MONDAY WHY Monday? Review of a Tough Weekend

Tough weekend!

This statement is a total understatement!  Beyond being rainy overcast and then cold and snowy our weekend was TOUGH!  Seemed as though we were cooped up in the house with little to do except watch the wallpaper peel.  Oh you laugh but check out the photo and to the left is peeling wallpaper! 

Ok well that is not all we could do around the house, but with all the gloomy weather it was just hard enough to get motivated.  I did a few crafts with the kids, but can not say what they are as they are gifts for people who might be reading this blog. *wink* ~ but that crafting only took up a bit of time and it seemed that the rest was spent trying to stop the boys from rough housing so much that they would get hurt or break things around the house.  I could have seen the tree topple many times, with the amount of rough housing there was, and still surprised it did not!

Friday night was spent getting our H1N1 flu shots, eatting a weird shaped Candy "Bacon" Cane Pizza and watching the movie "UP".  This movie was not the "Up"per we thought it might be, but it still had a deep plot and a wonderful message.  The boys watched it completely which is rare because we almost always loose the youngest!

 

Saturday afternoon was spent on a visit to Santa (thinking this is the last year)!  WHY?  Well because there are so many children who are friends with my two boys who have told them that he is not the real deal and well honestly Troy never really liked the idea that I kept it going year after year.  But how can I take it away from Dylan (4) who still believes right now?  SO again this might be the last year for "Santa".   :-(

 

Saturday night was spent out for a drive in the beautiful New England Snow.  Something we have loved to do with our guys since they were babies.  Even going out to dinner in the middle of a snow storm, when all others did not dare.  It is just so amazingly beautiful to drive in the snow.  So after a mini drive in the snow looking at holiday lights, we ventured to Friendly's for a small dinner treat.  Home again in the snow and another day DONE!

   

Sunday morning came quickly, but lucky for us 4pm is the service time for Church.  The Snow had stopped and the boys all needed to get their butts wet in the snow and got sledding and build a snowman. Troy captured this amazingly small but solid snowman shot, buttons and all. 

Unlucky for kidos as I had had it with them by 2!  Sometime I love winter and other times I just want to throw it out the window.  3:35 came and I rushed to shower and get both boys to church.  Leaving the 36 year old at home because of poor timing on OUR behalf.   I feel bad but there was just no way to make it to church for all of us, plus I know there was a need for some space away from eachother (like I said tough weekend).  I will have to set a timer for next week so we can all go to church!

 

I am glad the boys went to church and this is what made my whole weekend.  When sitting at the dinner table we asked the boys to tell us what they had learned while at Church and in their respective classes.  Both replied that they learned about the Angel that come down from the Stars and told the Shepards to follow the star to the "King of Kings"!  Trevor went as far as to explaine how Mary was Jesus' mother, but that God was his father and Joseph took him in as his own son.  Dylan told us how the Angels came and told everyone about baby Jesus being born soon.  Beyond the sugar cookies from KidMo and Little K - the boys were well behaved for the rest of the night.  I too was given a great sermon on Joseph and can not wait to share it with you online.

 

Tough weekend? YES! 
Could it have been worse?  Sure it could have been, but as I see it the weekend was Tough but productive, boring and yet it seemed to bring us together in some ways. 
Hopefully the next two weeks will not be as though, but I am sure they will be.

Have a good week and Join me as I count down to Disney, produce some more fun kid craft gifts and really focus on listening to the Lord and replying ~ "Yes Lord!"