The kids didn't have school on Friday so that meant Thursday night sleepovers. Most of the time the sleepover plans are hatch at school and John and I are mearly informed of the plans when we get home. This night Zach was going to Carter's, Ashley was staying at Bridget's and Cameron was having his friend Kai over to our house. John got home early and thankfully got all the kids where they need to be for the night. I had a big deadline at work and didn't get home until after 8:30 and then promptly hit the hay. The next morning I was up and out of the house bright and early to head back to another busy day at work. It was John's day off and he was able to sleep in until 9:00 a rare treat. Since he only had the 2 boys he decided to take them to the movies...Madagascar 2 was the pick and the boys loved it.
After the movies the boys went over to Kai's house and John found himself childless...how come this never happens to me on my days off? John took advantage of the empty house and got all our laundry caught up, finally unpacked our suitcases from our trip last week, picked up all the bedrooms, vacuumed the entire house and cleaned the kitchen...how great is that!!! By the time I got home at 5:00 it was already dark out which I hate but inside my house it was warm and perfectly clean and all my children were home and happy....what a nice surprise!! Then we headed out to grab a quick bite, but first made stops to drop Cameron off for a sleepover at his friend Justin's house and then picked up Bridget who decided to stay at our house that night. No sleepover for Zach since he had to get rested up before his soccer game early Saturday morning.
John had to work on Saturday so the girls, Jack and I went to Zach's last game of the season. The team lost this one but Zach played really well and had a super sweet shot from way outside the box that hit the crossbar...that dang crossbar has plagued him all season. After the game we went out for some yummy breakfast then headed over to Hobby Lobby to pick up some fall decorations and pay John a little visit. We had way too much fun picking out fake pumpkins and gourds, some cute signs and Zach's must have purchase...an adorable wood and metal Turkey. This kid was cracking me up the entire time...I only wish he would come shopping with us more often. We then headed home to pick up Cameron only to go right back out the door to Claire's to get Bridget's ears pierced.
Before anyone thinks I'm totally crazy...it was pre-approved by Bridget's mom Shelly after a few failed attempts on her part...we figured that Bridget would be less nervous if her mom wasn't there and guess what we were right. She was so cute and I took some pictures to document the moment for her mom. Zach's friend Tyler came over that night for...you guessed it a sleepover, we made individual pizzas which were so good, I baked a yummy pumpkin cake, which we shared with Bridget's family when I dropped the girls off at their house for yet another sleepover because the girls had to get up early to run in a 5K race downtown in the morning. John got home late that night and I was exhusted so I turned in early.
Sunday we all slept in until 9:00...I woke the boys up and found out that Zach and Tyler stayed up until 3:00 in the morning!! I made everyone blender pancakes, eggs and bacon...so good. Then John and I headed outside to tackle our out of control leaf situation. 4 hours, 20 bags and 4 sore arms later our front and back yards looked spotless and lovely.Then Cameron went to his friend Cameron's house and John, Zach and I relaxed and watched some football. By dinner time everyone was home and for the first time all weekend it was just our family...no friends. We all sat down to a delicious dinner of red fish (caught in Texas last weekend), hush puppies, asparagus and a new favorite dish that Zach helped make...baked macaroni and cheese from Martha Stewart...mmm mmm good!
It was a super weekend full of family, friends, 7 sleepovers, lots of laughs and of course way too much good food. I really need to start working out!!
After the movies the boys went over to Kai's house and John found himself childless...how come this never happens to me on my days off? John took advantage of the empty house and got all our laundry caught up, finally unpacked our suitcases from our trip last week, picked up all the bedrooms, vacuumed the entire house and cleaned the kitchen...how great is that!!! By the time I got home at 5:00 it was already dark out which I hate but inside my house it was warm and perfectly clean and all my children were home and happy....what a nice surprise!! Then we headed out to grab a quick bite, but first made stops to drop Cameron off for a sleepover at his friend Justin's house and then picked up Bridget who decided to stay at our house that night. No sleepover for Zach since he had to get rested up before his soccer game early Saturday morning.
John had to work on Saturday so the girls, Jack and I went to Zach's last game of the season. The team lost this one but Zach played really well and had a super sweet shot from way outside the box that hit the crossbar...that dang crossbar has plagued him all season. After the game we went out for some yummy breakfast then headed over to Hobby Lobby to pick up some fall decorations and pay John a little visit. We had way too much fun picking out fake pumpkins and gourds, some cute signs and Zach's must have purchase...an adorable wood and metal Turkey. This kid was cracking me up the entire time...I only wish he would come shopping with us more often. We then headed home to pick up Cameron only to go right back out the door to Claire's to get Bridget's ears pierced.
Before anyone thinks I'm totally crazy...it was pre-approved by Bridget's mom Shelly after a few failed attempts on her part...we figured that Bridget would be less nervous if her mom wasn't there and guess what we were right. She was so cute and I took some pictures to document the moment for her mom. Zach's friend Tyler came over that night for...you guessed it a sleepover, we made individual pizzas which were so good, I baked a yummy pumpkin cake, which we shared with Bridget's family when I dropped the girls off at their house for yet another sleepover because the girls had to get up early to run in a 5K race downtown in the morning. John got home late that night and I was exhusted so I turned in early.
Sunday we all slept in until 9:00...I woke the boys up and found out that Zach and Tyler stayed up until 3:00 in the morning!! I made everyone blender pancakes, eggs and bacon...so good. Then John and I headed outside to tackle our out of control leaf situation. 4 hours, 20 bags and 4 sore arms later our front and back yards looked spotless and lovely.Then Cameron went to his friend Cameron's house and John, Zach and I relaxed and watched some football. By dinner time everyone was home and for the first time all weekend it was just our family...no friends. We all sat down to a delicious dinner of red fish (caught in Texas last weekend), hush puppies, asparagus and a new favorite dish that Zach helped make...baked macaroni and cheese from Martha Stewart...mmm mmm good!It was a super weekend full of family, friends, 7 sleepovers, lots of laughs and of course way too much good food. I really need to start working out!!
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Hey! I found your blog through Sandi. Your so good at posting!! Love being able to catch up. You, John and your three kids look great!!
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