A Fabulous Day in the Life

Today was one of those days where I am so grateful to be a stay at home mom. I am blessed to have a husband who is so family focused he does whatever it takes to put us above work or hobbies.


The day started out perfectly normal, which means early. Both boys were eating their cinnamon toast waffles by 7.

Jason made it out the door around 8 and the boys and I finished breakfast and got ready.

Then the Mommy Bus headed out for to run a few errands. Snack cups filled with Cherrios and lots of excavators working made the boys seem almost happy to spend an hour in their car seats.

We met Jason at the Lebanese Food Festival at the local Maronite Catholic Church for lunch. My quick reviews: we like the baked kibbee (some sort of beef with pine nuts dish); loobia (green beans with cinnamon); grape leaves; homous; and the cashew finger for dessert. Eli ate everything Jason offered him. Walker pretty much had pita bread for lunch.

Eli got a nice skinned knee (courtesy of his brother) after lunch. I remind myself 5 times a week I need to put band-aids in the diaper bag, but have yet to do it. Thanks to the people at the church he was quickly bandaged up and ready to go again.


I took the boys (in the stroller) in the church to see the beautiful stained glass windows. They were fascinated and whispered the entire time we were in there. It is quite a different church set-up than they are used too, but they seemed to understand it.

After lunch we went across the street to let the boys play in what we quickly discovered was a not-so-well-maintained park fraught with hazards. After a few slides and enough running around to satisfy the boys we headed home for nap time and Jason headed back to work.

When we got home I quickly realized the dogs had gotten into the (kitchen) garbage and distributed its contents throughout the house. There was definitely a momentary flash of frustration, but the day was so good this couldn't even hamper my mood.

After naps we headed out to the park. I had a sudden and emergency craving for a Sonic strawberry slushy. We made it there a exactly 4:02, but they still honored the happy hour price and I drove away with my giant cool drink for the bargain price of $.97. Ahhh, yum.

One more errand and we were at our favorite park to enjoy the great weather and make up for the disappointing park play after lunch. The place was packed, but the boys really stuck together which makes them so much easier to keep up with.

There was a set of triplets there that were around 8 months old. Walker was so sweet with them. I really can't wait to see him with Colin. His interest in all things baby is precious.

We played until Jason met us after work.

For dinner we ate outside over looking the Buck Creek waterfall and watching teenagers have their prom pictures taken. Jason made some comment about Walker doing that in only 13 years...I told him that was unnecessary to bring up in my hormonal state.

After dinner we went down to play by the waterfall, pick up rocks, pick flowers and run off any energy reserves they could possibly have remaining.

Jason gave the boys a good scrubbing in the bath tub. We read two stories and haven't heard a peep since. I would say they were pretty tired, and I can say this because I'm pretty tired too.

After we got the boys down I ran out to get some dog food for the misbehaving dogs. Even though they behaved terribly, I decided against starving them for the night.

When I returned home my fabulous husband was cleaning out my Mommy Bus. This is so long overdue the mess was even bothering me. He said he pulled out 10 snack cups (remember my peaceful ride this morning) among a million other items that have now been properly put in there place. What a guy!

Now to spend the rest of the evening relaxing together. Nothing spectacular or amazing happen today, but it was the perfect day. It is my life, our life, just the way I've always dreamed it could be.

PS -

I do plan to end the evening with a nice bowl of Fruity Cherrios as I have found it allows me to completely avoid waking up at 4am starving and trying to have the same bowl of cereal without waking anyone else in the house. I'm pretty sure baby Colin needs the vitamins. It has nothing to do with the sugary goodness, promise.