Monday Funday

I am a lucky duck right now, Ollie is taking a nap and Nathan is (reluctantly) watching Cars for the 608th time in his bedroom, giving me a nice little break to putz around on the computer. This morning we went and visited my friend, Cherise, who has twin girls who are almost 3 and a baby boy who is 14 months. She's also expecting baby number 4 in June! Whew, that was a handful just to type! If anyone can do it she can! I even find myself getting calmed down by her stern, yet calming Mommy discipline voice, lol. I was almost ready to put myself in time out again! Anyway, the boys had a great time playing with their friends and Ollie conked right out on the 5 minute ride home!

Yesterday was a very nice family Sunday. After having a talk (OK, argument) with Ben about how stressed out I have been recently about taking care of everything, he volunteered to take Nathan and go food shopping yesterday, which was WONDERFUL. It did take him a couple hours to finish, but I was so happy that he took the initiative and he even came back with a very pretty bouquet of flowers that Nathan had picked out for me. Flowers always perk a girl up instantly! It was my also Aunt's birthday, so we packed up the clan and headed over to Carrabbas for an early dinner with Ben's grandparents and brother, as well. The boys were really on their best behavior and we made it through dinner in one piece again! Maybe there is hope for eating out with the kids after all. Red Sangria always helps, too! =)

I am very excited for Saturday, I made reservations to a restaurant I have been wanting to eat at for years, Upstares at Sotto Varalli for Ben's 29th birthday. It's supposed to have a gorgeous view of Broad Street with floor to ceiling windows and be very romantic. We haven't been out on a Saturday night in months, and the boys are going to stay overnight with my Aunt and Uncle, so we even get to sleep in the next day, woo hoo! This is a great beginning to the week! I'm also looking forward to going to the Body Works class at the gym today at 4:30 to work off all the sangria and pasta I consumed last night. Even the weather is nice and sunny today! I just hope we don't get snow like they are calling for this week, blah.