Friday, January 25, 2013

The Calm Routine

I love the celebrating and and entertaining that goes with all the birthday and other life events.  But, I also love the quiet choas of our simple routine.  After a busy several days of celebrating Walker's seventh we have taken the end of this week to slow down.

We were able to once again approach our school time slowly and with the breaks we all need.  Our days are typically less scheduled and more of a rhythm, but when planning and preparing for entertaining there is much more pressure to get all the things on our list accomplished.

On Wednesday we stayed in our PJs all day, until bath time. Then we changed in the fresh PJs (maybe my favorite days?).  We had breakfast for dinner, which pretty much means dessert for dinner and early bedtimes were enjoyed by all.

Waffles

Waffles

Thursday was filled with a few appointments, but even in the getting out and accomplishing things there was still rest time and time to read.  Then the boys got some quality time with Pops while Jason and I headed to a baby class.  Can we talk - a BABY in 6 weeks or less???  Momma is starting to panic a smidgen.

Friday, my love.

For lunch we headed to Steak and Shake.  Momma needed a hotdog and some cheese fries (don't hate) and the boys had all kinds of activities and entertainment.  It is actually less expensive than going to Chick-fil-a and with table service.  Thank you - and my kitchen thanks you.

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This boy cannot concentrate with his tongue in his mouth. It is adorable.

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We have had several weeks of cold or wet or cold and wet and today we were granted a few hours of cool outside weather and dry playgrounds.  We were a couple of hours late for playtime with friends, but the free play was still fantastic.  The boys just ran for 30 minutes straight.  Oh how these boys need to use those large muscle groups.

I cornered them for a second, and lamented not having brought along the camera.
Sometimes when your 2 hours late to the play date, your friends have gone. Still grateful for the outside play time.

But then that moment was gone.
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Also, momma is savoring these last few weeks where "supervision" can be handled laying down in the bench, admiring the clouds and feeling baby girl move around.
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Also, momma feels pretty full term today.
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Now to dinner with the cousins and grandparents.  Happy weekend to you all.  May you find some time to slow down and enjoy the daily moments.

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