Weekend Reflections

This past weekend was the first in a long time that Kevin has not been home. I was honestly a little worried about this...Now, I wasn't stressed about having to spend time with the girls alone. I was more worried about my energy level being able to keep up with theirs. At 30 weeks I am starting to drag a little bit and my stamina is certainly not at a peak level to say the least. However, I was pleasantly surprised at how things went!

On Friday I took Ellie out alone for some one-on-one mommy time. We bought cups from Goodwill for a tea party to be held Saturday...we went to Coldstone for ice cream...we went to Wal-mart for some groceries...All in all we just had a generally good time. That night I made homemade pot pie (thanks Jill!) and we watched cartoons.

On Saturday all Ellie would talk about was the tea party...so after Emma's nap we had our little party, complete with tea (iced), vanilla cakes and cookies. Sugar heaven. Emma did not drink out of a tea cup for those who might be wondering. I'm not that crazy yet. Then Ellie and I worked on her cutting/gluing, we watched a movie and had homemade split pea soup for dinner. Another good day.

Sunday was my day of exhaustion. For some reason my energy level just went down, down, down....so we didn't do much. Emma got her finger shut in the stupid bi fold closet door and didn't want to do much of anything for a while. So I left her with dad and took Ellie to the park for a bit. Then we just played for quite a while around the house....the girls enjoyed putting stickers all over me while I tried to rest on the couch. Nice. Dad came for dinner, and afterwards we just hung out until bedtime. Nothing too thrilling....being awake was enough of an effort for me that I figured I was doing my best. LOL.

Laying in bed last night I was pretty proud of myself. I have always been a hands on type of mommy, not wanting to let the TV do my job for me...but lately trying to balance being a mommy to an unborn baby and a mommy to my two already active little ladies has been a bit stressful. This weekend I proved to myself that I can still do it all, even if it takes me somewhat longer to finish...