Weekend plans/Randoms

[jessila]

Because there was no Friday randoms? 

[jessila]

The only present I really want to get for O is the Fisher-Price Bright Beats Smart Touch Play Space. Nobody wants to ship it to me. All the stores want me to actually go to the store to buy it. DNW to actually go to any of the stores (Target, Walmart, and TRU) because I'll get sucked into buying other things.

H's birthday is this weekend so the entire weekend revolves around everything he wants to do. He calls me out on having 'Birthday Week' every year but he totally does the same thing. So tonight/tomorrow is a Star Wars marathon with his best friends then Sunday is his birthday celebration with his family.
Also, his amazing mug from O (with O's face on an ewok) won't be here until Monday because I custom ordered it too late. Whoops.

[thecatsmeow]

LO got his helmet today. Tolerating it so far but just doing hour on/hour off and off for sleeping. Fingers crossed that it does its thing and works fast!

DH surprised me yesterday with an ice cream cake for LO's half birthday! It started out as a joking conversation and then he showed up with it. We've almost demolished that thing and LO's half birthday is first on Monday. We also have no intention of actually celebrating half birthdays.

[billyhorrible]

I'm gearing up for a busy weekend. Tomorrow is our town's tree lighting, which should be fun. I also need to go shopping and make latkes with LBB since Sunday starts Chanukah.

Sunday morning I'm going on a run with a friend, then going back to her house that night for candle lighting and her town's tree lighting.

[tiffbot]

@stcytc I half like your post as I am happy to see a hockey fan, however I cheer for the Habs I live in Saskatchewan though and without a pro team here I rarely get to go to NHL games. Would loooove to travel to a winter classic sometime.

This weekend should be good! We are having AMAZING weather for here. Today I took the kid's to visit my grandma in a town about 40 mins away from here, then stopped at my parent's farm on the way back and hung out there the rest of the day.

Tomorrow we are going to the city to a big Christmas trade show where there will be sleigh rides, crafts, a balloon guy, and Santa pictures. It sounds like a great time for all of us, and hopefully I can get some gift shopping done there too!

Sunday there is a Family Skate Night at the rink in town, it's just a volunteer event and I said I'd make cookies. So another Christmassy/winter fun day.

Hope everyone has a good one!

[mirage86]

jessila, it looks like fisherprice.com has it, if I'm looking at the right thing.
www.fisher-price.com/en_US/brands/babytoys/products/Bright-Beats-Smart-Touch-Play-Space

ETA: Looks like you would have free shipping with it too!

[tjanca22]

Busy weekend here. Went dress shopping for my friend this evening. Tomorrow is my work Christmas party, then another 2 more appointments for dress shopping again. On Sunday were driving to go see my BFF who had a baby on Monday! Off of work on Monday, which is good, I'm going to need a day to recover from this week!

[pghtruelove]

Was supposed to go to light up night in my town tonight but poor Jules has a runny nose from teething and didn't want her out in the cold with it. Going to get a Christmas tree tomorrow with my family and then we have a huge party decorating my parents tree. Sunday we will decorate ours and it's St. Nicks so will be doing something special for that .

[wegrowsheep]

Teaching a wreath making class from 8am til noon tomorrow. Then maybe get a tree. Maybe a birthday party for a friend's kid. Sunday I'm actually playing my flute for morning service. Haven't done that since I got pregnant last fall, so that should be fun (and my face will hurt). But since I have to be there at 8am, my weekend sleep already feels like it got shot in the foot.

[wegrowsheep]

Dec 4, 2015 22:32:46 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

Wine. That is all.

I'm adding rum to whatever's in my travel mug when I get to my parent's house in the morning. I could teach wreath-making shit-faced, so a little buzz will make it fun.

[wegrowsheep]

Dec 4, 2015 22:22:51 GMT -5 tjanca22 said:

Busy weekend here. Went dress shopping for my friend this evening. Tomorrow is my work Christmas party, then another 2 more appointments for dress shopping again. On Sunday were driving to go see my BFF who had a baby on Monday! Off of work on Monday, which is good, I'm going to need a day to recover from this week!

