Today was my first Saturday off in ages! I actually had a dream a few nights ago that
A Gym Tale built an addition on to their place that included a gymnastics type pool
(30 minutes of a swimming obstacle course to be incorporated into parties) and
kiddie pool for drop in guests. In the
dream, my boss asked me if I could please help work this Saturday on reception as
they were unveiling this for the first time.
I agreed, but what a nightmare of a concept! Wow. I was happy to wake up and realize I was just dreaming.
Anyways, after chilling with the the kids by myself all
week, today felt so relaxed having no intense plans and Dave around to share
the kid load! Jesse and Janna seem to be thriving on their new schedule. So happy!
Sleeping well, eating well, playing well, relaxing well. I was debating whether or not to try and stick
to it on the weekends.... But decided we’ll keep a few key elements, and go
with the flow otherwise. Church throws
everything off on Sunday, and there are often special events to tackle on
Saturdays. Plus, change is good once in
a while.
So, today instead of getting out of the house right for 9,
we hung around a bit longer taking our time getting ready and whatnot. However,
happy Janna seemed to melt down the longer we hung around the house- so
we ended up heading out by 9:30 anyways. I think she has a bit of Dave's itch to get on to go, like Jesse does. Maybe baby 3 will be like me and LOVE to spend the whole morning taking it easy around the house :) Dave was in the shower during Janna's downward spiral, and I was on the
computer trying to make a list of things to pick up for Jesse’s Halloween
costume. (I decided I would have to just
pick a costume for him, as he kept changing his mind from day to day) So- I decided to go with a dragon. He brought that one up A LOT the past few
weeks, and what 3 year old would not want a dragon costume with full tail and
spikes, gloves and feet, and headpiece? I had my list all ready to go, and
asked Jesse to go the bathroom before we headed out to get materials for his
costume, “What costume, mom?” To which I
replied a BIG AWESOME DRAGON! He got
very quiet and his eyes filled up with tears, “ but mommy, I thought I wanted
to be a chicken at Halloween...”
Seriously? I tried to convince
him that a dragon costume would be so cool, that he could pretend to fly, and
ROAR at people. Now his lips start quivering and I see a tear
roll down his cheek, “ But mom. I don’t want to say roar. I just want to be a
chicken at Halloween.” Well, I looked
into his little blue eyes and sad face and asked him if he was SURE!? Because we
couldn’t change once I bought all the supplies.
He told me he was, and so I hopped back onto the computer to find the
pattern again and make a brand new list of the million things I needed to get
for it.
Fabricland was a much nicer experience FIRST thing when it
opened. Dave walked around the store with the kids, while I tackled my list. I
still bumped into bolts of fabric and tried to cheer up the extremely grumpy
and unenthusiastic employees, but it only took me about 20 minutes to get around,
find my things, get my stuff cut and paid for. In fact, it almost seemed divine that Jesse pick a chicken. As I headed to the sale section at the back, I noticed a huge table of FLEECE on sale! Buy one meter, get 2 free! And with this stuff going for around 20/meter, and me needing almost 3, was I ever pumped to find an INTENSE yellow and orange bolt perched right in the middle screaming CHICKEN CHICKEN at me. Yay! Making a good quality costume really doesn't save any time or money. It's just so much fun to sew them up, and you can get more unique AND well fitted varieties.
Well, after a trip to the Metro, and some play time outside we chowed down on
some lunch and put the kids to bed for an early nap. I know I have mentioned before how funny Jesse is about staying
glued in his bed. If something falls out
of his bed and is within reach he will holler for me to help him grab it. It's like he thinks there is an invisible force field that will demolish him if he reaches one millimeter outside of his bed, However- this has been getting a bit old, and
so I’ve been encouraging him that he can do it! “You just hop out of bed and reach for it and
get back in.” I think he has been doing
this a bit- but today was HUGE progress on this. Maybe too much progress. Dave and I laid down for a nap when the kids
went to bed, and I kept hearing strange noises as I tried to drift asleep. Animal noises, beeps, rolling, and then
something really loud and musical. I
hopped out of bed and went into Jesse’s room.
He had discovered that the box by his bead which holds baskets of books
and toys on top had an inside full of TOYS!
These are mostly annoying musical toys and puzzles, that we try and
rotate into the kids toys a few at a time.
Well, he had emptied this box and had every annoying toy spread over
every inch of his room, and was in heaven!
I had to chuckle, put away a few of the loudest, and told him to knock
himself out- but that he was going to have to clean up when nap/quiet time was
done.
He played very nicely for the remainder of his time in
there, and then we woke up the kids early for a birthday party! Usually Dave ends up taking the kids to
birthday parties, as our friends tend to have them on Saturdays and I work- but
I got to go to Tryne’s 3rd birthday today! I think I may have been as excited as the
kids J
WE had a great time at Tryne’s house with 5 of her other little
buddies. The kids enjoyed classic fun
like an art activity, pin the tail on the donkey, wacking at a piñata, opening
gifts and and of course yummy food and cupcakes! Here are a few pics I snapped of the day
Of course, mama very rarely gets into the pictures these
days, and I have hardly taken ANY preggo pics.
So! Here I am. Approaching 37
weeks: FULL TERM!
Good day, and now for an evening of sewing! I have to finish up hand-sewing Janna’s lamb ears onto her hood, and then I will start cutting out the mounds of BRIGHT orange and yellow fleece for Jesse’s chicken costume. HOPING he is still happy to be a chicken come Halloween. Thanks for reading! I'm out.
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