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Hello, Weekend, nice to see you.
By Moriah on August 14th, 2009
Yesterday was a little bit nuts.
We’ve been planning on painting the exterior of our house all summer (and by we, I mean Andy) and have been slowly stripping the one really weathered side over the past few weeks.
Yesterday we (meaning Andy) started priming that side. Thankfully he had a friend — an actual painter, no less — help for a few hours in the morning. My job was to keep the kids out of the paint.
(Our kids feel strongly they should be involved in everything.)
So we packed up and went swimming. I know summer is slowly coming to a close so we’re trying to soak it up as much as possible.
And it all finally clicked yesterday for Adelaide; she figured out how to hold her breath underwater. Which means she spent a lot of the day like this:
And I STILL have yet to capture her actually jumping off, but this is the closest I’ve gotten:
Definitely my water baby. Maybe if I start her in lessons now, she’ll be ready for the 2024 Summer Olympics?
Andy had finished painting by the time we got home, so I put everyone down for a nap, fixed my hair and makeup, and ran back out to do the grocery shopping ALONE.
Sooooo nice. That’s all I need to say about that.
He also managed to snag a babysitter THAT AFTERNOON so we were able to go out to dinner at the very last minute last night. I let him choose and surprisingly he wanted to go to his own restaurant that he sees nearly every day. (Which speaks highly of the place, yes?)
We spent about two and a half hours there, just talking, relaxing, and eating. (Ohmywordthatwassomuchfood.) A very nice treat for the end of a busy day.
(Even if my date was covered in paint splatter.)
Andy tried to get a Redbox movie for us while I put the kids to bed, but the kiosk that we usually use wasn’t working and he came home empty-handed. That was really fine by me because I promptly fell into bed and fell fast asleep.
(Even if it was only to be waken fifteen million times by various children and one pregnant bladder throughout the night.)
(Why is that?)
3 Responses to “Hello, Weekend, nice to see you.”
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I think the pregnant bladder is to get you ready for constant awakenings by a little hungry infant??
Definitely getting you ready for those middle-of-the-night feedings. That way, you won’t remember what it was like to get a full night’s rest!
I don’t know what that’s about, but I’m so glad to not be getting up every hour or so to use the bathroom, because I have learned to sleep nurse, and it’s nearly impossible to sleep restroom break, usually turns out badly.