Lazy Sunday

When I last wrote Missy Miss had gotten out of bed and come in our room.  I put her back to bed and she actually stayed there until a little after 0400 this morning.  Not too bad!!  She then crawled in bed with us and went back to sleep until a little after 0700.

Schnooky Bear on the other hand was up and ready for the day at 0615.  He then roused his big brother and they played in their room until Missy Miss awoke.

Meanwhile, Mommy started her day with a  killer headache and Daddy was gracious enough to get up with everyone and let me go back to sleep until the throb subsided.  Thanks Daddy!!! 

I finally emerged around 0900 and then it was pedal to the metal to eat breakfast, shower everyone and get out the door to church.  We made it by the skin of our teeth!  The service was nice and a message that I really needed to hear.  Pastor C spoke about how God rested on the Sabbath and that he commands that we do the same thing.  I find it so hard to just have a day to relax and enjoy my family when the laundry needs to be done, the house needs to be cleaned and on and on.  So it was a nice reinforcement for me to take the time to slow down and enjoy my family that I am so blessed to have because of God's love and generosity.

After service we headed to Tijuana Flats.  Daddy had a hankering for Mexican.  It was very yummy and hit the spot.  We then came home and took it easy the rest of the afternoon.  The three little ones chilled on the couch for about an hour watching Nick Jr and then they commenced to bouncing all over the place.  I pulled out the playhut for them to crawl through which helped burn some energy. 

We had a nice thunderstorm for about an hour before heading to Grandma and Grandpa's for our usual Sunday dinner.  Dinner went very well.  No meltdowns!!  Definitely one for the record books.

After dinner the kids played for a few minutes and then it was time to get ready for bedtime.  First, they spent about 15 minutes playing in the box from Grandma's new vacuum.  To think we spend $100's of dollars on toys and all we need is an empty box!! 

Mommy, Daddy and Peanut headed home around 730pm.  Then it was time to balance the family budget and give Peanut a lesson in money management 101.  We all sat down and discussed the importance of knowing how much money you have in your checking account at all times!!  We stressed that mommy and daddy would not be available to bail him out when he overdraws his account once he is on his own.  Right now, his account is attached to ours and when he overdraws it comes out of our account to cover the difference.  The time is coming that he will not have that safety net and he needs to start taking more responsibility for his finances.  This was the first of many lessons he will have during this last year of high school.

All in all a good day.  I did a pretty good job of ignoring the laundry too!!  I tried to focus on enjoying the day with my beautiful family.  It was very refreshing I must say.  After all the laundry will still be there tomorrow!!