Phew! We have been going non-stop for the last week. I don’t even know where to start. Sadly I have not taken a single picture. Not one! Luckily my husband snapped a few that I can share (pardon the quality – cell phone cameras? Whatcha gonna do?)

I’ll give you the highlights in case you missed us….

• Nathan and Jocelyn had the day off school last Friday so the girls and I cruised down to their house to spend the day with them. We ate pizza, played games, and I got lots of quality time with the kiddos. Just FYI – Jocelyn is a super-duper cheater at games. She steals right from the bank at Monopoly, peeks at your person during “Guess Who”…you gotta keep an eye on that girl. We had so much fun – it was a perfect day!
• Friday night I set off to San Antonio for the weekend. Why leave the kiddos and hubby at home you ask? Because it was for work and I had no choice. I spent 4 fun filled days in San Antonio attending a conference for Finance and Treasury Professionals. My days were filled with cash coversion cycle calculations, working capital analysis, and stock valuation. My evenings consisted of buffet dinners, noisy hotels with drunken fools, and wishing I was home with my family. Please, please try to contain your jealousy. I can only imagine how green you must be with envy….
• Tuesday was my 1st day back in the office and turns out it was short lived. I received an invite for an off-site meeting and off I went to the Tech Center — which is Colorado talk for the other side of town. As I was leaving the meeting, the snow started to fall and I sat in traffic for almost 2 hours trying to get home to my hubby and babies.
• Wednesday was my rescheduled sewing class. I finally made Gwyneth’s froggy pj pants!

There – we’re caught up! I’m doing my very best to keep up with all this craziness but am in serious need of quality time with my family. Here’s to a quiet and relaxing weekend! It’s just right around the bend…..right?

Enjoy the photos I received while I was in San Antonio:

Dear Flight Attendants on United Flight from Chicago to Denver:

Thank you so much for your patience, understanding, and over-the-top friendliness and compassion toward me and my exhausted two year old. We planned our flight for Gwyneth’s nap time and she SCREAMED for the twenty minutes it took for us to get buckled in until we took off. Thank you flight attendants for very loudly acknowledging that she looked exhausted, offering her juice, holding her, walking her around the cabin, for moving my husband into our row, and for being overall kind and not making me feel like a horrible mother because she was simply overly tired. You are kind women and will surely be rewarded for your efforts.

Dear Woman in Row 33, Seat D (across the aisle):

Thank you for giving me that reassuring frown and head tilt while Gwyneth screamed. Thank you also for offering kind words after she quickly fell asleep. Thank you for telling us “All parents have been there” and for not making us feel like horrible parents for ruining your take-off. You too are very kind.

Dear Woman in Row 32, Seat C (Directly in front of us):

When the flight attendant said “Poor little girl, she is just exhausted. Overly tired” and you replied under your breath “Overly tired…bull shit!… She’s a Brat!!”, little did you know my husband was in the seat next to you . Little did you know that she would be falling asleep just seconds after take off and would not bother anyone the entire remainder of the flight. Little did you know that I also had a 3 year old on the other side of me sitting perfectly still coloring and smiling and whispering to her sister to please stop crying. Little did you know that Gwyneth is a wonderfully sweet, funny, rarely misbehaving two year old that is nothing but loving and a blessing to us. You maam are not kind. Considering you know nothing about me, my husband or our child you are rude, rude, rude. Perhaps on your next flight you will have a 2 year old who does not sleep, screams, and kicks the back of your seat the entire flight? I’m not wishing that on you, I’m just saying perhaps?

Besides, of my two girls this isn’t even the one is who is bratty. She’s actually my easy kid! If you’re going to be rude, you should at least be accurate…I’m just saying…

Looks like from now until the end of the year we are on the move. Our calendar seems to be bursting with birthdays, holidays, travel…. Oh my!  Annabelle and B are heading to Chicago tomorrow so we decided to take a break from the madness and spend a family night at Monkey Bizness. The girls loved it! We had pizza for dinner and they had so much fun playing together. It was a wonderful family night before the craziness of travel ahead.

The girls were encouraged to wear Halloween costumes to their dance class this week. Annabelle dressed up as Tinkerbell…her angel costume is all white and I was worried it would get too dirty during the tumbling portion of her class. She is the youngest in her class, but does so well. They are learning the routine for their holiday show. I can’t wait to see them all perform in December.