Two Fun Weeks

Again this month has flew by me and I haven't been doing a good job of keeping up! With both kids actually taking a nap, a rare occurrence in this house, I'm going to try and get up to date some.

First of I had my bi-monthly dinner with two of my good friends. It's kind of hard for us to get together because of our schedules. Both of them have older kids involved in activities and then we all have younger ones as well as husbands with crazy schedules. When we do get together we really have a good time catching up. We tried a somewhat new restaurant and had a great time.

The next day was Superbowl. Our good friend was having a Superbowl/Birthday party that we went to and had a blast! All the kids played great together and the weather was perfect for play time outside that made it even better. As always I had fun chatting with the Besties and the guys enjoyed I think getting rid of us to the kitchen as they enjoyed the game in quite and the kids were in the back room playing.

First birthday party of the month done!

Cory and I got a babysitter and were actually able to go out with some friends for dinner and drinks. We have tried the whole babysitter thing before but for whatever reason it hasn't really worked out. We found on that a.) can drive! b.) actually picks up toys c.) has a personality and talks to you d.) enjoys the kids and dog. That all sounds probably silly but we have had some that have no personality at all doesn't pick up the toys etc. I don't expect them to clean the house or anything but it's nice to come back and they have actually picked them up!
Anyways we had a great time with out friends. We will definitely be using her again monthly if not more!

The second weekend this month we had another birthday party to go to. Our friends daughter was turning 2 and her party was at the YMCA. It was a lot of fun for the kids to go in there and run off their energy climbing all over the toys etc. After spending on hour or so in there we went and had food and cake. It was funny because Alyssa and her friend Alyssa were sitting next to each other and both of them just ate the icing off the cake. Alyssa loves cake she says but honestly it's the frosting she likes and not the cake. We were there for about two hours and then headed home. Another great party with the Besties under wraps.

The next day the kids had their Valentine Party. I have to say it was kind of a nightmare. Us adults had a great time hanging out but it was just one of those days when every kid was whiny and crying. Finally about two hours into it we called it a day. Thankfully it was another day I actually got two naps out of the kids! Looking back though I think Alyssa just layed there for an hour but she got some much needed quite time!

Along with all the other usual activities, gym, dance, preschool, and errands, we had a busy first two weeks. It was well worth it and the kids really enjoyed it too!