Does the weekend really have to end?

The past two weeks have been insane and I don't want this weekend to end and the new week to begin! I can't remember everything that I have done in the last two weeks, but I will share what I can.

Last Saturday, Aidan celebrated his 5th birthday with a few friends at Recreations Outlet in Powell. The kids all showed up to play on the very big and elaborate swing sets and they left very tired. I really enjoy not having to cook and clean up for a party anymore. I am getting lazy in my old age. :) After the party Andy's parents came to sit with Aidan while Courtney went to a birthday party and Andy and I got to celebrate our 10 year anniversary. Wow, 10 years! I am very blessed to have such a wonderful husband! I have my days when I say exactly the opposite, but hey, he has learned how to annoy me easily over our 13 years together. Love you honey, but it's the truth. We had a peaceful evening of eating our food while it was still warm and not having to make four trips to the bathroom between the fights over who gets to use the red crayon. Finally, Andy learns how to behave in a restaurant! It was the perfect gift.

This past week was filled with doctor's appointments(4), Courtney catching and sharing a stomach bug with me(fun), my six hour orientation for nursing school(overwhelming, but it is official.... I am a nursing student. YEAH! My classes are scheduled and payed for and I have a case of books sitting in the middle of the office floor), Aidan's actual birthday(my baby is growing up), a girl scout informational night(crazy), a PTO meeting(informative), and MANY MANY errands(exhausting). I am still trying to catch my breath. I really don't want this weekend to end. My housework is done, the laundry is caught up for now, and I really want just one day to not HAVE to do something. The reality is that this is going to be the chaos known as my life for many years to come. I am trying to continue looking at the bright side of things. I still have my sense of humor and my family to laugh at me when I am acting like a fool. What more could I ask for?

Windy Weekend

Let's see, Thursday night, a suspicious package was found across the street from Courtney's school. The bomb squad ended up blowing up the package and it was nothing. That didn't stop everyone from calling each other to worry.

Everything settled down for us temporarily. Friday was Courtney's first day with the Focus (gifted) program. She rode the bus to Washington Elem. and said the new school is so cool! She went on and on about how different the school was and they even have strawberry milk in their cafeteria. She had a lot of fun and is looking forward to next week. Aidan took some toys into class to share. His teacher said that he hasn't been able to bond with his new classmates because he has been to busy missing his buddies from last year. He brought some of his Justice League figures in and that sure helped break the ice. He went on and on about how one of the girls knew so many. He was impressed.

I had a CPR class on Saturday morning. I am now certified to save lives. I can even use a defibrillator if needed. After class my Girl Scouts came over and we did some crafts to kick off the upcoming year. I then spent the rest of the night baking and trying to get my house into order.

Sunday started off great! Andy's parents came down so that we could take them to the zoo. The zoo was great. We have a Saturn (car) and every year we get a postcard for free admission and lunch to the zoo. We even ended up getting approx. 20 tickets for the kids to have free rides in the Jungle Jack Landing. Everyone had a great time, but Grandma and Grandpa had a hard time keeping up with the kids by the end of the day. Just as we were leaving the zoo, the wind started. We only saw one operational street light along the whole way home. There were tree branches everywhere and power was out from Powell to Hilliard. We got home to see that some of our tree branches were broken and our cable, phone and internet were out. We put in a movie and then I went to sleep. I was out by 7:30pm. Talk about an exhausting week!

There was no school yesterday or today due to the power outages across most of the city. We have enjoyed relaxing and I got all of Courtney's patches sewn on her GS vest and I even taught Corch how to sew. She learned how to back stitch and cross stitch. She is having a hard time threading the needle, but enjoys the sewing.

My Worst Nightmare

So I show up at Courtney's school today to drop off some papers and I see police cars lining the fire lane. I pull into a parking spot thinking that it is just some kind of weird coincidence. Here I come to find out that a bomb threat has been called into the school. Every student was evacuated on the premise that they were having a fire drill. The school was then searched while I sat in the parking lot waiting to see a familiar staff member and ask if I can get my child. There is nothing worse than sitting and waiting. Finally, the principal, police, and several other staff came out of the building. I see them letting some other parents who happened to be there take their children, so I went up and had them get Corch. I am trying to play it cool because I don't want to panic her, but as soon as I got her in the van, I started blubbering like a fool. I start calling all my friends because I feel horrible driving away with one out of hundreds of children. I hope I didn't make the school mad by causing more commotion than necessary, but I couldn't NOT say anything. I would never be able to live with myself if something had happened and I didn't warn people. About a half hour later, they declared the school safe and free of threats. I am still glad that I brought Courtney home and we enjoyed our afternoon together. I do have to say that the school could not have handled the situation any better than they did. They evacuated all the children without causing panic and after it was all said and done, the principal went to them and explained what really happened. It really stinks that these are the things that we have to fear for our children. It definitely made me appreciate my children a little more even if they are being goobers. Praise the Lord that all is well.

First Time Blogger

I've enjoyed keeping up with my friend Stacy and her family by logging onto her blog. I feel like I never have time to talk on the phone anymore, so I thought this would be a good way for friends and family to be able to keep up with what is going on in our house.

Courtney has been in school for 3 weeks now and she loves it. She got the best 4th, that's right, 4th grade teacher there is (Mrs. Litterer) and she has a lot of her friends in her class, so I have a feeling that this is going to be her best year yet! She has such a good group of friends. There is nothing like a bunch of sweet, beautiful little ladies that love and accept your child and make her a better person. We are truly blessed. Courtney is such a bright and beautiful lady that loves to spend her days playing and singing with friends or curled up in her room with a good book. Except for the occasional attitude flare up, she is a good girl.

Aidan started school last week and he really likes his teacher, Miss Reenie as well. Nobody from his class last year moved on with him this year. Most of them have gone on to kindergarten. He really hasn't said too much about school so far, but I am sure it won't take him long to have some stories, because my boy can talk! I don't know where he got that from! ;) He spends most of his time being a goober. He eats, sleeps, and plays Justice Leauge right now. He is all about his super heroes!

As a parent who has a bad habit of buying my kids everything they want, I have to say the $2 bucket of legos that I got at a garage sale a couple of years ago has been all the rage around here this weekend. My kids can't get enough and it is cheap entertainment . I had half the neighborhood on my front porch yesterday afternoon assembling an amusement park and all kinds of other fun stuff. Sometimes it takes a weekend of legos to remind you that they can have fun without spending a small fortune on a new webkinz or nintendo ds game and it made them use their imagination. Yeah!