Ooohhh, tiny baby snuggles!! Lucky!

[erbear]

I think I'm starting a third period in six weeks, and I'm not amused.

I think I'm going to a big craft fair, if LO will ever let me sleep.

[musicfrk2002]

Had an insanely busy day today. We had things starting at 9 am, and by the time we got home from the grocery store it was 5 pm. J seemed to enjoy sitting in the cart though:

Then it's been nonstop around here tonight prepping for tomorrow. I have to be to work at 7 am, then one I am off around 1030 or 11, H and J are meeting me at work so we can hop in my car and drive 2 hours to my grandma's for the first Christmas of the year. My dad's family is spread out, but all within a reasonable driving distance, so we do ours early in the month to try to avoid the bad weather.

I'm hoping to sleep on sunday...

[carolyngrace]

I had all the wine at a Christmas party last night. So of course Oscar woke up at 6am. We're sitting here checking out the tree...



Today is nap (for me, while DH has him), choir practice, friends kids birthday party, and tonight I'm going out with the girls.

Tomorrow is church and then hopefully a lazy day at home. Though we need to clean at some point...

[carolyngrace]

Another random, I gave DB a piece of orange to occupy him yesterday. I thought for sure he'd put it in his mouth once and reject it. But no, he sucked every bit of juice out of it! Of course I was frantically googling whether citrus is ok yet (it is).

Also, I'm doing really bad at the whole "waiting 3 days" with new foods thing.

[carolyngrace]

One more- Oscar is so good about playing in the exersaucer in the mornings I half consider going back to bed every day. Seriously, he'd probably be happy for like an hour if I let him.

I guess I could just sleep on the couch but it's not really big enough.

[gilder40]

Santa photos at the mall today. Ugh. But they're a tradition for my husband's family, so we gotta grin and bear it. Then the big family crèche tonight. It doesn't start until 6:30, so it'll probably last until like 9:30 or so. Not too thrilled with having a tired, crabby baby. She starts getting sleepy around 7:45 or so, and wants to be sleeping by about 8:30.

[jessila]

@bubbs119 I can pick it up in any of those stores. I'm just being a greedy American and know it. It's more just figuring out when I can pick it up. And I could order it from Fisher Price but I have a gift card to Target, Walmart, and TRU.

O decided that we were getting up at 630. I said something to H yesterday about wanting to sleep in and he said I get sleep every night bc I'm in bed and usually asleep before 9. True but I'm up around 6 for work not to mention however many times I'm up in MOTN. I just wanted to make it to 7.

Whenever he goes down for a nap I'll do my grocery run for the week.

Edit bc I forgot to mention that BFF and I are making Christmas cookies today!!! Yay cookies! And I have to make a rum cake for H's birthday. I refused to make it last year bc I couldn't eat it. Yay alcohol cake!

Also, carolyngrace brilliant idea to put the exersaucer by the tree. O is thrilled and very happily playing!

[ashbash]

Dec 5, 2015 6:51:53 GMT -5 carolyngrace said:

Another random, I gave DB a piece of orange to occupy him yesterday. I thought for sure he'd put it in his mouth once and reject it. But no, he sucked every bit of juice out of it! Of course I was frantically googling whether citrus is ok yet (it is).

Also, I'm doing really bad at the whole "waiting 3 days" with new foods thing.

We have been doing purees for a couple weeks and he has had sweet potato, butternut squash, carrots, peas, avocado, egg yolk, pears, apples, and beets. Do they math, definitely not following the 3 day rule - oopps!

And orange slices were a fav of DD1, like you said she would suck that joker dry glad he liked it!

[PurpleIris]

Visiting Doctors Express today to see if I have strep. Extremely sore throat x 3 days.

Tomorrow planning to take the five year old to a Polar Express thing at the Museum of Science, though may have my husband take him if I'm not feeling better. Which would suck because he's a bit of a Scrooge and I love Christmas.

[erbear]

My mom asks me daily how the baby is/slept and I responded "another terrible night". What did I get in response? "Gee, she should be sleeping better by now"

Thanks, mom.

