Summer Lovin

My weekend felt like it lasted forever, but in a good kind of way.  I love weekends like that. Here are some highlights from my weekend:

Date night/Thunder Game – it was such an exciting game!  Double overtime and a win – awesomeness! We ran to get beverages and happened to run into one of husband’s former roommates.  We spent about 20 minutes catching up with her and when we got back to our seats the Wolves had scored and it was getting close. That’s the thing I like about basketball – things can change up to the very last second.

Shopping – Again. Believe it or not, I’m not a big fan of shopping.  I usually do it out of necessity. And yes, buying an Easter dress is a necessity!  But we got most of it knocked out – the girls are set. Clothes wise, at least.  I need to get together with the Easter Bunny and get things figured out there.  We don’t do a lot of candy so I usually try to get something different for their baskets. But we are up to our eyeballs in toys. My kids have so much “stuff” it is embarrassing. Seriously, we’ve got a basket of toys plus a toy box in the living room, a toy box in the spare bedroom, and their room is stuffed with toys. They have so much that they forget they even have it…I don’t know how we keep accumulating this stuff! Seriously, these are not things we have bought. 

So toys are out.  I’m trying to think of something cute and practical…for M’s birthday one year I made cute flipflops as a party favor – so much better than the typical party junk that gets thrown away!  I was thinking about doing something like that but my Mom is doing that. Yes, they get Easter gifts from her too. That’s why we have so much stuff – she spoils them rotten! At least she’s following my “no toy” order...

Park – Took the girls to the park and let them ride their bikes. M2 has a motorized scooter but there is something wrong with it – she got it for Christmas and we’ve only used it once and the battery won’t charge now. So we took her tricycle. But it’s a little too big for her so we had to tie a rope and kinda pull her. I know it looked crazy but she was happy. 

It was the first time M rode her bike to the park. The other times we’ve driven and just let her ride on the trail there. She was a little nervous. She was going really slow at first and was hesitant. But then she worked her courage up and just took off. I had to run to keep up with her. Then I couldn’t slow her down – she thought it was hilarious that I had to run.

And then she bit the dust.  But she brushed herself off and got back on and took off again. Poor girl had a heck of a time because then she slipped off the money bars and face planted. She was okay but it knocked the breath out of her. And hurt her ego.  Then about a block from home she crashed her bike again – she was trying to steer and lost control and ran right into a curb. We got blood with that one.  I felt especially bad because she was wearing a helmet but not knee pads. The ones she has are too small now so I let her go without wearing any.  We’ll be getting some before our next bike trip.

Clothes Change – I went through everyone’s clothes and put away all the winter clothes and pulled out all the spring/summer clothes. What a job! It’s nice to have two girls because I can save everything of M’s and pass it down but it’s also a pain because I have to save everything and pass it down! We have boxes and boxes of clothes! It’s a mess. If I wasn’t so practical I would just toss it out and buy new.

I got my closet done too. That was a little depressing but also a good motivator for me to work out! It’s amazing what a difference 10 pounds can make – it looks like 20 and feels like 50! I want to wear my cute summer stuff without overflowing and spilling out.

And trust me; everyone around me wants that too!