Sleepy Preschoolers

After an eventful first few days of Memorial Day weekend my boys were tired!  Friday night they went to stay at their Aunt TT's house (their nickname for Aunt Tanda).  I'm sure while they were there they didn't stick to much of any sleeping/eating schedule.  (I will spare my comments on that for another day.)  We picked them up Sunday morning and spent the day visiting with my mother and father-in-law before heading to their biological's mom's for their monthly visit at her house.  By the time we were getting back in the car for the hour drive home at 5:30 that evening the boys quickly fell asleep in the car. 

We arrive home and still had dinner to eat.  I sent the boys to take of their shoes and socks and wash their hands to sit down for a dinner of leftovers.  Hubs and I prepared the food, and were wondering where the boys were for dinner as they hadn't come to the table yet.  I found Caden sleepy eyed laying on the couch in the living room.  Sleepy little Caleb was curled up under the sheet in his bed sleeping yet again!  I have never seen them go to their room to sleep of their own free will, especially before dinner!

Cedar Point Date Day

Over the weekend, hubby and I had the opportunity to spend a full day at Cedar Point without the kids.  I hadn't been for about 3 years, and it was nice for a change to do something adult-ish with my husband. I say adult-ish because the place was crawling with teenagers with very few families, etc.

 My faithful driver

We're getting close!

As excited as a kid!  I can see it now!

One of my favorite thing about Cedar Point (besides the roller coasters) is the people watching!  There were so many tattoo covered people that just continue to amaze me.  My favorite was the tattooed woman with cut off shorts, that I swear her extra large sized belt buckle covered more than!  All in all, we enjoyed the beautiful weather we had and the time together!  The short lines and smaller crowd were pretty awesome too!  (We never waited more than 45 minutes for a single ride!)

New Pajamas! New Pajamas!

Aren't they just adorable!? 

Buffalo, New York Day 3

Knowing we had a 4+ hour drive back home to Ohio this day, we thought it'd be a good idea to take them to a park and let them run off some energy!

Caleb walked the WHOLE way around the playground on that beam and was SO proud of himself!

And yet, after 2 hours of playing here, Caden still did not sleep a wink the whole way home!

Buffalo, New York Day 2

A Day at Niagara Falls with Friends & Family!

Robin & Eric 

Caleb & Caden

Caleb

Caden

Family Photo

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Picnic in the Park

Buffalo, New York Day 1

My family on the steps of Sesame Street :)

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We spent the day at the Buffalo Museum of Science and at a Buffalo Bison's minor league baseball game before relaxing for the night at Robin & Eric's apartment.  A good start to the weekend!

Adventures Away from the Family

Last week I attended a conference for work.  It was a two day seminar in Columbus, that I was attending for an insurance certification.  It did not start off on a good foot Monday morning!  I heard my phone ringing around 6:30 and immediately knew I'd screwed up!  I was to meet another member of our team at 6:15 at the office, and I hadn't packed yet!  I somehow made it out my door in 15 minutes and to work 30 minutes later!  Thankfully I live fairly close to the office!

We made it to the conference only 5-10 minutes late and embarked on two days of FREEZING in a frigid conference room.

After my fairly embarrassing moment that morning, you would think things would turn around, but no, I had to top that one, with a BIG one.  During dinner, somehow the topic of the play "The Vagina Monologues" came up, and I was sharing my experiences in seeing them.  I would highly recommend seeing them!  They're wonderful.  Anyway, as I was talking about this in a loud/noisy place we choice to dine for the evening I more or less yelled vagina as the waitress stepped up the the table right in front of me.  Which led to a rousing bout of laughter from all of my co-workers!

Post-dinner we decided to walk back to our hotel which was less than a mile away, but I wasn't having any of that in high heels.  Co-workers thought it was quite unsanitary to be walking in downtown Columbus in bare feet.  Having lived through a flood, I'm slightly less concerned about that.

To make matters even better/more embarrassing, when I laugh, I snort.

Day two didn't get any warmer, but I survived the class and the 50 question multiple choice test.  Then it was off to another meeting with two of my co-workers.  Following that we decided stopping for some ice cream might be a good idea, and it was delicious!  On our way back home, our driver happened to miss our exit and we ended up near Easton.  We decided at that point it would be a great idea to try The Melting Pot.

None of us had ever been before, we were missing our dinners at home, and for me, my house was out of power due to an accident in town.  Needless to say, I don't think any of us will be dining there again.  It was a crazy large amount of food, and a wild variety of food.  None of us felt our best when we'd finished.  We all settled in for the two hour drive home and back to reality of work and family life.

I enjoyed my time away, but it is always wonderful to come home to family.