What a week! After Easter things didn't slow dawn at all. On Monday I had a doctor's check up. The baby is growing well and had a heartbeat of 130. After the checkup, We went to Jo-Ann fabrics and I found some cute flannel to make baby blankets. Later in the afternoon, Mom got here and we got ready for Gamma's party! What a Party! I think she was really surprised. Lots of family and some of Gramma's friends were there. We had a Mexican themed dinner that was really delicious. The kids ran around and had a great time. Laura was very interested in the babies. Both Lincoln and Miley were there and Laura got to hold them both. She cried really hard when she had to give either of them up. Connor was more interested in the BIG kids and had to have his baseball mitt so he could be like Colton and Jake. It was nice to see everyone together.
Mom stayed until Wednesday afternoon. We had a nice, but rather short, visit. We made flash cards for Connor so he can learn to read. He was really excited and had fun putting stickers on the card and helping to find pictures to cut out of old magazines. Laura liked the project too. She can "read" baby and has claimed that card as her own! We were sad to see Mom leave but hope to see her again in a few short weeks!
Thursday, Patrick had the day off and we went out for breakfast with Jeani and Josh. We went to this cafe in Maltby. The food there is delicious!!! I had french toast with strawberries and creme freche. I could hardly finish it all there was so much food. Pat had to help grade some job application papers for a position they are trying to fill at Forest Park. So, after breakfast, he headed back to Everett and Connor, Laura, Josh, Jeani and I went to country village. We went to the quilt shop there. Jeani needed to get some things for a project she is working on. I found some precut squares to make a small (crib size) quilt top with. We fed the ducks and chickens and looked for bunnies. Connor and Laura had a grand time and spent all Gramma's spare change on crushed corn and rice! We were going to go swimming that night but Connor had to learn the hard way that it is important to listen to Mommy and Daddy and there is no reason it should take an hour to pick up the toys!
Friday! I'm almost caught up! On Friday we went to the children's museum. We got our tax return back and were able to renew our membership. We actually upgraded as well so now our whole family plus one extra adult can go anytime. Grampa joined us this time. Connor and Laura enjoyed showing him around Laura led him to the water area and Connor had fun building a car with him in the construction zone. We tried to go swimming that night too but the pool was closed for maintenance. We tried going to the Library instead but they close early on Friday night. By this time the backseat of our car was full of tears of disappointment. This was remedied by a stop at the Goodwill where we found some new books and some videos.
On Saturday, Patrick had to go back to work. The kids and I stayed home. I worked on the quilt top I had got blocks for on Thursday. We all took nice naps and the kids were happy to play with there toys (at least most of the day). Connor did find my sewing scissors and quilt blocks that I had left on the table when I went to put them down for their naps. I had fallen asleep with Laura and Connor had decided that he wasn't tired and didn't need a nap. Luckily I had 4 extra blocks and he had only cut up 3 before I found him. Needless to say, he did take a nap after that and I did not lie down with him! Patrick surprised me that evening by taking me out to dinner and to see a movie. It was so nice to have an evening with just the two of us. We need to do it more often!
Sunday, today, we went to Mass with Mike then out to lunch with Pat Edge, Amy, and her two boys. I got the front lawn mowed this evening and we BBQ for dinner. What nice end to a long week. Hopefully this coming week will be a bit slower!
