While every other Iowan was at the grocery store on Friday night preparing for the impending ice storm...I was there by myself, with my two children, fighting through the aisles for ingredients for our Christmas crafts. Seriously. About the time I had found a parking spot, drug my children into the store and located a cart, I looked around and wondered if I had lost my mind. It was utter mayhem. Shopping with the children under normal circumstances is difficult enough and this was ridiculous.
Of course Hy-vee didn't have everything so I hauled them over to the Factory Card Outlet, or as Josh says, the Party Store. We snagged our last few items and headed BACK to Hy-vee to fill up with gas. I was totally off my game on Friday. Obviously.
And to top it off, I got home only to take off Lauren's seat cover and realize...I had never buckled her in. THAT'S IT...TAKE HER AWAY!!!!! I am not a fit parent.
You'd think I would have put them in bed and called it a night. But of course not. I went out with Toni until around midnight and finished my Christmas shopping!!!
Saturday we all got up bright and early and ran some errands before the big storm hit. We made it home just in time and Josh and I started in our project.
We had fun but of course we've only finished one step of a multi step process. I'm hoping one night this week we can finish the rest up and send them off.
I had started about four other projects on Saturday and went to find some help and found Josh...asleep.
I didn't have the heart to wake him so I let him be and 3 hours later he woke up. Dustin and Lauren were asleep for just about as long. While I admit it was the perfect day to take a nap I used the time to address Christmas cards, pick up and do some more decorating.
By the time everyone woke up I was ready for bed. Of course after all that sleeping no one wanted to go to bed at a regular time, so I stayed up and wrapped Christmas presents for a few hours. You'd think after wrapping gifts for a total of four hours I'd have more to show for it than this.
Then Sunday. Ahhhhhh Sunday. After deep-cleaning the kids' room, the family room and the kitchen I decided to take it easy and play with the kids for awhile. As far as physical exertion, I think it's easier to clean. Lauren has figured out the art of the "army crawl" and boy she can move.
Between her mobility and her desire to grab everything and put it in her mouth she is always about 2 inches away from trouble. I found the perfect toy for her...
After an hour of chasing her and keeping her out of trouble, I took 5 minutes and enjoyed her time in her high chair, or as I adoringly refer to it as "Lock Down".
My time on the floor with her paid off. I got some adorable pictures of her admiring the Christmas tree.
A few photos like this certainly make up for an exhausting weekend.
Well, I'm off to finish addressing the Christmas cards. At this rate you should all get them by Easter.
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