{Weekend Recap}::: Yes. You are right. I have been missing in action the last few days. As I mentioned in last week's post, I was babysitting on Thursday and Friday of last week, which ended up meaning no blogging. Instead, I got to have lots of fun with Zoe and Jaden! On Thursday morning, I picked them up at the Water Park of America where we were able to enjoy the water park for awhile before heading on our way. If you are from the area, I HIGHLY recommend you check this place out! Even if you're not, it might make for a great winter weekend get away :)
After the water park, we met hubby at his work for lunch. The kids love getting to see Jim too and he sure loves them! Jaden decided he wants to work at Best Buy when he grows up so that he can eat there every day. I guess he loved the mac and cheese! That and the cool "tractor" (aka conveyor belt thing) that takes your dishes away to the kitchen.
After visiting Jim, we made a quick stop at Wal-Mart to buy some play dough and ingredients to make these yummy cupcakes!
The kids frosted and decorated these ones all by themselves!
Hubby and I lead a small group Bible Study on Thursday nights, so before the kids and I started having too much fun, I let them play with our puppy Baxter while I did some cleaning. I think they love "Basker" more than us! ha ha ha
It wasn't long before they wanted to help with the cleaning too. And good little helpers they were!
Finally, after cleaning and playing with Baxter, we enjoyed some play dough time once Jim got home from work. I think I may find myself playing with this this week! :)
Hubby was having lots of fun. Check out his platypus. I think that's what Jaden decided it was.
Jaden didn't have a name for these...but they were his creations :)
On Friday, Hubby took a vacay day to spend with us and we headed to the library for story time. However, the storyteller ended up being sick so we watched a movie about snowflakes and The Three Little Pigs.
After story time we read some books and explored the library a bit before heading to Chuck E. Cheese. The kids always seem to look forward to this when they visit us, so it has become somewhat of a tradition. I think its Jim's favorite too :)
After Chuck E. Cheese, we hit up the Como Zoo where the kids got some "face time" with this Orangutan. They were making faces at him and next thing they knew, the Orangutan covered his face and turned away!!! Jaden later went back to tell him "Sorry that his friends were mean" ha ha
After a full day, it was time to drop the kids off with their dad. It's always fun having Zoe and Jaden and getting to "play house." Won't be long, though, and we will have a kid we won't send home! Crazy!
The rest of the weekend was VERY low key. This was the first weekend in at least 6 weeks that we haven't had any plans!! So we soaked it up! Saturday and Sunday was spent lounging on the couch and having a "Lost" marathon. We are now finally half way through season 6 and almost done!
{The Weather}::: This morning we woke up to WHITE. WHAT!?!?! It's supposed to be spring :/ It was probably done snowing by about 10:30am or so, but we still got a few inches. Maybe 2-3? Right now its only 17 degrees but with windchill it feels like NEGATIVE 1!! :( Lows tonight are supposed to get in the negative 20s I believe. The rest of the week is also looking like mid teens to upper 20s. Come on Minnesota!
{The Menu}::: I think we end up needing to eat leftovers more than I think we will, because we never eat all the meals I plan.
- Steaks and sweet potatoes
- Stir Fry
- Chicken Enchiladas
- Chicken and Bisquits
- Pigs in a Blanket
{My To-Do List}::: Yay for me! I got everything accomplished last week that I had wanted to! :) Now for this week....
- Print Mad Libs Story book pages for Baby Shower
- Pack hospital bag
- Get coffee with 2 friends :)
- Prepare food for Baby Shower on Saturday
And, as always, the weekly stuff....
- Clean
- Laundry
- Couponing
- Grocery Shopping
{Weekly Goals}::: This week, I am shooting for only 1 goal. I have NOT been doing well at my weekly goals.
- Go for a walk at least 1-2 times this week.
{Weekly Words of Wisdom}:::
"I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." ~Psalm 119:11
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
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1 comments:
Aww happy Monday! I love the cupcakes - my great aunt makes those cupcakes too (coconut with jellybeans) she adds a pipe cleaner to make them a easter basket! It's great that you & Jim can still spend time with Zoey & Jaden and be apart of their lives - and great for their parents too ;)
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