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It is always so quiet in the house once visitors leave.
My parents just left. Drew is napping. The big kids are at school. Ben is working. For the first time in 96 hours, I am without company.
We had a wonderful visit with my parents this past weekend. Much like when Patti and Paul visited the weekend prior, there were many times over the past few days when I just sat back and watched my kids soaking in the love of their grandparents. The hundreds of books read, the hours of play together in the playroom, the endless picture drawing, the dozen games in a row of UNO........ the kids and I loved every second of the visit.
The visit was timed perfectly as Ben had to be away at the last minute for the weekend for work and it was the Fall Festival at the kids' school. I have gotten pretty good at single parenting when I need to be, but there is really no way that I could have handled this weekend without help. I had hours of prep work to do on Friday and Saturday at home as well as a couple of hours of work at the school during the Fall Festival. My parents were a tremendous help in so many ways- helping me assemble the last craft kits on Friday morning, helping me search a nearby church for pine cones, helping me decorate the school, walking around with the kids at the festival while I volunteered............ I can't thank them enough.
(I also can't express enough how happy I am that the Fall Festival is over! When Saturday at 4:00 hit, I had that feeling you get in college after you turn in a huge project or complete an exam you studied weeks for. After hours upon hours upon hours of work, I was done. My dining room and kitchen were no longer covered with craft supplies and I could stop spending my free time cutting out craft materials out of yarn and construction paper! Six hundred crafts are more than you think they are.)
My mom and Gracie and I had a wonderful Girls' Day on Sunday. Delicious Mexican food for lunch followed by lots and lots of shopping. We got back to the house just in time for Ben and my dad to take the big kids to the movies while my mom and I hung out with Andrew Henry for a while. Ben cooked us all dinner once they returned and then the adultsfell asleep to watched a movie after the kids went to bed. :) It was a pretty perfect Sunday.
I hope your weekend was as nice.
My parents just left. Drew is napping. The big kids are at school. Ben is working. For the first time in 96 hours, I am without company.
We had a wonderful visit with my parents this past weekend. Much like when Patti and Paul visited the weekend prior, there were many times over the past few days when I just sat back and watched my kids soaking in the love of their grandparents. The hundreds of books read, the hours of play together in the playroom, the endless picture drawing, the dozen games in a row of UNO........ the kids and I loved every second of the visit.
The visit was timed perfectly as Ben had to be away at the last minute for the weekend for work and it was the Fall Festival at the kids' school. I have gotten pretty good at single parenting when I need to be, but there is really no way that I could have handled this weekend without help. I had hours of prep work to do on Friday and Saturday at home as well as a couple of hours of work at the school during the Fall Festival. My parents were a tremendous help in so many ways- helping me assemble the last craft kits on Friday morning, helping me search a nearby church for pine cones, helping me decorate the school, walking around with the kids at the festival while I volunteered............ I can't thank them enough.
(I also can't express enough how happy I am that the Fall Festival is over! When Saturday at 4:00 hit, I had that feeling you get in college after you turn in a huge project or complete an exam you studied weeks for. After hours upon hours upon hours of work, I was done. My dining room and kitchen were no longer covered with craft supplies and I could stop spending my free time cutting out craft materials out of yarn and construction paper! Six hundred crafts are more than you think they are.)
My mom and Gracie and I had a wonderful Girls' Day on Sunday. Delicious Mexican food for lunch followed by lots and lots of shopping. We got back to the house just in time for Ben and my dad to take the big kids to the movies while my mom and I hung out with Andrew Henry for a while. Ben cooked us all dinner once they returned and then the adults
I hope your weekend was as nice.
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