GALentine's Day and the Day After

I was beyond thrilled with how the event turned out!  We had over 200 people come to be a part of the night which was full of great speakers, fabulous prizes, tons of individuals who made the whole thing happened, and so much willingness to look at a very difficult issue.  I could not have asked for it to be any better.  I suppose my one regret with it never occurred to me to have the food donated... Quite irritated It did not cross my mind to do that.  So after staying up this late with dear friends, I spent the entire day cleaning, organizing and preparing for the week ahead. I guess that's what happens when the husband takes the children to the grandparents house for 30 hours. Even though I was so exhausted from everything on Friday, I couldn't help myself! I always say the best gift I can have to have as many hours as possible to be home alone!  Ahhh, what a great day! Oh, and can you just be amazed with me by what you see next to the suitcase, this is all that Jeff brings to Africa for 16 days. Amazing.

Crazy Busy Day

Today I felt like I could barely get a grasp on what to do next. That always feels a little unproductive to me. But in the end, I got done what I needed. Tonight began the figure skating team competition for the Olympics. Tomorrow night is the opening ceremonies, and I will be sad to miss it. But, it is for a very good reason, of course it has to be because I'm obsessed with the Olympics!  GALentine's Day is tomorrow! I've been waiting for this day and was even so excited about it coming I could hardly wait all week for it!  So, in good I'm too busy to be a mom today fashion, all kinds of things happened. Colin and Alexa wrote all over their arms and their faces.  I went down to the church to check out the set up for the event tomorrow, and I came back to a squirt bottle war as they were having a day at the "beach" in the kitchen and dining room. Thankfully the kids got it cleaned up. I am sure it had a lot to do with the look on my face when I walked in the door.  I did let the girls watch some gymnastics on YouTube and the rest of the afternoon was spent with Colin, Alexa and Analiese doing a gymnastics competition for several hours.  Colin even told me before he went to bed that he wants to do gymnastics instead of baseball. Will be interesting to see if that lasts. Looking forward to tomorrow! I am sure the kids will do much better under Jeff's supervision.

Snow Day for Most, but School for Us

Once I woke up to Brandon shoveling the sidewalk outside my window, I was off and running for the day.  We got the snow promised… about 7 inches.  Legos, Nerf Dart "injuries", more food made out of Playdoh for the American Girl dolls, and sledding late at night.  We even got to celebrate Tyler's 21st birthday with dinner and some cake!  Alexa made him a sweet card with the guitar and a tree on it. He likes to play guitar, not sure what the tree was about. She also insisted that his name be in bubble letters.  I can't believe tomorrow is Thursday which starts the teams figure skating competition for the Olympics! Sochi will be amazing!  Huge sacrifice to miss the opening ceremonies on Friday night, but Galentine's day will be well worth it!

Storm Coming...

Soooo...the kids eagerly did school with Analiese teaching but with me, not so much.  We did however have a good time once the attitudes got re-adjusted.  Then this Buffalo/Cleveland girl began to take the winter storm warning seriously and decided to go to Kroger.  Not really bc I thought we would run out of food, but bc I had every ingredient but one for several dinners and I just couldn't do that to myself any longer!  As we were leaving, we saw our family of 7deer...definitely glad they are well with all the cold temps.  I only took Colin and Lex-they got samples and admired the Charmin Ultra Strong and Ultra Soft for some time (They have been swayed by the commercials and begged me to buy it. I'm sticking to the Kroger brand!).

No Media!

Well, we put the kabash on media starting today bc I feel like the "media police" and our day seems to center around who is next, who has had more time, whose turn it is, etc., etc.  I would like to be a mom, thank you very much, not a referee. So, we are done. Maybe Sunday they will have some time. We'll see. I tell my kids don't mess with the bull…you know what you'll get.  But really, it's good for us. Today the kids were doing so many other things like playing Risk, drawing on the marker board, playing with toys in the sink, as well as other things they do when they can't be on the computer.  Ahhhh... We will see how it goes tomorrow.  Other things that happened today...Colin doing spelling, Alexa reading, and Alexa licking the spatula from the cake. Yum! Tonight was the monthly Be Free Dayton meeting… Looking forward to raising some money for this group on Friday!

Super Bowl and Super Moms

Moms of All Seasons met today and it was a great time with about 35 women and Shannon Upton was fabulous.  Theeeeeeennnnnn I had a fun freak out moment bc I couldn't tune in FOX for the Superbowl and all I kept hearing was everyone asking to do media so I lost it.  It was BIG FUN.  On to the Superbowl and my awesome potato skins ( and other super treats!).  Tried answering Brandon's questions as fast as they were fired at me, Colin called the teams the Brongo's and the Seagulls, and knowing the Superbowl was broadcasting live, Alexa was amazed and a bit disturbed that the players were still awake at 8:45pm...she said they must be so hungry and so tired!  

Down Time

Got back from Columbus after a great time with my parents, an unplanned visit with my dear friend from college, Carrie Ross, and a nice time in the car with the boys.  Funny moment with Colin was when he was drinking his Mocha shake from Steak n Shake he said he thought they got the order wrong b/c it tasted like coffee.  The kid loves coffee but must have forgotten that's what mocha is!

The evening was much needed grocery shopping and some down time....a fire, a game (you can see who won and was pretty happy about beating her brothers), and catching up on Parenthood.  But shhhh....we still have 2 more to watch!