Last Weekend in February

[lilyelayne]

[agm04]

lilyelayne hope you are having fun! i can't believe we're already wrapping up feb...yikes.

busy day at work, then i have to get home and pack for vacation and pack up our closets and drawers so the movers can move everything tomorrow morning, then VACATION TOMORROW!!! i'm going to tell work that they shouldn't call me unless the sky is falling, haha.

[aggiebug]

Morning. I have been at the minute clinic for pink eye this morning. It's much better this morning than last night but I don't want to mess with it and the kids so I went. Fun times.

[agm04]

aggiebug bummer! i hope the meds work quickly.

[dreemkin]

aggiebug what an annoyance. Hope you get better and it doesn't spread.
agm04 good luck with all that work ahead of you. Then you can enjoy vacation though!

You guise, it's my dad's 70th birthday today. That feels/sounds really old and it makes me sad. That on top of watching the movie Room for the 1st time last night has gotten me in a funky mood. But I'm glad my H is on his way home and should make it in time for my dad's birthday dinner. Then it's our little local get away this weekend at an Ale Fest with H's co-worker friends, staying at hotel, and our dating anni/valentine's dinner at my favorite restaurant (The Melting Pot droooolllll)! I hope A doesn't ruin this with being too emotional to be without us for the weekend. I think the terrible twos are starting...

[agm04]

dreemkin wow big weekend! i know what you mean about it feeling old and giving you feels. i can't think about that stuff for long or i cry. i hope you enjoy the date weekend!! out of curiosity, do you find that the girls are more or less attached to you since you started staying home? i always feel like DD cries so much when i leave because i'm not around enough, but maybe it's just the way some kids are.

it's kind of awesome that i have to empty our closets and drawers right now, because it's a perfect time to change to spring/summer clothes here. it'll be super nice to put everything back in place all nice and organized, in season, and with brand new floors! (organization nerd alert over here.)

[dreemkin]

agm04 more attached now. It used to be "all daddy all the time" but now they prefer me, more than not. I am MomMom according to A. A new pet name from her when she wants me.

[aggiebug]

dreemkin I remember feeling the same way when my parents turned 70. It was a definite whoa kind of moment. This year is their 50th wedding anniversary which is also crazy. Happy birthday to your dad though

agm04 S has her preferences for different things from each parent, being at home I am the comforter and in general the preferred parent when she is tired or sick. Daddy gets the fun jobs, dancing going outside etc. She cries when he goes to work often and asks for him throughout the day. I think we are just at the age where they realize what being gone means and haven't entered grasped the concept of time enough to know when they will come home.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

I'm on the whole 30 "diet" - going well it's day 6 feeling good.

R is still not 2 ... think we r last in this group ? Idr. March 1!

[kartish]

V is on a sleepover at my mom's and I hot to sleep in, it was glorious! Of course I did have to wake up and feed A, but I got to fall back asleep.

Now we are going grocery shopping without a toddler. I'd feel bad about being excited about this stuff, but V was so ready to leave us yesterday that he didn't even say goodbye. I had to call him back for a goodbye hug.

[kartish]

dreemkin enjoy your weekend!

2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) good luck with the whole 30

aggiebug hope the meds clear up your pink eye quickly!

[agm04]

Feb 25, 2017 12:36:42 GMT -5 kartish said:

V is on a sleepover at my mom's and I hot to sleep in, it was glorious! Of course I did have to wake up and feed A, but I got to fall back asleep.

Now we are going grocery shopping without a toddler. I'd feel bad about being excited about this stuff, but V was so ready to leave us yesterday that he didn't even say goodbye. I had to call him back for a goodbye hug.

Awesome! Soak it up!

[lilyelayne]

agm04 hope you have an awesome vacation!

aggiebug hope no one else gets pink eye.

dreemkin happy belated birthday to your dad. Hope you're enjoying kid free time!

2mrsks (mrs&mrsk) G's birthday is March 5 :-)

[lilyelayne]

Spent today with my cousins. G fell asleep in the carrier on the way back from the parade route but didn't make the transfer to the crib, so I'm currently nursing him hoping he'll fall back asleep.

