23 Nov 13

So much to be thankful for today.. Babysitters! It was so great to be able to feel comfortable leaving the kids in the hands of our babysitters today. Our regular gal is moving soon (sad face) so she brought her baby loving friend along and to start getting the boys used to her. SO nice and it's a great fit so far. A regular babysitter? Yes, please! 

Dates! It was so so SO nice to remember why I love Gabe so much. It was nice to goof off and hang out and just be together. I am so thankful we had the opportunity to be the couple I know we are. Life can really wear you out sometimes and you can kind of forget who you are as a couple or even as a grown up. Dates allow us to spend some quality time together and we can get back to our family renewed and refreshed. I hope that made sense.. It makes perfect sense to us! And after all this time together, hubby has the next date night (our anniversary) all planned and ready to go (by himself!) I really do love that man. 

22 Nov 13

So thankful for Friday nights! Our family's time to go out for a quick bite to eat (thankful I don't have to cook tonight!) and just enjoy the beginning of the weekend. We actually ran to Walmart for the 2nd time since we moved here. Was quickly reminded of 1-why we don't shop there and 2-why we're going shopping kid free tomorrow! We topped off the evening at Baskin Robbins where both kids were especially adorable. I love my little life. 

21 Nov 2013

I am so thankful my boys have inherited my love for books and reading. Tyler's parent/teacher conference went incredibly well. He's reading at a much higher grade level and that makes me happy. Cameron is following in his brother's footsteps with his love of bedtime stories. I love to see my boys reading and I think we'll spend some quality time with our noses in books this upcoming week off of school!

I haven't forgotten..

20 Nov 13

I'm thankful for pinterest. Lame I know, but it's fun for me and relaxing and makes for nice little breaks throughout my day. I like to think it's useful. 

19 Nov 13

Thankful for my iphone. Even though it's the devil and I can't live without it, it allows me to hop on the blogger app and update my blog from bed! Yes, it's 8:15 and I'm in bed already. Don't judge. 

18 Nov 2013

Thankful for Moscato. Today involved lots of laundry and cleaning the sickness out of our house. An early release for the big kid, and a (another) fight over the little kid not eating dinner (again) and then a huge poop explosion (thankfully AFTER daddy got home.) So, I got to clean diarrhea out of carpet and then had a big ole glass of wine. Okay, maybe two. Not my best mom work today, folks. I foresee an early bed time for me tonight.

17 Nov 13

Today, I willed myself to not be sick. I don't have the luxury to lay around being sick while my dear, darling husband is also sick. God forbid. Instead, I got up, gathered and printed coupons, finalized my thanksgiving menu, finished the menu for the rest of the month, took a shower (long overdue!) and went to the commissary for groceries. I'm grateful for the commissary, the money to buy groceries, and the patience to go grocery shopping during payday weekend. Also thankful I didn't have to take the boys with me. 

16 Nov 2013

I'm thankful for my 7 year old being able to fetch stuff for his sickly parents, and clear the dishes, and get his brother a sippy cup. Having the kids five years apart was a blessing in disguise. I'm learning that everyday. Thanks, dude. You rock.