I'll Be So Glad When This Weekend is Over!

Okay, okay, I know the weekend has barely started. It's only Friday! And I'm usually one who looks forward to the weekend, but these past two weeks have been crazy with all the musical practices and performances (E missed school again yesterday due to another performance for area gradeschoolers.), teachers' conferences, parent teacher conferences which means a half day of school yesterday and none today, and cheerleading and basketball parents' meetings. This weekend promises more of the same with all of the public musical performances (tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday) and striking the set (Sunday).

But today the kids and I had fun!

As I said, they didn't have school today, but I had to go in to work for a few hours and get some things finished before Sunday. We were at church about 3 hrs. The kids played in the gym, outside, and colored and made things with paper in the workroom while I did my work.

Then we headed to the public library, and after that I surprised the kids with lunch at their favorite McDonald's, the one with the HUGE playplace! I let them play for about half an hour after we ate our lunch before we headed off to get groceries from Aldi and Wal-mart.

I'd hoped to hit Piggly Wiggly for a couple of great deals before heading back home, but E had to be at the high school to get ready for tonight's performance by 4:30, and we weren't going to have enough time. So we took her home first so that she could eat an early supper while the rest of the kids and I unloaded groceries (except for S who fell asleep in the van), I put them away, and then E went to the high school while the other kids and I made a quick trip to the Pig.

Josh managed to call home in the small window of time before we left again and asked about supper. I told him we were having wafflewiches, so if he could start making waffles and bacon if he got home before we did, that'd be great!

He was making the bacon and waffles when we got home and got one set made before the waffle iron decided to quit working. (It was my mom's waffle iron that we used when I was little, so it's old ... not that I'm saying I'm old!) Josh is going to see if he can fix it, but he didn't have the time right then since he also had to get over to the high school for the performances, so I watered down the waffle batter and made it into pancakes, and we had "pancakewiches" instead. It worked alright, but they taste better when made with waffles.

E and Josh have two more performances of The King and I after tonight. I know E has had fun doing it, but she's ready to be done.

S said a couple of times today, "I miss Daddy and E." :(

So, after Sunday we should have Josh and E back ... but then cheerleading and basketball practices start. Who knew having and upper grader would make life so much busier?!