Back to normal

I had Friday off so had a very gentle return to normalcy. I came back from my trip really invigorated and refreshed so I decided to use a chunk of Friday to go through things I had set aside to donate to goodwill. It felt so good to get rid of things! We passed on a big box of clothes to some other families at daycare, too. We have benefited from a lot of hand me downs so it is nice to pay it forward! A big storm moved through on Friday night - we all marveled at the beautiful rainbow that came after the storm! 

Saturday morning was my usual routine of my run, followed by the library and gymnastics. When I was talking about my weekends with my friend Amber, she commented on how much of a weekend routine we have. I can’t imagine it any other way, though! As I’ve mentioned before, we do divide and conquer quite a bit but we are out of the house 10 or more hours/day when we are in the office so that requires us to kind of time block/divide and conquer during our weekend to get the stuff of life done. And, for me, it’s easier to divide and conquer when we have some set plans for part of the weekend day. 

On Saturday afternoon, we had my annual lake get together with my college friends. My friend’s FIL lives on a lake in the area (Lake Minnetonka) and he graciously hosts all of our families each summer! There was a lake and sand toys and such but my boys were most interested in rolling down the hill and blowing bubbles for my friend’s dog and then running away as he tried to eat the bubbles. They thought this was HILARIOUS. But I was happy to see that my kids are warming up to dogs. They used to be terrified of dogs but have really made progress on getting comfortable around dogs!

All that fresh air meant the boys slept in until almost 7 on Sunday!!! I slept until 6:50 which felt so good! I enjoyed some cooler temps on my run that morning. 

It was a beautiful, calm morning!

Then Paul and I hit up Target for school supplies which I was WAY MORE excited about. But he did enjoy the one-on-one time! He just doesn’t quite understand the allure of new pencils and such. He did get excited to pick out a pencil box, though.

Then it was off to a lunch-time party for a friend in the neighborhood who was turning 5. Paul enjoyed the bounce house and Taco enjoyed the snacks. He did not enjoy having his picture taken!

So. Much. Sass. 

And wonder of wonders, Taco took a 2+ hour nap when we got home! I napped, too. I didn’t sleep all that well on vacation so my body must be catching up. 

It rained on and off for the rest of the day so we laid low. I made picadillo for dinner and assembled some Greek ground turkey burgers that we will grill tonight. 

We have a bit of a weird week coming up. Phil leaves for his guys golf trip on Thursday and Paul has a minor surgery to remove his ear tubes which have been in for almost 5 years - it’s basically an ear cleaning while he is gently put under. He would not tolerate the ENT NP using tweezers to get them out of his ears (they are stuck in a bunch of wax in his ear canal). It’s not ideal to go into the OR but so it goes! They have to come out or they will start causing problems. It was the only date that would work for us this month so my mom is coming on Thursday so she can watch Taco on Friday when we are at Paul’s procedure. Friday is also Phil’s birthday! We will belatedly celebrate when he is back.  I know he is excited for some golf and time with his college friends! 

Speaking of birthdays, today is my mom’s 75th!! Happy birthday to my mom! I really hope I look this good at 75!!

I probably have more gray hair at age 42 than my mom does at 75!! Oh to be a blond - they seem to age extra well!

How was your weekend?