Mother's Day

Mother's Day was great this year. I had breakfast made for me, I slept in, didn't change diapers, and no dishes! The best day ever! I think the best part was the fact that Shawn's meetings after church were CANCELED! It was great, even though I didn't get chocolate in church but I got a cute little plant which was nice. All in all a great day and I'm pretty excited for next year.

Possibly the Longest Day of my Life

Shawn was on call again last night which meant a VERY long day and a half ahead of me. The kids woke up at about 6:30 and I finally gave up pretending to be asleep around 7. I'm fine with waking up early its just not for my kids. Caroline had about 4 time outs by 10 which made those first 3 hours of the day feel like 6 hours of torture. Finally after a huge meltdown, due to the fact that Devin was sitting in my lap reading books even after I had asked her if she wanted to and turned me down, I gave up and threw the kids in the car and went to give into a food craving. I've decided I'm an angry eater, I eat when I'm mad. Anyways I let go of my will power and bought some yummy greasy chips that would surely cure my day. And you know what they tasted so good it really did make my day. Thankfully the kids were ok at the store and by the time we got back it was lunch time. Caroline really enjoyed the chips too and I ate just as many as I did. Then it was beloved nap time. By then I had a huge headache and was not looking forward to watching more kids after nap time. It wasn't too bad though other than a lot of crying by the baby I watched Caroline and her friend had a lot of fun and were easy to watch. After dinner I had given up being creative and let them watch a movie while I cleaned up the house. That was wonderful because I was finally able to enjoy some peace and quite without anything to clean. The kids woke up early again and I'm counting down the minutes until Shawn gets home! Anyone want to come join in on the fun?!

On Call

We flew solo last night and I like to give Shawn a report of what went on while he was gone. Not much really, but the kids sure got used to having him home the last month. When it was time to read scriptures Caroline said, "I want to read with my daddy." I"m not good enough anymore, which is fine by me. I like that they enjoy having their dad around. Every time the phone rang or we went to the car Devin was convinced it was him. I was able to get a lot done which is always nice, I"m much more productive when Shawn's gone. So that pretty much sums up our day laundry and bedtime, the excitement just oozes out of this entry. Now its time to celebrate with making some chocolate mouse!

Tough Love

Sometimes Devin does stuff that's definitely not ok behavior but Shawn and I just can't help but laugh. Tonight for example Caroline was having a meltdown so Devin decided to try and cheer her up by giving her a kiss. However Caroline was in no mood for cheering up and kept on bobbing and weaving to keep him from kissing her. Well Devin had had enough of it so he slapped her in the face to stop her from moving and then tried to kiss her. It was hilarious, Shawn and I couldn't stop laughing, we did feel pretty bad for Caroline and reprimanded Devin but still that was pretty funny, right?

Kemah

Yesterday Shawn surprised us with another one of his fun "daycations" (as he likes to say) and spent the day down at the Kemah boardwalk. It was probably the most spontaneous thing we've ever done, sad I know. We have been talking about going down there for about a month and since Shawn will be having slumber parties at the hospital every forth night for the next two months we, or he, decided to take advantage of his last day off and headed off to see the beautiful brown water that is the Texas coast. Really it was a lot of fun, we let the kids play in the water (fountain water that is) took in the sights, let Caroline go on a ride and even went out to lunch. (mainly because in our rush to get out the door we forgot EVERYTHING we would need, snacks, water, sunscreen, camera) We threw caution to the wind and loosened our purse strings to have some fun, and boy did we. My favorite part was on the way home we stopped by Carter's and of course they were having a fabulous sale so we bought the kids new clothes for basically the next year. Poodle would have been proud of my great finds, it was awesome. Other high points of the day were Caroline telling me not to hold onto her while she was on the carousel, Devin throwing almost every stuffed animal he picked up in the toy store, and the kids literally eating an entire loaf of bread at the restaurant because they were so hungry. It was a great day and I can't wait for our next "daycation."

Family Movie Night

We've been trying to start more traditions in our family. A few weeks ago we started Family Movie Night. We buy or usually pick a movie we already have to watch pop some popcorn and cuddle. Yes, I know it sounds like we should be on the cover of The Friend magazine, but really its a lot of fun. Devin runs around cleaning up (he's kinda a neat freak, very weird) Caroline snuggles under a blanket or with Shawn and I clean up dinner and relax. Tonight the movie was Meet the Robinsons. Its kind of a weird movie but for some reason we really liked it. We also saw Bedtime Stories recently and loved it so if anyone else wants a recommendation we give it two thumbs up and I"m usually not a fan of Adam Sandler. If anyone likes movies and popcorn come on over we'd love to have you.