I woke up yesterday morning with a headache, the kind I thought I could shake so I got C on the bus and dropped the boys off at the sitter and headed up the road to work. About halfway there, I realized that the headache was along for the ride, so I ended up calling in sick and headed straight home and straight to bed. And I slept for 3 hours!! I woke up and got C off the bus (she had an early dismissal) and headed back to bed. An hour and a half later I decided it was probably time for me to get up and be a semi-functioning adult. So, C and I ran a few errands before picking up the boys. We stopped by the town hall and finally got our beach passes. We ran to the store a picked up some essentials and then we got the boys. On the way home they begged to go to the beach (gotta try out that new beach pass after all) and while I still didn’t feel well I figured an hour sitting on the beach would beat an hour sitting on my couch so to the beach we went!

This was Baby E’s first time at the beach and I’ve got to tell you, he wasn’t a fan. One touch of sand on the bottom of his feet and he was clambering back into my arms. He fussed every time I set him down, but eventually I think he made peace with the sand and tolerated sitting in it for a few minutes at a time. Walking, however, was asking too much. I spent my time looking for shark’s teeth (cause I’m dorky like that) and found 20 of them while we were there! Mrs. Rebecca and Mr. David walked down to visit with us, so we had a nice time chatting with them. The kids loved digging in the sand, splashing in the water, and playing on the pirate ship. The beach was practically empty, which was a huge plus!

We made it home, ate a quick dinner and I had the kids in bed in record time and crawled into bed myself and slept 8.5 hours!!! I can’t remember the last time I got that much sleep. It was amazing!

On the way out this morning, Big E was sitting in the back of the van when he suddenly piped up out of nowhere…

Big E- Mommy, I’m going to miss you when I grow up and go and live with my new family. I am really going to miss you.

Me- I’m going to miss you too, buddy. Are you planning on getting married when you grow up?

Big E- No, because I want to stay with you. Can I stay with you?

Me- Sure, you can live with me, but I’m pretty sure you are going to change your mind when you get older.

Big E- No, I won’t. I want to live with you.

(Long Pause)

Big E- Actually, mommy, I don’t want to live with you when I grow up!

Well okay then. 

 

This evening we had a surprise birthday party for Tim’s mom. Her birthday was earlier in the week and we all went to their house this evening for pizza, cake, and family time. The kids rehearsed a song for grandma and came out and performed right before cake time. Baby E caught on about how amazing cake is, so he was pretty much unstoppable. It was a great evening of playing with the cousins and hanging out with the family! Happy Birthday, Grandma! You are such a blessing!!