Week One

One week down - one to go. We survived the first week and even had some fun doing it. We managed to keep ourselves busy with friends. The kids were all (except Evie) sick Sunday night - so Monday we all stayed at home while mommy did laundry. The kids were all bouncing off the walls by the afternoon, and didn't throw up again during the next day. So Tuesday, Eileen went back to school and the rest of us went to the little preschool group we are doing with some other ladies in the ward. The kids have been loving it and since all the moms are there to help it has been pain-free, plus once we finish the preschool stuff - it morphs into a play date. :)


I told the kids at the beginning of the week that if they did all their chores during the week and did their extra chores on Saturday, then they could choose a treat to make and eat Saturday night. So they faithfully and even excitedly did all the work I asked of them so they could mark off their chore chart. (HAHA - it's amazing how much easier life is for me when they do this stuff with out me having to ask them 5 or 6 times a minute.....)

Wednesday, my visiting teacher came over to watch the kids for me so I could go to choir - and she brought her 3 little boys with her so the kids had fun playing and watching a movie and I had a wonderful time singing.


Thursday Becky and family came over and we all had pizzas and fun. The girls really get along well together and they all had fun playing and making their pizzas.

Friday was a big day for Eileen. She had her first sleep over with a friend from school. After school - she went there and spent the night and I picked her up the next morning. She had a lot of fun, and was very well behaved. She told me all about how much fun she had and all the things their family does differently (mommy, they don't like catsup - but they still have some)

Saturday rolled around and we did all our cleaning and playing, then Grandpa stopped by to let a friend borrow the red truck. Then he stayed and played with us for a bit then took us out to dinner at a place called Casa Bonita. It had Tex-Mex food and a wild west diving show... don't ask - i didn't see it.... we were seated in the back corner - but Grandpa walked the girls over to watch it. They got a kick out of it. It was a fun place and the food was good. Evie ate more of it that all the other kids combined. They they had sopapillas. Then of course the promised treat for all their hard work and cooperation this week - they got to have pudding and watch a movie.... are they spoiled or what!!! :)

Go figure - but in all of this we still managed to miss Dan, but at least we weren't bored and self-pitying the whole time :) Just one more week to go....