I started off the week with a fun trip to a HUGE craft show on Sunday afternoon with my mom. I have just a handful of Christmas gifts left to get, and we should be ready for the holidays! I really need to find someone who would happily wrap all of the gifts, and then I'd feel like we are set.
I did manage to order our Christmas cards and a custom gift today, so I feel like those are two more items off of the never-ending holiday checklist. Whew!
Ava had a fun field trip this week with her science class...they went to a STEM based museum and she built a catapult! Ironically, she just finished building a catapult in her Tech Ed class, so we now have two mini-catapults at our house. Scott and Ava had a competition with them to see which one worked better...and the Tech Ed one won!
G also had a fun week that included a play date at a friend's house on Thursday night. I was out with my friends at that time, so Scott played chauffeur for a bit. G got a little grumpy at the end of the play date so we've made a rule that he can't have any more play dates during the week as it's just too hard on our schedules (and his routine.)
I had a great happy hour with some long lost BIW friends on Thursday night. Love seeing my girl friends and hearing what's new...I miss having friends like that at my job (but, the amazing work-life balance that I now have is a trade-off that I'm willing to make.)
I also got a request to meet up for lunch on Saturday with a high school friend who happened to be flying into Minnesota for Thanksgiving week. Ava, G, and I met up with Brandi and family for a late lunch by the MoA. It was great to catch up...it's been about 10 years since I've seen her! Her daughter, Maya, and G had a ton of fun playing "dragons" and they decided that they wanted to take G with them for the week. Ha! If they only knew what they were asking for... ;) Never fear, he is home with us!
We're hoping to get the house decorated by the end of this weekend, as it's a short time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. It's hard to get into the holiday spirit without any snow on the ground and the warm (40's!) temps we're having right now. No complaints, though...I know the cold weather will be here soon!
We took a well-deserved break after walking through the entire craft show
I did manage to order our Christmas cards and a custom gift today, so I feel like those are two more items off of the never-ending holiday checklist. Whew!
Ava had a fun field trip this week with her science class...they went to a STEM based museum and she built a catapult! Ironically, she just finished building a catapult in her Tech Ed class, so we now have two mini-catapults at our house. Scott and Ava had a competition with them to see which one worked better...and the Tech Ed one won!
G also had a fun week that included a play date at a friend's house on Thursday night. I was out with my friends at that time, so Scott played chauffeur for a bit. G got a little grumpy at the end of the play date so we've made a rule that he can't have any more play dates during the week as it's just too hard on our schedules (and his routine.)
I had a great happy hour with some long lost BIW friends on Thursday night. Love seeing my girl friends and hearing what's new...I miss having friends like that at my job (but, the amazing work-life balance that I now have is a trade-off that I'm willing to make.)
Dee, Carey, and Jen
I also got a request to meet up for lunch on Saturday with a high school friend who happened to be flying into Minnesota for Thanksgiving week. Ava, G, and I met up with Brandi and family for a late lunch by the MoA. It was great to catch up...it's been about 10 years since I've seen her! Her daughter, Maya, and G had a ton of fun playing "dragons" and they decided that they wanted to take G with them for the week. Ha! If they only knew what they were asking for... ;) Never fear, he is home with us!
Scott and I had a chance to catch a drink before heading home for the weekend on Friday after work...fun!
We're hoping to get the house decorated by the end of this weekend, as it's a short time period between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year. It's hard to get into the holiday spirit without any snow on the ground and the warm (40's!) temps we're having right now. No complaints, though...I know the cold weather will be here soon!
Gray and red gnomes are this year's decor of choice for Christmas...this little guy is SO soft!
Comments