April what day is it again? the 15th

Wow what a day it has been!!! What a week for that matter!!! My oldest, Jesse, went on his first solo campout w/ his boy scout troop (want to say pack but that was cub scouts)! They left Friday, meet up at the church at 4:30 which was hard since we don't get out of carpool till 3:50'ish and home by 4 racing around grabbing everything that should have already been PUT TOGETHER!!!! They went to a Camporee? or something. And it sounds like he had a great time even tho he FORGOT HIS COAT!!!! I on the other hand am the kind of parent that worries about their kids when ever they are out of site, so I worried all day and was up all night thinking about my oldest baby being out in the 38 degree'ish weather w/ out his coat!!! (I don't know how cold it was there and I am hoping he was in his sleeping bag when the tempter dipped low that night!) He came home Sunday dirty and happy, ready to go home and play video game and eat lunch!!! It sounds like he will be going on more campouts!

As for today, boy oh boy was it a day!!! Today was Jesses 5th grade field trip!!! They were going to Colonial Williamsburg! And that is over 3 1/2 hrs. away from us! So I had to drop Jesse off at school at 5:30 in the morning! Wow 5:30 AM!!!! I am lucky when I get up by 7:30 to get everyone up for school! (don't know what I am going to do next year when he starts middle school) So Jesse and I got up at 5 AM got... he ate breakfast... grabbed his video games and bag of snacks, camera, money (thanks to his Nana he had $40 of spending cash, Nice), books... we ran by the the grocery store (it was finally payday, thank goodness for direct deposits) picked him up a lunchable... had to run back home b/c we forgot the water bottle!!! and finally made it to the school by 5:38'ish! And guess what??? the buses weren't even there yet!!! YES WE MADE IT!!! (it makes me want to sing the Dora song "dodododododo we did it!") So I said my good byes and tried not to cry, letting him go again for the second time this week, it was so hard! But on the plus side I get to go home and crawl back into bed and yes that is what I did!!! Not that sleep came easily and boy was it hard to get up again!!!

But I did it! I got up at 8 and rushed Cole and Lila through breakfast and getting dressed! And like Jesse, Cole had no lunch (I used the last of the bread yesterday), so we rushed into the store for him to get a lunchable too (we only get them for field trips and to be fair both boy get them even if it is the other boy's field trip). But wait my day was not done yet, it just started!!! Oh boy... Like I said it was pay day and hubby want McD's for breakfast so after dropping Cole off I ran through the drive through and got him is food and ran it by his work! Am I a nice wife or what!!! Lila and I also had a play date w/ our favorite people Mrs. Megan and Little Casey at the park! So we spent some of our morning w/ them, Megan has 2 boys the same age as mine (her oldest was also on the bus to the Williamsburg), and it is great having a friend that knows what I am talking about and has the same ups and downs that our family has (and it is helpful knowing that her family life as a child was some what as screwed up as mine, lol)! So the park was great!

Next stop back to the grocery store, we need something for dinner tonight!!! I pick up shrimp, alfredo sauce, and an italian roll, plus some food for tomorrow! Lila and I went home to put away the groceries and Lila ate some easy mac for lunch. Hubby called about doing lunch together so I packed Lila back up into the car and we did subways buy one get one free deal for tax day! I have not had subway in forever!!! It was tasty!!! Next on the to do... oh yes Lila's nap! Which she fought! But I am happy to say I won today!!! =) Had little down time before I had to wake her up to go get Cole from school! Came home did snack and homework w/ Cole then made dinner. Then we went to kmart not sure why, need laundry soap but the price there was no good rather do walmart but kmart was closer. Cole did get to spend his money that his Nana gave him on a pack/deck of magic the gathering card, pooh >( I hate all these card games Yugiho, pokemon.... and now they want to start collecting and playing magic. Well on the plus side it is one my hubby use to play in middle school since it was out before all the other ones! Maybe he will find his old deck and play w/ them! (But I might be just dreaming....)

Then it was time to get Jesse from school! We even got there early 7:20'ish and ran through the gas station inbetween kmart and the school! And of corse the buses were late! So by the time we got home it was after 8! So kid had to bathe and get ready for bed! 9 light out for them!!! Lila of corse had her light out sooner!!!

So here I am tired and ready for bed, it has been a long day!!! But of corse I can't fall asleep! So.... Maybe by putting everything in writing I can release it and move on maybe even fall asleep quicker and yet never forget how busy life is in my small little world!!! I love my kid even when they make me exhausted!!!! Today was a good day =) So I am going to bed w/ a smile!!! ~Love~Smile~Be Happy