• Mar. 9, 2009
Our Week Mar 2nd-Mar 8th
Monday was Legs' 11th birthday. She woke up to her bedroom door decorated with streamers. We also took her to her choice of Wendy's for a birthday lunch. She got another present from us that had a book light, a really cute shirt and HSM shower gel and shampoo. While we were eating lunch, June Bug figured out how to use mommy's straw to get a drink.
We came back to brother-in-law's house after lunch to work on more packing. Until the carpet is cleaned and dry I am not letting the baby on the floor so she has been hanging out in her stroller and watching all the action. She does take her nap there when needed. This is how I found her asleep on Monday afternoon.
Later that evening, J and Legs went to FAITH at church. Little Man had his first day of baseball practice for the season. They had practice inside the local church gym because it was a little chilly outside.
Tuesday brought more packing and cleaning before and after Little Red's dance practice. The last few weeks we have been able to go into the class and watch their routines. This week I remembered to bring the camera.
Legs also had gymnastics practice for four hours.
Legs had to be up and ready to go by 7:20. This was the day they were going to work in BizTown. Legs was a file clerk at Bank of Oklahoma. Each student had their own checkbooks and had to make deposits in their accounts, pay bills and got the opportunity to "shop" at Walmart and eat at Arby's. Some of Legs' friends had other positions such as a property manager, audit manager at Walmart and CFO of Walmart. The people that worked at Flintco had to spend their day acutally constructing a bench for the town. I wish I could have been there to see the fun but with 3 little ones and the impending move, it just wasn't possible.
The rest of us spent the whole day Wednesday at brother-in-law's house except for a break for lunch. We were there for so long and I was so exhausted that we didn't make it to church that night which was disappointing to Little Man because church was serving Goulash for dinner which he loves. Later that evening, June Bug, Legs and I made a trip to Walmart for much needed groceries.
Thursday started at the gym so I could work and Little Man had his gymnastics class. We went to bil's house to meet the carpet guys in hopes that they could stretch out the few little bubbles Then onto Little Man's baseball practice and Legs gymnastics practice. It is a good thing that Legs is old enough that I feel comfortable leaving her at practice and coming back to pick her up. I did have the camera with me so I got some cute pics during baseball practice that evening.
Later that evening, June Bug found the stairs and tried to climb the first step.
Friday, I let the kids have a lazy morning since they had been on the go all week. We did go to Chick-fil-a for lunch. We had our receipt from Feb. 26th so we got all of the food for free and all I had to pay for was Legs' lunch since she wasn't with us on the 26th. Then we turned in two fo the kids' meals toys for free ice cream, showed proof of Leg's and my birthday for free milkshakes and then paid for a 3rd ice cream so we all had dessert. I think lunch and dessert cost me a total of $4 for the five of us. Then we ran over to the church to prep my classroom for Sunday. On the way back to bil's house, we stopped at the gym for about an hour so I could put in some work in the office and get the gym caught up on posted payments,etc. Back to bil's house for final work before Saturday's meet and moving day. Here is a pic of June Bug after going to sleep.
Saturday we had to be up bright and early (not sure how bright we were) to be at a gymnastics meet in Bartlesville. It was not a very good meet for our girls. They struggled on the bars and floor. Legs didn't place at all but did get a participation tropy. June Bug did fall asleep in J's arms during the meet.
When we got back, we left my mom with Legs and June Bug at the current house while dad, Little Man, Little Red, J and I went over to bil's house to load all his stuff for storage. It was basically a four-hour ordeal to pack, move and unload it all into a storage unit. Little Man and Little Red were great helpers and were filthy but had a great time.
Mom said while we were gone June Bug stood outside of her walker and was pushing it all around the house. When she finally settled down, it didn't take her five minutes to go to sleep and she took a three and half hour nap. Whew! She was tired!
Church on Sunday morning, lunch at home and then off to bil's to vaccum, dust and clean before the carpet cleaners come on Monday. I got all of the master bedroom cleaned along with the closet. I also got the master bathroom scrubbed down. I finsihed up with cleaning and vaccuming the laundry room, dining room/office and then Legs wanted to help by doing the living room for me. That was a nice break. While the kids and I were at the house, J was off playing paintball with my best friend's son and his football team. Z had never played before and his dad was out-of-town, so Uncle J stepped in. J loves paintball so he was in his zone and he had his and his brother's paintball guns so J and Z had better aim and distance than anyone they were playing. It was a great time for them! I think J has Z hooked on paintball now.
Here is what the kids were doing while I worked in the master bedroom on Sunday, watching movies on the portable dvd players.
