Monday, September 17, 2007
We had a pretty nice weekend, despite the fact that Jericho and Justus still aren't better and I've joined the ranks of crampy stomachs and severe diarrhea. I don't think I've ever had such an upset stomach and such a long lasting one either. But fortunately no one else has come up sick and I'm praying it stays that way. This is one tummy bug we really don't need to share. Anyway, because I didn't want to wander too far from the toilet, we spent most of the weekend at home. It was chilly enough that we turned on the heat and I decided it was time to pull out the gazillion boxes of boys' clothes from the basement and figure out who fits what for the Fall. This is a gigantic task and took the entire weekend to do. Plus, I still have one more box to sort. But I got it most of the way done, and washed even. Now I've just got to put it away. The kids played nice the entire weekend and when I finally got my mess cleaned up the boys enjoyed jumping off the boxes into a giant pit of pillows and blankets (Click Here to see the video), one of their favorite pastimes when I let them. We also had a fire in the fire pit and roasted marshmallows until Jericho barfed all over the exersaucer. And Mark managed to pull out all of the bikes and trailers and toddler seats and take us all on a really nice bike ride to a nearby school playground, that thankfully had a really clean port-a-potty, because I wasn't the only one that ended up being in desperate need. But all in all, we had a really nice lazy weekend with absolutely nothing planned and it was really, really wonderful. I think sometimes I feel like a bad mother for not having more things planned for the family to do on the weekends. Sometimes I feel like we have to do something fun together as a family every weekend or the kids will grow up and hate me and spend their entire lives with psychologists trying to figure out what's wrong with themselves. But this weekend was so relaxing I'm already hoping another one just like it comes again soon, despite the emotional costs my children may have to pay. (By the way I'm kidding about the emotional cost stuff, no need to lecture me on how I'm doing a great job and giving my kids a great life. I got it already.)
posted by Shana # 11:49 AM 
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