Labor Day

Friday we kinda decided last minute to see if some friends/neighbors wanted to come over Sunday night to hang out for dinner. The neighbors (whose house I invaded until 1 am last weekend) and Sam, Scott and Boston were able to come over. It went really good! So much food and drinks and SO many laughs!

We get along really well with Sarah and Kyle and their kids Collins and Carver did great with our kids and Boston, they were over until the storms rolled in after 10 pm. Everyone seemed to have a good time and hopefully we can all do it again sometime! (if we can get Scott to leave the Fireball at home!:)

Carver just turned 2 in June, so he is a little younger than Piper but he's about the same size and too cute!

Monday we all slept in! I think Steve and I were stirring about 9-9:30, and the girls hadn't got up yet. They might have been playing in their rooms for a while but it was quiet so we were happy! We really just hung out. Cleaned up from having people over, Steve worked on the shed, the girls played outside off and on. I did get Piper to lay down for quiet time for about an hour...I think all 4 of us enjoy Piper's quiet time! And really we just layed low and got ready for the week ahead!

The shed is complete minus some painting touch ups! The inspection was completed last week, so now we can get the electrical done and the patio poured! We ordered patio furniture, which should be here next week...even though we might not use it this year! HA!

Random

- Out of the last 10 days I have worked out (walking mostly) ALL of them (I'm totally counting walking around at the football game sweating our asses off as 'working out')..........not sure if I've EVER done that! Feeling good, proud of myself...now I have to keep it up! If I can be good at least 5 days a week, that would make me happy!
- I bought new work out clothes, like good ones...not the mesh shorts and 15 year old sports bra that I've been using. I love them! They suck everything in, no wonder some women wear them all the time! This whole time I thought all these women were actually working out!
- Since I've actually been working out and sweating (that happens when it is 90 degrees outside) I've had to actually do laundry almost every night....you know what? I might NOT have to laundry this weekend! GASP!
- Piper is SO funny! If we tell her she is funny (or cute) she'll say "No! I not cute, I bossy!"
- Presley is SO smart! She is also the one that causes the fights with Piper! So annoying, so exhausting!
- I had two more moles removed from my back, I never heard back on the results so I'm going with 'no news is good news'!

Hawkeyes!

We've been wanting to take Presley to a Hawkeye football game and had the opportunity on Saturday, we knew it was going to be hot but it was the early game and we knew that if we didn't just do it the season would be over before we knew it. So Friday night my parents came and got Piper to watch her overnight since we knew we'd be leaving early Saturday morning. We left at 6 and headed out, Presley has never got up and out of bed so quickly!

There was hardly any traffic, we decided to take the train in since none of us have ever taken it before and we thought Presley might think it's kinda cool....and we got to the train about 10 minutes before the first one left at 8 and were at Todd and Cari's RV at 8:15....it was awesome! Convenient, quick and nice.

 

 

Todd and Cari have awesome seats so it was fun to get that close to the field! Presley I don't think was THAT impressed but she did good, she never complained about the heat!

 

About halftime I took her back to the RV, she was bored of football and it was hot! So we hung out in the RV (aircondition) until the rest of the crew got back. Hawkeye win!

The last train leaves 90 minutes after the end of the game, so we waited for the crowds to leave and then took one of the last trains back to the car. 

Of course, Presley slept most of the way home. We dropped Steve off at the store and then Presley and I picked up Piper and we all headed back to pick up Steve and our groceries! :) The day and the heat wore me out! I was exhausted! Presley and I hung out in bed and watched a movie (with me sleeping thru most of it). Overall it was a successful trip and day. Presley told Piper about the game, she said "You literally sit there and watch people play football for like 30 minutes!". So we need to work on making Presley more of a football fan obviously! :)

 

 

Funnies

This was from a couple months ago, but I never posted it. Trying to remember to blog all their funnies so I have them to look back on!

Me : Piper, we are going to the farmers market tonight!
Piper :  I scared of animals!
Me : You are scared of animals? There are no animals there!
Piper : I don't like farms!
*** she now knows there are no animals and the farm is not the farmers market!

Me : Piper look for deer!
Piper : I want deer on my side (b/c if they are on Presley's side of the car, then it isn't fair....I'm not kidding these are actual issues with my children)
Me : Well keep you eyes open!
Piper : Mommy, mommy! (calling from the back seat) and I look back at her....
Piper : See I keep my eyes open! (as she is using her hands to physically keep her eyes open!)

Run/walk/crawl

Sunday Steve let me sleep in until 9:30! Yes, I needed it! We hung out, the girls played, I did some cleaning, laundry (despite my headache), Steve worked on the shed and then about 12:30 we headed to Boston's 5th birthday party! The weather was perfect and Samantha is so crafty and good about using Pinterest!
For once my girls were outnumbered by the boys at the party! This rarely happens to us! Eventually they got a little comfortable and 'watched' the boys, but they never did play with them.

