Pedicure

Today I got a pedicure and had lunch with vbblockhead. Thanks, it was a lot of fun to catch up with you and visit without the kids this time :)
We then went over to vbblockhead's for a suprise birthday party for MDM. It was great to see some friends that I hadn't seen in a while now that book club is dissolved.

Running around

Wow, I haven't posted in awhile. The routine is such that we get the kids ready and into bed and then we tidy up the house, do dishes, etc. Then I always seem so tired that I end up just reading or going to bed instead of signing on and blogging.
We had a busy day today. I dropped Maria off at school (she had a planetarium field trip today) and Ray off at a community education preschool class he is in (today was the last day). I then ran to Sears to check out some shoes they had on sale. Ended up getting some new bath things as they were having a huge clearance (like washrags, bath rug, candles).
I picked up Ray and we had our oil changed in the van. They had free bottled water, juice, popcorn, fruit snacks and granola bars. So it ended up being a perfect break and snack time while we waited.
On the way home, we stopped by the neighborhood up the street from ours as there were having neighborhood garage sales. Ray got a big truck for the sandbox (he already had one just like it which he's named '3000', but its his favorite so he got another). He also got a motorcycle racing toy. He loves 'racers'. He's a really good garage saler and follows closely behind me. Greta slept in her car seat the entire time and was easy to carry around. She's such a good shopper :)

Picture class

Our pictures from our camera have not been coming out very good lately. They seem to be too blurry if we don't use the flash and too washed out when we do. Community Education offered a picture taking know-how class to go over all the features of your camera. Seemed an ideal time to take it since we've been getting frustrated with our pictures. I learned quite a bit of new info that should help.. now to just practice playing around with the settings.

Also, if anyone as pictures of Greta's baptism, I'd appreciate copies as we didn't have many of the actual ceremony that turned out.

Weekend

Wow, just realizing that I haven't posted in awhile.
Here is a recap of our weekend...

Friday - Went to the school carnival at Rebekah's school. Maria's school is going to try a carnival next year as part of the annual auction. So, it was nice to check out this one to get an idea of what that may be like.
Saturday - Maria had a birthday party for a classmate. Greta and I dropped her off and went to some garage sales until it was time to pick her back up. Dave and Ray cut the grass and then did a few geocaches. We went geocaching in the evening as it was beautiful outside and stopped for an ice cream treat.
Sunday - We went to Essex Park for a picnic lunch and did more geocaching. Another beautiful day out!

Mother's Day

Dave and the kids surprised me this morning with hot cocoa, fruit and flowers in bed. Maria then took my breakfast order and they made me breakfast. They gave me a new book about Jane Austin and some chocolates (yummy).
We decided to head over to Owatonna to check out the outlet mall and Cabela's because I was looking for a new waterproof spring jacket. Found one!
It was a fun day for all as I got to do some shopping and the kids got to check out the animals at Cabela's.

Was there a full moon last night?

The kids were all up during the night.
Greta has been sleeping through the night for about a month and she was up to nurse at 3:00 am. Maria woke up and came into our room because of a bad dream. Raymond was crying in the night because he had a runny nose. I can't remember the last night that all 3 of them were up. They are usually so good and sleep right through the night.
Needless to say, I will be going to bed early tonight :)
So wondering if there was a full moon or some obscure astronomical alignment going on???

Messy house

Now that I'm home with the kids, our house is so much messier. I almost tripped coming up the stairs because the top had so many books laying out. Ray is into throwing all the books off the bookshelf when he gets angry. It's happened 3 times this week. He helps clean them back up, but needs help getting them all back on. The kids' room was totally trashed. I couldn't even walk in without stepping on stuff.
Dave and I were discussing and I think we are going to take some time tomorrow to go thru and purge the junk. They have so many little trinket-ish toys that they don't really play with that we should donate or throw out. Also have a lot of books that could go as we keep getting new ones with Maria's book orders from school and some of the more lame ones don't get read anyway.
I think it was easier when they were in daycare and weren't at home all day to mess it up. I'm definitely noticing the difference.