[carolyngrace]

OF COURSE my baby is taking a 2+ hour nap when DH is "on duty" this morning! hahaha seriously!? He didn't nap more than 30 minutes at a time for me the last two days. Thankfully I got a nap and some relaxation during this time as well, but seriously kid? Make daddy work a little harder for me, ok?

[periwinkledaydreams]

I've got a croupy coughy hacking kiddo here.. she sounds so disgusting, poor thing. Every time she coughs, I cough, like if I could just help her hack it alittle harder or something.. anyways, its just a cold says the doctor. Running mad vaporizors and chillin around the house is our game plan.

Woke up this morning though and remembered we ran out of coffee yesterday so bundled the kids (have SOs son this weekend) for Dunkin drive through. XL french vanilla and I added a packet of hot cocoa from home cause gluttony is good. Also must go to the grocery store at some point to deal with seriously empty refrigerator (pizza and beer, for real) and said lack of coffee. Wishing SO didn't work on Saturdays. I don't want to take the kids but the groceries can NOT wait one more day.

Ummm... maybe I'll convince him to rearrange the living room tomorrow and get us a dang Christmas tree?!

[Deleted]

DH is not just sick. He's dying. From a head cold. And of course everyone withing a five mile radius must suffer with him. Why the fuck are men such GD pansies about incredibly minor illnesses? He's already decided he will be too sick to go to work this evening and will be staying home. And be around me with his loud whining and complaining all. day. long. Also, P was awake pretty much all night last night, so I am dealing with two cranky babies on no sleep. I might hit DH in the head with a frying pan.

[mirage86]

DH is picking up our Christmas things from storage at his parent's place. E is sleeping and instead of cleaning or rearranging furniture, I'm sitting on the couch so I won't wake him up. I really need to get motivated and accomplish things today.

[hannahl201477]

Dr this morning BC I was up all night with ear pain. Got a sinus cocktail shot, flu shot, and two antibiotics. Came home and been asleep. DH is on major baby duty and I don't feel guilty bc he signed us up to be in the parade tonight when we were supposed to go Christmas shopping!

[hannahl201477]

Dec 5, 2015 12:10:06 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

Dec 5, 2015 11:41:35 GMT -5 periwinkledaydreams said:

I've got a croupy coughy hacking kiddo here.. she sounds so disgusting, poor thing. Every time she coughs, I cough, like if I could just help her hack it alittle harder or something.. anyways, its just a cold says the doctor. Running mad vaporizors and chillin around the house is our game plan.

Woke up this morning though and remembered we ran out of coffee yesterday so bundled the kids (have SOs son this weekend) for Dunkin drive through. XL french vanilla and I added a packet of hot cocoa from home cause gluttony is good. Also must go to the grocery store at some point to deal with seriously empty refrigerator (pizza and beer, for real) and said lack of coffee. Wishing SO didn't work on Saturdays. I don't want to take the kids but the groceries can NOT wait one more day.

Ummm... maybe I'll convince him to rearrange the living room tomorrow and get us a dang Christmas tree?!

Do you have any drive-up grocery stores where you are? We have a Zoom-in market here and it is a lifesaver! DNW to unload 3 kids to get groceries. I just order online drive through and they load the groceries for me! Amaze-balls.

ETZ - sorry about the sick LO. Hope her cough goes away soon!

drive in grocery store sounds so amazing!

[carolyngrace]

Dec 5, 2015 13:02:08 GMT -5 mirage86 said:

DH is picking up our Christmas things from storage at his parent's place. E is sleeping and instead of cleaning or rearranging furniture, I'm sitting on the couch so I won't wake him up. I really need to get motivated and accomplish things today.

... But DO you?

[carolyngrace]

I walked to the park wearing DB and he fell asleep.. I've now been laying on a bench in the sun for 45 minutes while he snoozes. It's glorious. It feels like 60 degrees!

[PurpleIris]

Back from Doctors Express. Verdict: strep throat. The PA that saw me was giving me the "try a saltwater gargle, lozenges, and Motrin" spiel until she saw the rapid test results and then she was mumbling that adults don't get strep that often. I was like, I'm not in here trying to score antibiotics for funsies.