Our Weekend - Simplifying, Fresh Air, & the First of Brian’s Birthday Celebrations

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We had a weekend filled with fun, family, and productivity, and I was pretty sorry to see it go.  Although actually today the kids are home with me for President’s Day so it’s almost like a three-day weekend, but Brian had to work so not quite.  Womp womp.

I picked up both kids from school Friday afternoon and we met one of my friends and her kids at the playground downtown for a play date.  It was soooo warm, y’all, so the weather was just perfect for playing outside, even though it was cloudy.  We turned the kids loose for over an hour and they ran and played and tired themselves out. 

We headed home after that where B was already home from work and waiting for us, and then our little family of four headed out for margs and Mex for Friday evening dinner.  When we got home we watched the University of Georgia gymnastics meet on TV and both of the kids were completely enamored with it.  Both of them loved it!  My margarita got the best of me and I ended up dozing off for a bit while we watched and then I had to wake myself up and get going to get the kiddos in the bed. 

Once they were in bed, we watched a couple of episodes of Friends from College.  It’s a Netflix original, and if you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.  I have been hooked from the very first episode.  All of the characters are soooo loveable and they play a great old 90s song in every episode.  If you haven’t yet seen it, do check it out!  It is hilarious.  And the episodes are only 30 minutes so you don’t have to commit a ton of time to each one.  We just started and we’re already almost done with season one.  It’s been picked up for a second season and I can hardly wait for it to come out!  It stinks that we’re going to have to wait for so long!

Saturday we had nothing going on, so the kids and I headed upstairs to do some cleaning since both of the kids’ rooms and the playroom were so awful.  Well, about 15 minutes into our cleaning I got the wild idea to go ahead and rearrange the furniture in Jacob’s bedroom and start purging even though I’m still not done with my office.  While I love the set up of Jacob’s room, it’s not very functional right now with the bed smack in the middle of the room.  The kids’ bedrooms are pretty small in our house so the bed takes up a huge chunk of the room and having it placed in the middle of the room left no space for Jacob to play.  I thought if we put the bed up against a wall would be a good idea, and boy, was I right!  We should have just done that from the get-go!

Before

We pushed the bed up against the far wall, put the bedside table on the other side of his bed, moved the bookshelf to the same wall as the bed, and moved his desk where his bookshelf was.  The dresser stayed mostly in the same spot, but it had to be pushed a foot or so to the left on that wall, and then, of course, all of the wall hangings had to be taken down and rehung.  It was a big job, but we managed to get everything but the purging done Saturday.

We stopped in the late afternoon to get ready and go to church where both kids behaved like little angels.  This is becoming the new norm and I’m so thankful for that!  After church we headed to our favorite little pub with my parents for dinner, and then it was home for bedtime for the kids and more Friends from College bingeing for us.

Sunday morning I got Jacob’s entire room purged and cleaned while the kids watched cartoons and then I also got that new closet extender that I mentioned on Friday put up.  It took all of 30 seconds to get it up, only cost $10, and now my man can reach his own clothes.  And all the mommas said AMEN.  If you’re looking to create a lower hanging rack in your kid’s closet without having to install something complicated, BUY THIS!!!!  It’s awesome.

After

We had lunch at my MIL and step-FIL’s house where we celebrated Brian’s birthday.  He turns the big 4-0 tomorrow so it’s a big one!  We had a Blizzard cake from Dairy Queen for dessert and the kids helped him open presents, and then we spent some time in the back yard.  The weather was super warm again and the kids seem to already have spring fever so it was good for them to get out and tear around the back yard for a bit and burn all of that energy. 

The kids picked flowers because they are starting to bloom (EEK!) and Olivia even got to pick a carrot from Nana and Poppie's garden.  She was very excited about it even though she doesn't like carrots.  Haha.

Sunday evening was dinner with my parents at their house like always, and Momma made her famous spaghetti with salad and bread, and we all enjoyed a bit of wine and enjoyed each other’s company before it was time to head home to get ready for Monday.

Today the kids and I are running a few errands and hopefully spending aaaallll the time outside.  It’s going to be another pretty day!

Happy Monday, y’all!

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