Dirty boys!

The good, the bad and the ugly.. weekend report....

That pretty much describes our weekend...

I was so excited, we had finally invited a family over from church for dinner.  (for some reason this church doesn't do much outside fellowship??) anway, this family is pretty new and I was really excited to have them over.  So Friday afternoon we were getting things around for their 6pm arrival and dinner of steak on the grill!!   Well I was outside talking to another friend on the phone when ds (4) comes running up with blood FLOWING out of his hand!!!   So we get it cleand up a bit and dh says "ummm...this is going to need stiches".   So I called and canceled our dinner plans and moved them to Saturday lunch plans.  Off we were then for the hospital.  TO which we SAT in the waiting room until 9:50pm!!!    They finally saw us and stiched him up... he was exhasuted (normal 8:30 bedtime).   Shewwww... he was a real trooper.  I have NEVER had stiches (or any broken bones) so this was all new to me...and when they began giving him the SHOTSSSSSSSS  to numb his hand I'll admit I was looking for a place to sit down...and was feeling a bit light headed!!!  But he did great...and doesn't even think about his hand now!!

So it was a late night Friday, but we were up and out of the house EARLY Saturday morning, and dh even took us out for breakfast...then we hit a HUGE yardsale in our old, old development (5 years ago).  They have a 1x a year very large yardsale...and we went... and I spent (my allowance ALL on books!!)  The deal of the day...was I picked up a Sing, Spell Read and Write WHOLE program for $10.  (everything is there, i have checked)  WOW!!  I was just gettting ready to make a purchase of Rod and Staff's Reading/Phonics for ds(6) because what we have now just isn't working... but I think this maybe a REAL answer to prayer...I would've NEVER really purchased this new ($200) but now that I have it...I am so thankful..and we will start using it ASAP and put the workbooks away (Explode the Code and ALpha phonics) for another time....this will be a nice break for him!!  SO excited!!

Then dh willingly spent his allowance on a $10 changing table.  I have NEVER used a changing table before, but I have heard that when using cloth diapers it may be easier to have a "chaning station" so we took the plunge.

Then on the way home I saw this AWESOME bookshelf...it is like the kind you see in book stores with the tiered shelves with all the books facing forward!!!  It has 8 shelves like this and has plenty of room!!  LOVE IT. So dh also spent HIS allowance on this bookshelf.  I just love it!!  Love dh more for making these purchases with HIS allowance!! 

So the yardsaling was a sucess!!  We then came home and prepared for our lunch visitors.  It was a great visit.  Her husband wasn't able to make it at the last minute, and I was disappointed for my dh..as that would've been nice for him to be able to visit.  The mom and I had a great time sitting and talking and sharing with each other.  We found out we have a good bit alike in our views on child raising and things..which is actually a rareity around here... (?).  So that was a nice afternoon.

Then my mom came (2 hours away) to watch the boys for the evening so dh and I could have a date night..as our 9 year anniversary was on Wednesday!!  So we went out to eat and had a great time!!

Sunday mom came to church with us and then departed around 4pm.    Poor ds(4) he cried when my mom left...he was so heartbroken.  We used to live in the same town as both grandparents (which had its advantages and disadvantages) however we could not remain there as the job market is very bad...and dh was laid off  3x in 1 year.  So we had to move back to this area in PA..where he is able to have a nice job and have some job security.  There are days (like yesterday) I wish the boys lived closer to their grandparents...but for our family's well being this is where we need to be right now.

So it was really a great weekend, even though it started out pretty rough and ugly!!

Grandparents

07:23, 2007-May-21 .. Posted by lerdman4

It's nice to here that your son has a nice time with his grandmom. I have always lived in the same area in PA and my parents have always lived near by. Where in PA are you??
I enjoy reading your blog when I get a chance. Have a great day.

Lisa