Long Weekends Are The Best

Long weekends are great, until they come to an end and you wake up on Tuesday and can't believe reality means getting up and doing something productive. As a double whammy for me, I got to go get a crown that day. How's that for a rude awakening after a nice relaxing few days? Mia actually came into our room on Tuesday and asked if she could stay home. What? Two weeks ago we were having to have ice cream cones to make up for the fact that we were stuck at home and now you're asking to not go to school?

On Sunday, we had dinner with friends and the kids played hard with two college guys - perfect wrestling partners.  They both came home and slept over 13 hours! On Monday, we went to the museum, walked the trails, and played at a splash pad. On the way home, the kids fell asleep at 6:40 and slept until almost 8 the next morning! See, told you it was a wonderful weekend. Now, how do I work more of that "running them tired" thing into this summer?

The pictures I have from this weekend fall into a 12 in 2012 category, so I'll have to do separate posts later. Until then, here's a freebie picture: another way we're making sure the kids sleep well at night.



Mia has no idea what's about to hit her. Hopefully not literally, although Finn is very into that car and doesn't like to share it too much at this point...