Feeling Loved & Some Cold Weather

I had such an amazing birthday this year. I was not expecting anything but an ordinary day with a few extra phone calls. However, I was pleasantly surprised by so many people.  Kenney went with me to the gym in the morning which is such a huge help and then let me take a shower when we got home.  It might not seem like a big deal, but getting the kids in and out of the gym is no small task and taking a shower right when I get home without leaving 3 kids unattended is a small miracle in my life these days!  When all of us were ready for the day, Kenney left to go study and the boys and I went to a friend's house to play.  My friends took me out for some awesome frozen yogurt at a place called Red Mango (it's really good, you should try it).  One of them even insisted that we take the boys to her house later so that Kenney and I could go out!  I got phone calls and text messages all day long from so many people, most of whom I had no idea knew it was my birthday.  Kenney then let me go shopping all by myself (another miracle).  I even had $10 from Kohl's that I got in the mail to spend!  On my way home from the store, Kenney said that his parents called and said that they were in town and would watch the boys while we went out to dinner.  Two people randomly volunteering to watch our kids so we could go on a date, another miracle!!  So we went out to dinner at a Mexican place and ate with ZERO interruptions.  It was fantastic!!  After the boys went to bed, Kenney went to get a Redbox movie and brought home some of my favorite ice cream (Blue Bell chocolate chip; you should try it too!)  I had such a good day!  I didn't realized I was so loved, so thank you to everyone who made my day feel so special.

Flowers my dad and stepmom sent me (she is always good about this stuff)

We also got a new dishwasher the day before my birthday.  We had been washing all of our dishes by hand for over two months!

Today, all of a sudden, winter decided to show up!  The boys found some sidewalk chalk and wanteded to use it.  I told them to open the door and find out how cold it was outside and then decide if they still waned to go out.  Of course they said yes!  So I thought why not teach them with natural consequences that you don't draw with sidewalk chalk when it is 25 degrees outside?  So not only was it cold, but it was windy and sleeting.  It took me 10 minutes just to convince Damon to put on a jacket, so I didn't think it would last very long.  I was actually right this time; they only lasted about 5 minutes!  Thank goodness.  I was freezing too. 

Damon didn't like the wind or sleet

Kyler didn't either!

He also decided to draw on the wet sidewalk, so his chalk didn't last too long either.

Kenney thought this video was pretty funny.  He was not surprised that the boys wanted to go outside!