Family Day Weekend

I spent  Friday on an emotional roller coaster for no apparent reason..... Every little thing kept making me cry?!   I missed my mom and dad and brothers so much that we seriously considered driving through the night to Fredericton on Friday night to spend 2 days with them, then turn around and come back on Monday.  I think my hormones are doing something weird right now...... I'll keep you posted on that....

Anyways, I am happy to report that I had a super fantastic and much needed weekend without any tears!  Dave watched the kids first thing in the morning on Saturday so I could get some fresh air and space.   SO, I did the groceries, and gassed up, and some odd errands as well.  Then I had a good half hour left of time to go to Tims and sip on a coffee all by myself. I just enjoyed being unattached to anything or anyone without anything to do for a bit.  I felt like I was living a lie a bit!  By the weekends, I find myself really needing some time away from the house to recharge and come home a better mommy.   And after my morning out, I came home refreshed and in a good place.

 I took over the kids and lunch while Dave tackled some light school work, and decided to try switching a few pieces of furniture around with them to put in the last hour before naps.  Growing up, I was one of those kids who switched the set up of my room every month, and would also convince my parents to let me re-arrange their cupboards or furniture as well.  I just really like change in these ways!  Anyways, it had been almost a few months since I'd moved anything around the house, and so I started switching some stuff around.  One thing led to another, and I kept trying new things.... put the kids to bed....tried some more things.... Dave finished up his marking, and helped me move around stuff to try more things....kids woke up and we left them playing in their rooms while we tried more things... FINALLY, I got what I wanted!  We currently have our dining room turned into a little play room, and our dining room table in with the living room.  I like it!

Jesse was very excited to have supper “in da living room?!” shortly after, and when the kids went down for bed, Dave and I went out for a date.  We had a gift card one of 5 restaurants.  Perhaps we should have made reservations knowing it was the weekend following Valentines.  But, we hit up Milestones and were disaspointed when we heard it would be over an hour wait.  Time out without the kids is precious, and I didn’t want to spend it CRAMMED in a loud bar waiting for a table.   So, we decided to check out Montana’s (also a choice with our gift card)  which was directly next door.  They also had a crazy wait time.  We hopped in the van, and drove to a different Montana’s that rarely seems to have a long wait, and agreed we could wait the 15 minutes they said it would be.  Like, 2 minutes later, we were called, and our date night was saved.  We ate a ton of yummy food and chatted away, just like we were young’uns again J

Sunday was busy just getting everyone ready and out the door for church on time, but we made it only a few minutes late.  We joined a ton of friends and their families for lunch afterwards, and the kids were very good considering we pushed them almost 2 hours past their normal nap time.   They crashed when we got home, and when they woke we put on a newly rented film: Ratatouille?  Jesse loved it, and we had just enough time to eat and get the kids down for bed at a decent hour.  Oh 8:00, how I love thee.

Today is Family Day in Ontario, so Dave had the day off.  Our plan was originally to get the kids out sliding on a good nearby hill, but there was CRAZY wind chill today, so we hung around the house all morning enjoying our new set up.  We dug out some new coloring sheets, and also some pieces to Jesse’s train tracks we had stored away, and the kids were great just playing quietly on the floor with us. 

After naps, however, we were all itching to get out.  Not a whole lot was open that didn’t involve spending money.  We decided on Tim Hortons.  Usually the kids and I will just share a 10 pack of timbits, but today I let them each have a whole donut.  They were pretty stoked.  

Afterwards, we let them run off their sugar high at the gym for a while before coming home for supper. We had another new recipe for supper: Sweet potato and green bean  dish with a chicken and sauce.  It was pretty good!  We tried to Skype Dave’s parents with the kids before bed...But Robyn was needing to nurse and go to bed, and Janna was wanting to climb on me, and Jesse kept popping in and out of the picture, and so it was certainly a less successful chat than I’d hoped for. Oh well, what can ya do?

The night is still young...and Dave and I have a bag of Doritos we’ve been saving to pair with an episode of Friday night lights.  SO, I must be on my way.  Thanks for reading. I’m out!

Ps.  The night is really not actually young.  9:00 is pretty close to retirement for us ;)