Manchild Walking Around Strapped to His Carseat

My focus for Friday, Saturday and Sunday was cleaning every room in the house. And laundry. Lots of laundry. The kids enjoyed their last days of vacation playing outside.

I took Manchild with me to get lunch on Sunday. I heard him playing in the backseat. The one thing that amazes me about boys is that everything becomes something else, even their hands. I hear MC say, “Good job, boys!” When I asked him who was talking to, he replied, “My fingers.” Well duh, Mom.

Manchild stated that all kids love Mario videos (Mario Brothers) but not girls.

We finally got Jumpshot to do all his homework in aftercare. Of course it involved being able to go to a birthday party if he got it all done.

It’s getting cold here. The lows are dipping below freezing. As a native of Louisiana, I don’t have winter gear. It was a good reason to go shopping.

Tuesday night, as I was just settling in for the night, here comes Diva, half-asleep.

Mom: Whatcha need, baby?

Diva: I need you to paint it.

Mom: Paint what?

Diva: I just need you to paint it.

Mom: OK baby (chuckling). I’ll paint it. But you need to go to sleep first.

And I tuck her in back to her bed. She smiles. The next morning she doesn’t remember it and insists I was the one who was dreaming.

Friday I spent the day with the kids at home because school was cancelled. I couldn’t sleep in too much because I had a work errand to run and drag the kids with me. But it didn’t take too long so it all worked out. We got to see a puddle iced over, which the kids thought was neat. Ice is neat.

Next we went to Party City, which I love, to get some cake decorating supplies. I’m going to attempt to make a birthday cake for a friend of mine. I’m a little nervous. I’ve never made a cake for someone else. I’ll post pictures of it when it’s finished so you all can judge me.

But the best part of the day was taking a nap with my little one snuggled up with me on the couch. So precious.

Enjoy your weekend and have a good next week!