It’s a new year, it’s Monday,
and our kids are finally back at school after two wonderful weeks at home. I have to say, I love Christmas Break
something fierce. It’s my favorite two
weeks of the whole year! And I’m going
to miss my babies terribly today… BUT – I am excited to be back on a regular
schedule, and I’m even more excited to have some time to myself after being
with them 24/7 for the last 16 days. It’s
time to GET STUFF DONE!
Here’s what’s been going on around these parts lately…
Thursday, January 3
We had a streak of ten rainy
days in a row just after Christmas and Thursday was yet another one. Brian had gone back to work and the kids and
I were getting stir crazy, so we loaded up and met B for lunch at
Chick-Fil-A. They have indoor playgrounds
and that is pure gold when the rain settles in.
I even stayed an extra 30 minutes after B left to go back to work because
the kids were in desperate need of some physical activity.
Friday, January 4
Friday morning it was
raining yet again, so we decided to do one last fun indoor thing to end our
Christmas Break. We had scheduled a play
date with Jacob’s friend, Ella, from school along with her older sister and her
friend. Since it was still raining we
opted to go to the arcade so the kids could run around and play some
games. Jacob and Ella mostly played
racing games because they liked to race against each other and Olivia tagged
along with them.
While the bigger kids were playing
one of the racing games, Olivia asked to play this game where you hit a post
with a stick. You have to hit it just
right to win the jackpot… if you hit it too softly, it won’t go high enough,
but if you hit it too hard it will pass the jackpot. On her first try she won 10 tickets or so,
and I’ll be darned if on her second try she didn’t hit it just perfectly... and
she won the 1,000 tickets jackpot! I
couldn’t believe it! That lucky
girl! I swear she’s lucky at everything.
After the kids had their
fill of the arcade games, they all played one game of bowling and then we all
headed to the store to cash in their tickets for more toys they don’t
need. Haha. It was a super fun day with fun friends, and
it was so nice to be out of the house!
We all parted ways after
that and then the kids and I went to eat lunch at Chipotle per their
request. We had to run a few errands
after that to exchange/return some things from Christmas and then we headed
home for some relaxation before Brian got home from work.
The sun finally started to
shine late Friday afternoon and it was such a sight for sore eyes after 10
straight days of gloom. I don’t know how
people live in rainy climates. I love a
good, cozy, rainy day every now and then, but I can’t stand when it hangs
around for weeks at a time.
Friday evening when B got
home we went to Olive Garden for dinner.
We hadn’t been there in ages, but I sure do always love it when we do
go! There will never be a better salad
dressing than the OG salad dressing… I always ask for extra on the side so I
can dip my breadstick in it. :o)
We ran to the pet store
after dinner to grab a new bed for Maui to
keep in my office, and then it was home to hang out until the kids went to
bed. B and I started The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel a few nights ago, so we’ve been bingeing that. If you haven’t seen it, you should check it
out. It’s great!
Saturday, January 5
I spent Saturday trying to
get back on track in preparation for Monday while the kids played all day.
I got some laundry done, got a couple of other things done around the
house, and I also started working on a couple of upcoming blog posts.
We went to church Saturday evening
and then out to one of our favorite local restaurants for dinner. We ended the evening with Blizzards from DQ
and more Marvelous Mrs. Maisel after the kids went to bed.
Sunday, January 6
The weather was insanely
gorgeous on Sunday – sunny, bright blue skies, and 70 degrees… in January!! –
so we had lunch outside on the patio at Five Guys and then spent the better
part of the afternoon at the playground.
While we were there, my friend, Jeannine, and her boys showed up
unexpectedly so the kids got to have a little impromptu play date. And I cannot even tell you how wonderful it
felt to let our bones soak up that sun after all of those wet, yucky days we
had.
Sunday evening we headed to
my parents’ house for Sunday dinner, where we shared a big dish of vegetable
lasagna and a bottle of wine. Mmmm mmmm
good.
Happy Monday, friends! I’m hoping to work on upcoming blog posts all
day today (and probably tomorrow) so I can get ahead, and then my decluttering
journey is going to start later this week!
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