Wow, this series of entries are seriously longer than I had originally planned. Good luck, thanks for sticking it out with me!
Friday, March 21, was Milo’s big day and I wanted to make sure it was. So I got up at 6 am to finish his cakes and make sure everything was ready for him to come down and see. I finished up the cakes just in time and I think they came out pretty good. Milo came down all happy it was his big day and enjoyed a breakfast of donuts and milk. Then we cleaned up, said goodbye to dad and started the day. I did have the kids do some minimal chores and school work before the “big†party. We have established this tradition that our kids get a “big†party on their fifth birthday. We asked Milo weeks ago who he wanted at his party. He said ‘Toby’. I asked him if he wanted to invite any of the other kids from his primary class ‘No, just Toby. I don’t want anyone else there, just Toby’. Well, that was easy! So we asked him if he’d like to do his party at Chucky Cheese. He was VERY excited about that. I was too, since I had a coupon and that made it very cheap and I didn’t have to mess up my house with a bunch of 5 year olds running around! Scott planned a long lunch and met us at the house at noon. We did invite Toby’s older sister Jessie so the girls could have a friend too. Milo wasn’t very happy about that. He told me ‘I told you, only Toby!’. I assured him that Jessie was there as Jaime and Alix’s guest. That seemed to calm him! Since we didn’t have enough room in the van for all, Scott filled his car with “the boys†and I filled mine with “the girlsâ€. It was fun. We left Afton at Jessie and Toby’s with their mom. It was her nap time and she wouldn’t have been in any mood to enjoy the festivities anyway. We were a little apprehensive to leave her but she slept the whole time we were gone and after we got to Chucky Cheese we realized it would have taken one of us just to keep an eye on her. Anyway, we picked a good time to go. There were not very many people there at all and we had our table and the surrounding area to ourselves. It was nice. When we showed up the “host†helped us find a table and set up my decorations (we didn’t actually pay for a party package, we just had our party there). Then I went and ordered pizza and got tokens. We let the kids run wild for 30 minutes till the pizza was done then we brought them over to eat. Then we let them run wild again till we reigned them in for cake and presents. Then the time was up. I was super surprised how fast the time went. We scheduled 2 hours, we could have easily been there for 4. The kids didn’t even have enough time to use all their tokens. We have enough left over for a family trip one day. After picking out some cheap toys and candy we headed home. Scott went back to work to finish the day and I went to the park so the kids could run off all the sugar. We stayed at the park for 3 hours. We got home about 6:30pm. The kids were so exhausted. By the time I bathed them and put them to bed, they were thankful to go! When we got home there were two messages for Milo saying happy birthday. After listening to them he asked ‘why does everyone want to talk to me today?’ I told him it was because it was his birthday. It was very cute. Scott got home about 8 and we enjoyed a little quiet time while we ate the sushi he brought home from work, that was super yummy. Then we decided to watch a movie. I also decided that sleeping on the bed just wasn’t working anymore so we moved Scott’s recliner upstairs so I could sleep in the room still. It was pretty comfy and I’ve slept there every night since. I didn’t get too far into the movie before I was out. Saturday was going to come very early!!
Saturday was our Easter celebration. We had planned to meet some of our friends, the Richies, in Brentwood for brunch and an egg hunt. We ended up being late, but they were running behind too. So we got there about 11 and had “brunch†at noon. The kids seemed fine with that. There were enough kids to play with. The Richies have 2 girls and then some cousins came too, they have a boy and a girl. So it was fun to have so many playmates. The boy cousin teamed up with Milo and so he had a buddy too. The rest were little girls!! After playing a ton, eating a ton of food and playing some more, we did the egg hunt. It was very successful for all participants and it was such a beautiful day. After the egg hunt and check’n out the goods, the kids played more. They went to the park for a little while. We had planned to leave at 2 because we had some stuff at home we wanted to do. But we didn’t end up leaving till 4. Everyone was having too much fun! We got home and made dinner. After clean up we made the craft that grandma and grandpa Thompson sent us. The kids had decided they wanted to make the craft and then give it to their primary teachers as an Easter gift. That sounded good to us so that is what we did. Each kid had such a fun time doing the craft. It was awesome. We were suppose to dye eggs but because of getting home late and doing the craft it was already after 8 pm. So we put the kiddo’s to bed. We spent the evening cleaning up a little more just in case the Easter bunny decided to come. I did have to go out to the store for some last minute items to make our Sunday more complete. We actually made it to bed early.
Sunday we were up and going on time. The first Sunday since the time change. We were all showered and Scott was dressed before the kids even got up. We told the kids they had to be showered and dressed before they could see if the Easter Bunny came. We were all ready to go by 8 pm and walking down the stairs. They were very happy to see their plastic cup filled with a bit of candy, an activity book, new pencil and stickers. It was the best thing ever. We made some pancakes for breakfast and were off to church. It was a great Sunday. I was pretty busy. The primary seemed to be doing well without me so I headed downstairs to make some copies for primary and update my provident living bulletin board. By the time I was done with those two things, I went back upstairs and tried to grab a couple more classes to get their class pictures taken for our primary room. As I was coming back down the hall I saw Niah’s primary teacher standing outside the bathroom. I asked her if everything was ok. She said that Niah had to go to the bathroom and that Niah said she could do it all by herself. I went in to check on her. She did get on the toilet but ended up peeing all over herself. Since our little kid numbers are low, I was lucky to remember that one mom is in the process of potty training, so I went down to R.S. to ask her if I could borrow some panties. She was more than willing to share and I had Niah back to class in no time. By the time this was all over it was time for closing exercises and I showed up for that. We had stuff that we needed to return/give to people so we spent a little extra time getting home so we could catch everyone. The Bennett family in our ward wanted to take a family picture and asked me to snap the pictures for them. That was fun too. We got home, got the kids fed, put them down for naps and then started in on our own projects when the Sister Missionaries showed up. That was fun to chat with them for a few minutes and enjoy a spiritual message. At this point it was time for dinner preparations to begin. We bbq’d and I made potato salad. It’s been a while since I’ve done it and it seemed to come out pretty good. It was such a lovely day that we ate outside. Then we let the kids gorge themselves on candy and then we went for a VERY long family walk. Once we got home we put kids to bed and I got ready for my movie night. I left about 8:40 and got home at midnight. We watched Emma by Jane Austen. It was good and we enjoyed a little time of talking and enjoying each other’s friendship. What a great group of ladies I have the opportunity to associate with. I am truly blessed. I was asleep by 1.
Late nights make for early mornings and a grumpy mom! Monday March 24 was suppose to be an easy “fun†day. But since I was a little (ok, a lot) grumpy the morning was a little stressful. Luckily at 10:30, this cute young woman, Leighlani, showed up at my door and said she was on spring break and came to help out. What a blessing! She was a huge help and gave me the rest I needed without feeling like I was neglecting my kids. She stayed through dinner and through part of FHE before her dad came and picked her up. We got the kids to bed a little late. Scott and I got to bed early again, yay!!
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