Back to Normal...

Life is back to normal, and although it was nice to have a break, I wouldn't trade my chaotic, crazy, spirited life for all the peace and quiet in the world. In fact, I found out, I'm not even that fond of peace and quiet. LOL!

Matt took the kids back to LeMars for the weekend. I was sooo looking forward to some time by myself -- going out to eat with girlfriends, watching movies, shopping, and scrapbooking -- pretty much all the "fun" stuff that's almost impossible to do with two kids in tow.

On Friday night I met Kelly out for dinner at PF Changs and we did a little shopping. I'm trying to find the perfect accessories for my newly "chocolate"painted bathroom. Dinner was great... shopping was not. So I came home with a full tummy and empty hands. Oh, but I did make an Archiver's run (scrapbooking store) so all was not lost. I was able to find plenty of goodies there!

I will say this... as much as I was looking forward to the time alone, I HATED walking into a dark, quiet house. Quite honestly, it freaked me out. I'm so used to walking into a loud house, that it felt very unsettling. So after picking up the phone and chatting for almost an hour, I called my mom and dragged her to the DQ with me. What is it about ice cream at bedtime. There's nothing better!!

Saturday morning my sister came over, and while she studied, I scrapbooked. We had yummy Olive Garden for lunch and then she took off to go shopping and I went back to scrapbooking. I got so much done and it was good to get back in the groove again. Which reminds me... I'm thinking of starting another blog -- nothing super exciting, just a place to post all of my finished layouts and pics of the kiddos.

Saturday night was a movie with Kelly and more take out. Yep, I didn't cook at all this weekend. The most I did was make myself a glass of ice water. Pretty ambitious aren't I??? LOL!

Matt and the kids finally got home around 6 on Sunday, and I was soooo glad to see them. As much as I was happy to get some girl time and scrapbooking in, I was so happy to see them. It's good to have them back and the craziness return to daily life!

We had planned on going to the zoo today, but the rain derailed our plans, so we took off to the Science Center with the Laundervilles. They have a new dinosaur exhibit, which I was sure the kids would LOVE. WRONG!! Katherine was absolutely uninterested in the ginormous dinosaur standing in the middle of room, and took off inside the tent they had set up so that she could play house. She walked around with the canteen (aka purse) around her neck, and started calling to all her "kids". We don't own a tent (as I'm sooo not the camping type) but after today, I'm thinking of asking my dad to put up his in the back yard and having him (not me) sleep outside with them. They'd love it!