We just came off a really fun weekend. The kids went to school on Thursday and I got to stay home. Even Jamie was gone, giving me the rare opportunity to actually be ALONE. I got a bit of house cleaning done, which is always good to do when the kids aren't around. I also went grocery shopping so I didn't have to do it on the weekend. I nearly cried when I couldn't find the car after ten minutes of wandering around the parking lot with NO coat on. I swear I'm losing it...
Friday was a weird weather day. It was warm and wet, then it started raining and ended up raining all day. Mom and Paul dropped by on their way to Florida to drop off a few things and to say goodbye. When Avery asked why they went to Florida, Asher answered that Papaw doesn't like the snow, which is funny and pretty true. He was upset when they only stayed less than an hour, but after a few minutes on the Wii he was back to his old self. We got to go out a little bit, and Jamie brought in some wood, but we spent a lot of the day inside playing games. The kids especially liked the rainbow jenga game and the Hungry Caterpillar game. We made yummy pizza for dinner.
Saturday it got colder and it was snowy. We all spent time picking up things and packing away the last of the Christmas stuff. The kids got to go swimming, which always tires them out so we had a good 'quiet time' of Asher sleeping in front of one TV and Avery and I watching another one (I actually got to drift off a few times... although Avery did keep saying "mom... I love you" which she does sometimes when she's content). Asher finally got to try out his new shaving kit, which he's been wanting to do since Christmas.
Asher and Avery also discovered sleepovers. Saturday night it was on Asher's floor and Sunday night it was Avery's bed. I was surprised at how well they did together, and was even more surprised they wanted to do it in the first place.
Sunday Avery and I left to go to church together. Unfortunately they didn't have an 1115 service because of the holidays, so we wandered around and looked at the kids' area. It seems like a nice church, so I hope Jamie comes with me once and we can all go together. That's the dream anyway. So, Avery and I ended up going to a movie together. Gulliver's Travels. It was just okay and furthered my commitment to the fact that 3D movies SUCK. We both hate them and they're more expensive. I hope this is just a fad- there are so many out there that are 3D though, just as we're starting to go to more movies.
The weekend ended with a fairly sucky dinner. I try to make a nice dinner on Sunday but Jamie wanted fondue so I went with leftovers for the kids and fondue for us. I have my tried and true recipe that calls for emmenthaler and gruyere, but only had gruyere and asiago. Bad bad bad idea. Bleh. I did make half a dozen meatloaves and a salmon loaf and some taco meat for later this week... yes, a ground beefapalooza! I like prepping food for the week, but it sure makes for a long day in the kitchen!
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