My 5 days alone with the kids...

So I've backed away from my phone and Angry Birds long enough to sit down and update El Blog-o. Did you know that Angry Birds has a holiday edition? I finished the regular version the other night & then moved on to the Seasons one - purely for Jason's entertainment, mind you - I get no joy from this at ALL :) HA! There's a reason I don't play video games - I know better. Anyway - on to my week alone. I survived! Matt left me at o'dark early on Wednesday of last week to travel to Louisiana (Wheezy Nana in Sarah-speak) for his dad's birthday. I can't really remember much of what happened Wednesday through Friday afternoon, as the kids were in school - I think I cleaned the house, blew my nose a lot, shuffled them around to activities, blew my nose a lot, and yelled at William. A lot. (And blew my nose a lot). Even though I tried not to (yell at William, that is). But when I found him in his pjs, and he swore up and down he'd showered, and his hair was bone dry, I admit I lost it. I think he got the message - the rest of the week went much smoother. Anyway! I really need to pick up the camera more, because I find they drive what I remember to talk about.

After the big kids got home from school on Friday, Sarah had her first winter ballet/tap class at the Parks and Rec center. She was the only one to show up, and was lucky enough to have a 45 minute private lesson with Miss Alyssa!

After class, we had hot dogs and strawberries - Sarah's choice - for dinner, and then settled in to watch a movie (this was a running theme this weekend, watching movies). I'd recorded Tooth Fairy on HBO & the kids really got a kick out of it. I was a little bit worried that it might spark some thoughts as to the existence of the Tooth Fairy, as Evie's starting to reason more & William's in the midst of losing his front teeth, but so far so good - they all got a  kick out of it, and Evie and Sarah actually dug out their fairy wings on Saturday to play around in.

Saturday afternoon the $2 theater was playing Mega Mind so off the 5 of us went to the movies! I love the $2 theater, it's REALLY nice to be able to take 5 people to the movies - drinks, popcorn and candy too - for under $30. We had fun making Twizzlers into vampire teeth while we waited for the movie to start...

...and afterwords I took everyone to the mall. On a Saturday afternoon, by myself, which I never do. And I let them SPEND their allowance money! Or at least a little bit anyway. The little two got to pick out two small things from our stop at Target, and then we all went out to dinner at Ruby Tuesday. It was quite blissful! Of course, I let the big kids play their new DS games...

...and Sarah and Jason did a fabulous job entertaining each other while I looked on and took pictures. Thankfully, Ruby Tuesday at 5pm on a Saturday night is pretty empty - at least until the spillover of people unwilling to wait an hour for a table at Olive Garden arrives.

 

So the kids entertained themselves, I didn't cook or clean up, and I was delivered a yummy glass of wine :) What more could I ask for?? We went home, everyone had baths, and lights were out for everyone by 8:30. Heaven! And then I stayed up way too late playing Angry Birds. (sigh)

Sunday was a pretty easy day too. A first for me, I took the big two to Sunday school and then we all went to church! I have to say, I was very proud of myself :) I'm pretty sure Matt was surprised that I pulled that off - usually he's the one hustling Evie and William down there at 9:45 am for Sunday School while I'm in the shower or something. All in all, it was a good day, and a really nice weekend! It was really nice to not have much of an agenda for once, and just focus on having fun. We don't do that often enough, I think.

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To the two cars of people in the parking lot who witnessed me barking at William as I raced ahead of you to the door of the restaurant Saturday night: I'm sorry. My particular brand of crazy had it in my head that if I didn't beat you inside, I wouldn't get a table (even thought I knew there were plenty). And I NEEDED a table. And also, I'd been barking at William all FREAKING afternoon to put DOWN his DS and GET OUT OF THE FREAKING VAN. It was getting very old at that point, as the 4 of us stood in the cold and waited for him for the umpteenth time. So again, I'm sorry :)

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Matt arrived home around midnight Sunday night, and one of the first things he did was surprise me with a souvenir! The kids all got Mardi Gras beads, and I got a TWILIGHT CUP! Just the incentive I need to drink more water! Or at least I will know who's cup is who's now :) If you aren't a Twi-fan, read no further - if you are, I have to say - my new cup makes me happy :)

So that's it! Matt's off again on Monday morning for another 5 day trip, and I'll be pretty much doing what I did last week. I only hope I'm not blowing my nose nearly as much :)