[aggiebug]

My eye is much better than goodness, I really do think it was self induced and thankfully self limiting. Although now I have a full fledged cold. Bah.

lilyelayne I made 2 kings cakes today. One cream cheese and one apple and thought of you. Taste pretty yummy for a first time

[lilyelayne]

aggiebug they look great! Gel color helps in making vivid colored sugar, for future reference.

[aggiebug]

Feb 25, 2017 17:47:02 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

aggiebug they look great! Gel color helps in making vivid colored sugar, for future reference.

Yeah I thought I had some gel color but I didn't so this had to do . I am not taking it anywhere so I didn't care too much.

[kartish]

Well instead of toddler free grocery shopping I got another trip to the ER today. I had a sneezing fit and apparently tore or strained something in my incision. I can barely walk and am basically back to square one for healing.

I'm so done.

[dreemkin]

I'm sorry kartish. You've had a rough time healing ((hugs))

[aggiebug]

Feb 25, 2017 21:22:00 GMT -5 kartish said:

Well instead of toddler free grocery shopping I got another trip to the ER today. I had a sneezing fit and apparently tore or strained something in my incision. I can barely walk and am basically back to square one for healing.

I'm so done.

Oh kartish that sucks. I am sorry.

[dreemkin]

My weekend did not go as planned. Sat morning, 3am, I woke up to A puking in her crib. She continued to puke until late morning. So we felt bad about going to the Winter Ale Fest and almost cancelled (my sister said she wouldn't deal with puke). Then surprisingly my mom came through and said she didn't mind watching them since we already paid for the tickets and such! So we went but didn't spend the night at the hotel as planned in case A threw up again during the night. Lost our money on that one. A has not thrown up again and seems fine otherwise so I don't know if it was just something hitting her stomach funny. We also had to cancel our lunch reservations for today (I'm most sad about that one). Best laid plans... 😔

PS: the ale fest was a blast but it was so F'ing cold. Only the Midwest would have an outdoor beer fest in the middle of the coldest part of winter (and tons of people come out to participate). Overall I got too drunk from not eating lunch but feel surprisingly well this morning. I lost my voice from shouting to talk to our friends lol. And I did my first Ubering.

[dreemkin]

agm04 hope your vacation travels went smoothly and you are having a great time!

[aggiebug]

lilyelayne check in when you can. I saw the news about the car driving into the crowd. I figured with G there you likely weren't out then but want to make sure.

[lilyelayne]

Feb 26, 2017 9:23:51 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

lilyelayne check in when you can. I saw the news about the car driving into the crowd. I figured with G there you likely weren't out then but want to make sure.

We are safe as are my family and friends. We were very far from that part of town. So scary :-(

[lilyelayne]

kartish oh no I'm sorry :-(

dreemkin I'm glad your mom came through so at least part of your weekend was saved.

[agm04]

lilyelayne dreemkin thank you! Yesterday was a long day, but A hung in there surprisingly well despite getting to bed 3+ hours late. She's already awake (way too early!), but I'm going to do my best to just go with the flow! Our Airbnb house is amazing - the garage has been converted to a playroom with tons of toys, a tent, and air hockey and foosball tables!

kartish that's awful, I am so sorry. Sending you all the hugs and healing vibes!

dreemkin noooooo. So disappointing, but I'm really glad you got to at least go to part of it. Can you reschedule the brunch? Hope it was a one off and no one else gets sick. This winter has been especially brutal in terms of illness it seems!

aggiebug your king cakes look so good. I want to try - was it hard? I'm a pretty good baker I think but I'm intimidated by the idea of king cake for some reason.

[dreemkin]

aggiebug those look delicious! Good job! Give me all the cream cheese

[aggiebug]

agm04 I was unreasonably overwhelmed by it too for some strange reason, but it's a pretty easy yeast dough. I did make two different fillings so it was a lot of dishes, but not hard.

I used this recipe for the dough, cream cheese filling (halved), and icing. Since H doesn't like cream cheese I found this recipe for the Apple filling (I could have pretty much winged it's as expected really)

[aggiebug]

Feb 26, 2017 12:22:44 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

aggiebug those look delicious! Good job! Give me all the cream cheese

Haha! Thanks it is yummy and I looooove the cream cheese but I would share with you

[lilyelayne]

agm04 does it help that king cake is actually a sweet yeast bread, not cake?
The recipe I use the dough is very sticky, which can be a pain if I want to braid it. But totally fine if I'm filling it with something.