Wednesday-Monday Happenings

WEDNESDAY:

What do you get when you have perfect weather, a family walk with kids on bikes for some of their first times, a baby in a stroller, and a dog that loves ducks? 

A memorable family walk. 

Nala chasing down a duck

Those kids had so much fun

Lori, her father Gpa Cam, and Ali

We had seriously been at the trail 30 seconds when all of a sudden Maddix was missing. He had taken off on his bike in excitement and as I chased him down, I heard a SPLASH and there went Nala into the river... the rest of the time was about the same:)

And you can guess that after a fun few hours of none stop biking and outdoor excitement, that THIS HAPPENED:

He asked if he could have lunch
after quiet time...

less than 5 minutes later,
he was out.

THURSDAY:

We had dinner at Vaughn and Lori's to enjoy as much time with Gpa Cam as possible while he's here; they really have been running him ragged. Earlier that day they had taken him to Sundance, and the day before that, Bridal Veil Falls, and each day they sleep in a little later, but Gpa Cam is still up ready to go:) Thought you'd like that Gma Jo; when he comes home to you he'll be all partied out. 

We enjoyed our night and headed to home...

only to find out THIS also happened that night, needless to say, it was a big night: 

FRIDAY: 

We decided to take a walk and enjoy the beautiful weathers while Travis was a the library REALLY cranking out the real study hours before his big test that will be here this week. Maddix loved riding his bike, Aaron loved having a stroller to himself, and I loved that when I said it was time to go home, Maddix actually begged for more time outside. 

SATURDAY: 

As always the morning goes fast then it's off to work; however this time Travis decided to take the boys to the sitter with me and then drive over to the library. 

By some shifting of the planets I actually finished up work early... and then had no car and Travis still had another hour on his practice test, so I actually got to sit and stay with my other co-workers who have turned Saturday after work into a ritual event of just sitting and talking for hours; it was fun being able to stay for once. Then once Trav came and we got the boys we were off to wash/vacuum the car since our new blue beauty was looking a little run down. While there the boys and I found our own way to entertain ourselves: 

"Mom, look at me!"

"Get a picture of me!" 

Another car.... oh, another car

We even ran into my mother while we were there and it made the experience that much more fun.

SUNDAY:

First time at the 1:00-4:00 church time, and Travis said he did NOT like it that late. I once again got scheduled to work, but I was excited to take my bike to work so the boys could have the car for church. It's a 12.4mile bike ride and I cut my time down this last go by 10 minutes; I was pretty excited. 

After work I hopped on the bike and rode 4.5 miles to my mom's where I played with Nala while waiting for the boys....

.... THEN it was off to a final dinner at Cam and Shawna's while Gpa Cam is in town. 

Enjoyed the food.

Enjoyed the company.

Did NOT enjoy the attitude of my 3 yr old; however he sure knows how to crack U. Joe up.

MONDAY:

CLEANING!!!!! I find by Thurs my home starts to fall apart as I head into my weekend shifts. So Monday I was able to wash and fold 5 loads of laundry, clean the kitchen 3 separate times, clean Maddix's room, fight to take back my room, cleaned out a garage, and straighten up the other rooms.

It was such a fun day though. In between the cleaning  I went out with Maddix during Aaron's first nap and we went to town with the chalk:

our solar system

He kept hopping from planet to planet saying, "Oh, I have to get off  this planet, it's too cold.
Oh I can't breath these planets are too gassy. Earth! My home! Ope, now these planets are too hot!"
so cute. 

Right after this, we loaded up in on the bikes and went for a ride to enjoy Trav's quick break before heading to the library. 

After lunch Maddix was invited to go play on Cousin Bella's new play set while her mommy did yard work and Maddix had SUCH a good time. When I picked him up I asked, "what have you guys been doing?" To which he responded, "We've been on hundred of missions fighting a hundreds of bad guys. Now we're going on hundreds of more." 

While he was gone though I had a really surreal moment: my son was having his needs met by someone else... not just sitting in front of a cartoon or forced to play by himself while I cleaned. My baby was going down for a nap... and my 3 yr old was gone. I gOt To cLeAn By MySeLf! 

THAT'S how I was able to clean so much. 

And when I picked him up, he didn't throw a fit to go home... after easing into it for 40 minutes:)

Add in an end of the night movie while I make dinner, 

singing to Aaron while Maddix cleaned up his own toys, 

a chapter of the Chronicles series while tickling maddix's back, 

and then songs to both the boys while they fall asleep, 

and that makes for a really good day.