they went just a tad over the top on the supernatural side, but it was still pretty suspenseful. The biggest success was that I actually made it through TWO movies! Whoa.
Heading to the Park
Saturday was a pretty low key day. I did a little cleaning right away in the morning, and then we were off to Olivia's soccer game. My father in law came to watch again, and it was pretty entertaining as always. Olivia was getting herself right in the mix, doing me proud. After last weeks game I talked to her and told her "you just keep going for that ball, don't let those boys push you around!" I think she took it a little too literal because she was getting pretty into it with the little all-star boy on our team. She gave him a couple little pushes and maybe a body check or two when he would take the ball away from her. THAT'S MY GIRL! (I did have a chat with her after the game though, LOL). We got a little play time in after the game, and then it was time for naps. It started raining in the late afternoon and rained all through the night, which was much needed. And, I LOVE rainy days/nights - it's just so relaxing and calming. We babysat Bella for a little bit while her parents were at work, so the girls watched some movies and did some arts and crafts. Once she headed home, we had some dinner and hung out for a bit. Christian was off to watch the Boxing match with Lorenzo tonight, so once the girls were in bed, I had the house all to myself. I finished Dexter Season 7, and caught up on some Hulu. Perfect night!
A little backyard playtime.
Sunday started off as usual...CHORES! I got the upstairs picked up, did the dishes, some laundry and swept the house. Always a busy start to the day, but man it feels good when it's done! We ended up meeting Bella and her dad at Edinborough to play for a while and burn off some energy. The girls had a blast, and were pretty exhausted by the time we got home. Amelia complained a few times (including on the way there) saying that her head hurt. Christian said she's told him that a few times, so we're getting a little worried about it. I'm going to be SO upset if she ends up with my migraines (well, if any of our kids do). I wouldn't wish that on anyone, and I sure don't want to watch my babies suffer with them. Hopefully it's just a fluke thing. After some playtime, w made our way home. We had a late lunch, and let the girls skip their naps. We relaxed and played some games, watched some videos and watched football the rest of the day. We got the girls in the bath a little earlier than usual and Amelia went to bed fairly early. One bonus to no nap. Olivia wasn't too far behind, and with that our weekend came to an end.
BFF playtime!
So, there went another week. Next week is our big anniversary week (well, it's not actually until Sunday), so I'm excited to finally let Christian in on my big surprise trip to Chicago for the weekend! I will be frantically making sure everything is ready and in place for that and I just can't wait!
