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Every day this week we did something or had someone over, which is great and makes the day go by faster, and is good for me and the kids, but also makes me totally exhausted and means I’m not home during my most productive time of the day, the morning. So I didn’t get as much done this week as I’d planned to. But isn’t that the case every week?

We had some friends over Monday morning. The little girl stayed with us while the mom took her son to the doctor near our house. The kids played well together but she was more than ready to leave when her mom got back. She is a little older than Betsy, and her brother is about 6 months older than Carson but much more reserved and less of a crazy child. So I think she was ready to be back in a less chaotic environment.

On Tuesday we played at the Sugar Creek playscape with some women from church who also have young kids. It’s a great indoor playground that is perfect for either super cold (like we’ve been having) or super hot weather, or on rainy days. It’s really great and open to the public during certain hours on certain days. Definitely worth knowing about if you’re ever in this part of the Houston suburbs. Then we went to Target where I had to take Carson to the bathroom. After we left the bathroom I looked down and saw an HEB sticker on my sweater. We went to HEB yesterday. Not sure how long this had been there.

Carson went back to school on Wednesday. Wearing underwear. With 2 pairs of clean underwear and pants in his bag. I was curious to see what he’d be wearing when I picked him up. To my surprise he was in the same pants! His teachers said he did a great job. I went to the doctor for my monthly checkup. 17 weeks this week and everything was good. Betsy and I ran a few errands before heading home for a nap. We picked Carson up and after that no one napped. Carson needed one. He’s been taking 3 hour afternoon naps at home and adjusting to the hour one he gets a school isn’t easy for anybody.

I tried to take a picture of them together before school…

Carson did get a treat for having such a good day at school and not having to use his extra change of clothes!

Betsy is climbing up onto everything. Sometimes I watch her do it, making sure it’s not too dangerous, and other times I walk into a room and there she is. Just hanging out on top of my desk where she’s thrown everything that was on it onto the floor. Including a little tack hammer. Glad Carson didn’t get that one in the head.

Here she is on the coffee table. I wish I’d taken a video of her up here. She was dancing and it was wonderful.

On Thursday we met up with Carrie at IKEA. I’m starting to think about what to do in the room that Carson and Betsy will share once the new baby comes. IKEA is a dangerous place to go when you’re only beginning to think about what to do in a new space. Thankfully I was too overwhelmed thinking about what to do that I didn’t buy a room full of furniture and bedding and accessories. I didn’t buy a thing for their new room, which was good. I have no clue where to begin.

On Friday we played with some friends then had lunch at Five Guys (the only place we go to other than Chick fil A) and then I thought I’d try to run an errand before we went home for naps. Mistake. We were really all just too tired and should have gone straight home. Carson wasn’t listening to me at the store and almost knocked something over while we were there. I told him he had to ride in the cart and he screamed bloody murder so we left. A wasted trip really, but it taught me a good lesson, one I will likely have to re-learn. My life is no longer my own. Not in a bad way, but in a way that requires me to put two little people’s needs ahead of my own wants. I wanted to go look at some furniture, but they needed to go to bed. So I didn’t look at furniture. I wasn’t exactly happy about it and I took it out on both of them. But when we got home Carson gave me a big hug and told me he loved me. I didn’t deserve that. I had been nasty and said some not so nice things to him on the way out of the store and on the way home about him making things so difficult. It made me feel pretty guilty for being so terrible. For some reason they still love me and want me around.

Carson and Owen at Five Guys.

Saturday was gorgeous. We took a family bike ride, I got some cleaning done and then we went out for dinner during which Ben said, “This is exhausting.” Amen. But Carson ate all of his spaghetti! That’s a big deal. Betsy ate almost nothing.

At the park after our bike ride.

Sunday we went to church, then to lunch…at Five Guys! Then we decided to drive to Galveston. Just because we can. We walked on the beach, ate dinner (again, an exhausting experience) and drove back home.