I have a few minutes of quiet to blog before I am out the door and running again. The cold has remained here in CO. Currently, as I type this, it's 18 out. Whoo hoo! It's pretty sad when you get excited to see double digits. You know it's been cold then!
I made it through Mom's Weekend Away. My neighbor Molly was also on the planning committee with me, so we were able to carpool up to The Hideaway in Monument. Which was really good, because we took her 4-Runner (it has 4 wheel drive). It has been snowing off and on for days here, so we figured having 4 wheel drive in the forest would be a really good idea. And we were so glad we brought it, because by the time we left on Sunday, we had 8-12 inches of snow on the car!
So the weekend was good. The speaker was pretty good. I wouldn't say fantastic, for me, but not bad. I think everyone had a great time, which is what the goal was. Our theme for the weekend was Princess Diaries, or being a princess. So, the planning committee made a silly video with all of us dressed up as different princesses and what the princess's life is like now. I was Belle and I had 4 kids, pregnant with another, I was no longer a beauty, and no one would babysit my "beastlets". Just to give you an idea. Our very silly video got a LOT of laughs, which was the intent!
Saturday and Sunday and it snowed, and snowed! It snowed heavy too! It was so pretty! We got 4 hours of free time Saturday afternoon, which I think is the whole reason some people come! I sat in the hot tub right outside our bedroom door with some friends during that time. And it was snowing like MAD! We were only able to stay in the hot tub for about an hour because the water temp just kept dropping and wouldn't get warmer. We got about 2 inches of snow just while we were in the tub! It was so beautiful to sit in the tub while it snowed. After the hot tub, I took a hot shower, and then a nap! It was great!
By the time we left on Sunday (about 1pm) there was tons of snow, and we had to use the 4 wheel drive to get out. The staff was so kind and cleared off all our cars, as well as shoveled paths around all our cars! How kind is that! It was a good weekend for me, but at the same time, I was ready to come home.
I was back to reality rather fast once I got home. I had to run to the grocery store to get snacks for the impromptu Super Bowl party we were having. We had 3 cadets, and Esten, Julie and little Esten over. It was fun to play with the baby!
Then back to the really normal grind come Monday morning! But then Tuesday was another snow day. The girls and I headed over to our neighbors house to play. We stayed and played all morning, then I brought the girls plus their 4 year old home for Kasey's nap time. Ava and Courtney played all afternoon too! It was a great way to spend a snow day!
Wednesday was back to school. Plus Courtney had PT. Then the P's came over for dinner. Mr. P should be home from Iraq in about 2 weeks! Then he can join us for dinner too! So, Courtney had a friend to play with last night too. Just picture what our playroom looks like! It currently isn't pretty....
Kasey has started using more and more 2 word phrases. She is still kind of tough to understand, but at least she is starting to put words together. The other day Hubby walked in and she said "Hi Daddy!" I can't remember any other off the top of my head right now, but she has 2 or 3. Oh yea, another new one is "NO NAP!" She says that loud and a lot at nap time! Although she always ends up sleeping... silly kid...
Courtney was at preschool this morning and I took Kasey to Children's Playroom so that I could get some non-kid cleaning time in at home. I got 2 and a half hours, and I feel like I barely scratched the surface! I think I am going to need to do this about once a week for a while to try to catch the house up! I am having a 31 party here this weekend, so I was focusing on the main floor, but 2 & 1/2 hours just wasn't enough!!!
Well, the girls are home now, and it's time for me to get the little one down for rest time. Courtney doesn't nap anymore. She has to have "rest time" which means some downtime, usually watching a movie. If she doesn't get this down time, it's just not pretty. But she is supposed to go on a date with Hubby tonight to go see Pippi Longstocking, so she is going to have to actually rest in her bed today. We will see how this goes!
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