Today was an unexpectedly busy day for us. A pretty good one surrounding 3 children I might add.
The 3rd child comes from one of the Mrs(HW for HockeyWife) best buds and someone I consider to be like my second or third sister. I’ll call her muddy buddy (although we wisely didn’t run the race). We haven’t seen much of her in the past couple months, so it was nice to have someone around that is not afraid to make the beavis and butthead type jokes I usually also enjoy. Huh huh….I said butt.
The start to the day was not very pleasant and I did not hold much hope for anything enjoyable. I woke up at 5am, again. That’s 7 days in a row not being able to sleep past 6. I did let HW sleep in until like 10 again this Saturday, but I like the alone time with kids in the morning.
The rest of my morning was spent on the damn toilet until the Immodium kicked in. Happiness really is a dry fart. Oh c’mon, you know you think the same thing when you are suffering on the bowl. Chillax.
It was then decided we’d take the kids to the park and meet muddy buddy(MB) and her boy. Her son is 6 months older than our little one but sits at the top of the growth chart as opposed to our little girl stuck at the bottom. The 3 kids really love to play with each other and they really haven’t had the chance in at least a month, maybe longer. MB and HW found a nice shady spot to chill out while I went to play with the kids. This is really how I would want it to be as I enjoy getting the fun time. Plus, the boy has really taken to me and I to him as well so he’s my little buddy. I wonder if MB’s ex-hubby dad plays like this with him? I don’t think so. Being the playground monster to a 2, 3, & 4 year old is always fun too.
Seeing the opportunity, I did bring a couple soccer balls with us and got all the kids over to the field to kick around. My girls got uninterested when our oldest got dirt in her shoe and that just ruined it for her and her sister, the copycat, also did not participate. Me and my little buddy had a fun time though kicking it around for about 20 minutes and he did quite well at it. It was cute and fun. Then it was back to the playground. Time to swing I was told. I took my little buddy and my oldest to the little swings while the youngest stayed with HW and MB to gossip with acquaintances who also happened to be there. Pushing these kids turned into a great workout. I had them oppositely cycled so each kid came after the other and I just used each arm as they came. It was kinda cool I thought and fun for all.
Swinging was over and playtime in the splash park of sorts came next but not for long. It was lunch time and we all went and had lunch at Chili’s together. Food was fine, kids were well behaved, and I was happy with 2 for 1 drafts and my water with lime. A late lunch followed by some nice rest time for the kids.
During the ids rest time, HW organized our bedroom and I suffered through some Little Bill with our oldest as she relaxed. I then did the dishes and proceeded outside to pressure wash our sidewalk. I actually enjoy this job. Dunno why, I just like doing it. While finishing up, MB came back over for wine cooler consumption and more kiddo play time. Bikes were ridden, hopscotch was played, and pizza was served. Wow, I just realized I didn’t eat dinner today. I wasn’t hungry when pizza came….Oops.
The kids retreated inside to play in cooler temperatures as did HW and MB. I decided since they haven’t seen each other much and the kids were entertaining themselves in the playroom, I would let them have some semi-alone friend time. I grabbed my iPod, a few Bud Light Lime’s and sat on my porch for some blackberry poker and afternoon breeze. It was really quite nice to be outside for this time of year.
Some more play time outside until it got dark came next and then inside time which consisted of cleaning the play room and then I gave baths and off to bed they went. Tomorrow we will all gather again along with the SIL for some bowling action and lunch. Tonight, I just hope to get a full night’s sleep, like until 7 would be great especially if I get my tired ass in bed before 12. Fairly boring in regards to a blog post, I know, but I thought it might be nice as I have no physical afflictions bothering me for the first time in 2 weeks to talk about.