That night we did more of the same, played, cleaned, shed....ordered pizza for dinner. Then Steve took the girls to the neighbors to go play and I walked 2.6 miles! I figure walking/running is a good way for me to relieve my anxiety and stress so I'm really trying to get better about fitting this into my schedule! I love when the weather is nice b/c the neighborhood is filled with people playing and walking, of course then we do too much talking and the girls get to stay outside too late. Oh well.

I have done good with my walking the last 2 days, bringing my stuff to work and doing it over my lunch hour. I don't like the hassle of changing and showering and all that, but it really is the only time I'm going to do it. Yesterday I did 1.8 miles and today another 2 miles...most of this is power walking with a little running....and my butt muscles hurt so bad! Pathetic!!!

Saturday

Do you ever have those days where things just aren't right? Where you feel like you need to stay in bed and cry for a while to get thru the annoyances/irritations/children? This was Saturday. Steve had a golf tournament so it was me and the girls, we've had a lot of time together this summer with the shed building and they have been pretty good so I had no expectations.

Piper was up at 7....too early. Presley got up at 8 and within 30 seconds they were fighting. I warned them, they would both spend time in their rooms if they were already going to fight! At 8:30 we were getting breakfast, Presley was whining b/c she didn't like waffles and cereal and toast 'were stupid!'...well fine don't eat. She decided on 'stupid' cereal and then proceeded to pound her fork onto the table knowing it was going to bother me. I got Piper cereal, told Presley to stop....she continued. Piper spilled the cereal all over the floor...the fork pounding on the table and I freaked out. Screamed at them and as I was crying I told Presley I was going to my room to calm down....at 8:30, I had to give myself a time out. I hate when I can't control myself in these situations....but it happens.

I stayed in there for about 10 minutes and in the meantime, they had cleaned up the cereal and P had poured milk into Piper's bowl for her and all was good in the house.

So silly me had decided that we would try to run to the mall to find jeans for me and then to Nobbies to look at birthday stuff for Piper. We went to Von Maur, we were there 10-15 minutes. I literally just picked 6 pairs of jeans in my size, not looking at the price b/c they were running around the racks, laughing, screaming...don't get me wrong, they were happy, not fighting....just loud, in a quiet store. Then I had to chase Piper down, then we are in the dressing room and they are singing and talking about my underwear...I just had to laugh and hope no one was listening! HA!
I bought two pairs of jeans even though I didn't think either would work, tried them on for Steve that night and he agreed that he didn't like either of them. And they were expensive jeans, so I'll stick to my $45-$75 jeans instead.

Then we went to Nobbies. They did fairly good here, the main problem is getting Piper to NOT run off. We found our birthday stuff and their halloween costumes (Presley has known she wants to be a cat for this Halloween since last November, so $3.99 for ears and a tail, DONE!). As we were checking out, Piper was singing Happy Birthday to herself as loud as she could......yes, it was cute. There is just NO indoor voice for that girl!

We got home, did lunch....which they didn't want anything we had to eat...fine! Don't eat then. I put Piper down for a nap about 12:15......and for 2 hours I tried to get her to sleep. She wasn't having it, normally she knows she is tired and will go down for naps no problem. Then of course, Presley was bored and hungry and every time I told her to be quiet b/c her sister was trying to sleep....she would be just a little louder! (breathe, Jessica...in and out....calm down)

Once we figured out Piper was not going to nap, I decided to take them outside in hopes to keep them entertained and wear them out....And all they did was fight over the jeep. Who was going to drive, whose turn it was, whose turn was longer, which direction we were going walk....neverending.
I warned Steve the minute he got home I was leaving and I did just that. He got home about 4, I put my sunglasses on and went for a mile walk, then I went to Target and then I enjoyed some cheese dip and margaritas by myself. I got home about 7:30 and helped put Piper to bed and then at 9:30 went to the neighbors house to drink some wine and unwind. It was nice and it was exactly what I needed. Steve didn't say anything. He was very understanding and supportive in my freak out and calm down periods, which is definitely what I need from him during those times!

Update

Sitting at work blogging b/c I have very little to do.....and our computer at home is so slow I just can't deal with it.
The first week of school went pretty good actually! Dropoffs were good for both of them, Presley seems to really like getting back into the swing and schedule of things. She got a certificate for her summer reading minutes so she was excited about that and still remembers all her kindergarten 'sight words'. So I think that girl is ready to learn some more stuff!

I was able to take Presley to gymnastics on Wednesday since I don't hardly ever get to take or watch her. She just LOVES it! She will not walk into our family room, she does a cartwheel every time. They were working on handstands and the minute we got home she wanted me to help her and in 3 days she was already doing so much better than she was in class.

Thursday I had my monthly work outing, trying to savour the last of the patio days we might have! :)

Friday we had dinner at Texas Roadhouse, if we go right after work we can get in before it gets too busy! That night Presley and I had some popcorn, laid in bed and watched High School Musical...she loves those teeny-bopper movies!