Birthday weekend~

Birthday weekend was super busy and super fun. I worked from home on Friday. I still love working from home because I feel like I'm spending more time with the kiddos. The only bummer, I work at odd times - early in the am, during naptime, when carl gets home and sometimes into the pm, after bedtime of course. This past Friday was busy. The girlies and I spent the morning waiting for the internet guy, who of course never came. Then, we needed to make something for the bake sale at their school/ our church on Saturday. Bake sale items needed to be dropped off by 5 pm on Friday evening...which didn't seem so bad. We decided to make pumpkin bars filled with chocolate icing (the chocolate icing was turned into butterscotch icing when I realized I didn't have any chocolate). My two excellent bakers helped me through the whole process, measuring and stirring and helping me make a complete mess. Poor slate even ended up with some splatters of pumpkin on him. Luckily pumpkin bars turned out well, but I couldn't leave the house because I was waiting for the mortgage refinance guy....

The girls and I had lunch, and then I put them down for a late nap. I read some folders and then decided that the living room needed a vacuum. I dragged the vacuum upstairs and started vacumming furiously and then, I spilled Laney's leftover chocolate milk on Slate. Poor doggy ended up in the kitchen again getting his fur wiped off. The girls were tired after a late night at Ky's playing with Maddie so they took a nice long nap. Mortgage guy received the wrong paperwork from our homeowners insurance (of course) so re-fi is rescheduled. I almost missed the deadline for bake sale items..whew. Oh! and I forgot to put the dinner in the crockpot, so girlies and I headed to cheesey's to pick up the super yummy family pack. Lucky Carl got home from work and and had pizza, wings, salad and diet coke waiting for him.

On Saturday, Carl had to work, so the girls and I headed to Reading Day at school all by ourselves. The invite said for everyone to wear their pjs, so we did. Well, I was the ONLY parent wearing my pjs...at least the teachers wore theirs! Laney and Alie seemed to have a great time. They chose some snacks at the bake sale. Laney made her own book, we colored, had hands painted and played bingo.

When we got home it was back in the kitchen to work on birthday dinner. We had Thanksgiving food...soo delish. I even used fancy china, pretty table cloth and crystal punch bowl. I had such a great time. Carl did a wonderful job with the turkey and stuffing. My mashed potatoes were a little spicy-don't ask.

Sunday was my bday! The girls rushed in to wish me happy bday in the am, and then we had duncan donuts for breakfast (sooo healthy, I know). We just hung out together for the day. The girls and I spent a lot of the afternoon playing with Slate in the backyard. Then we headed to the in-laws for lasagna and cake...yum-o. I was sooo happy to be in my comfy bed last night.