We had a sweet weekend away. The best part about it? It went by so very slowly.
When you have two preschoolers under the age of four (as Karen and I both do), your days look something like this:
Wake up and eat breakfast
Go! Go! Go! Go! STOP!
Make and eat lunch
Go! Go! Go! Go! STOP!
Make and eat dinner
Go! Go! Go! Go! STOP!
Give the kids a bath and put them to bed.
All of the above seems to happen in about an hour. You lay on the couch, exhausted. You really should go to bed, but you need some “alone” time, so you watch TV for a bit before dragging your butt to bed.
It’s a glamorous life, really.
This weekend, however, we were heard saying, “It’s only what time? Awesome.”
The extent of my “running around” was going from the couch to the table, outhouse or the fire. I think I burned about 100 calories all weekend. It was in direct contrast to the vast amount of good food I ate (think - steaks grilled over an open fire, along with potatoes and asparagus…never mind the S’Mores).
I bought Season 2 of “The Office” and brought it along. We only started watching it at the end of last year, so we have some catching up to do. That show makes me laugh out loud, which is a rare thing for a show to do. Kind of dangerous for me to watch with the status of my bladder right now, but so completely worth the risk.
Matthew had some good fishing time. Unfortunately, the ones he caught were too small to keep. That was the story of the day for all of our neighbours, except for the five year old grandson of our closest neighbour. He caught three huge trout, right off of the dock. I should have asked him for a fish as a fee for using our property.
I had a stampin’ good time and made me some cards. Well, not for me, but for others. I also figured out the layout for Baby D’s birth announcement. Once he or she arrives, I’ll add a picture and the deets and mail them off. I figure I should be able to get them done before Baby D starts Kindergarten. I aim high, so as to not disappoint myself.
The boys barely missed us. We had left during Nathan’s nap on Friday. Graham had to be coerced to give me a hug and a kiss, because he was playing Play Doh with Grandma. When Matthew called that night to check in, his Dad said that Nathan didn’t ask for us until bedtime. He was so busy having a wonderful time with Grandma and Grandpa that he didn’t even notice we were gone.
They sure were excited to see us when we got home though. Hugs and kisses for both of us. More for Daddy, but I have come to terms with that one. They love their Daddy. I can’t blame them. I think he’s pretty fantastic too, and I hogged him for the whole weekend.
Daddy roughhoused with them while I made dinner and got the laundry going. We jumped right back into the daily routine, and it felt good. It was great to get away but it’s always even better to come home. There’s nothing like sleeping in your own bed…especially when you’re as big and uncomfortable as I am.
Now to get caught up on my blog roll. It may take awhile, because I need to get going. Things to do…
10 Comments
Sounds like you had a great time.
Ian is all about his daddy too. Right now I’m enjoying Jayden in his mommy stage but I suspect that it’s only because of the boobs and once he’s weaned his alliance will shift as well. 
Glad you got some time to relax and load up on those calories! You’ll have to post a pic of your baby announcement on here after the baby arrives!!
Comment by Amanda Franks on September 25th, 2006 @ 12:41 pmThat was pretty great.
You forgot to mention the cauliflower! haha.
We MUST do that again.
Comment by Karen on September 25th, 2006 @ 5:14 pmThey suffered from smoke inhalation…they ended up all black and not so tasty
YAAAYY! Glad you had such an excellent time away=)
Comment by Tanneal on September 25th, 2006 @ 9:38 pmHey..I reckon you’re busy with Emily, Nathan and Graham…but keep blogging back now and then. I like to introduce on myself, but I digress. Nice to meet you this way and have a good time. +
Comment by Michael on October 24th, 2006 @ 6:59 pm
Glad you had a nice time away. We enjoyed ours too but it’s good to be back to normal today
Comment by kami on September 25th, 2006 @ 11:49 am