I had a really nice day with the kids
today. We started with a trip to the grocery store this
morning, which was just supposed to be a quick trip to pick up
more fruits and veggies (eating lots of them these days!) and
ended up costing me over $100! Everything is so expensive these
days! Gas topped $4/gal today… but I digress. Alan was home
all morning because we had a home energy audit. Results TBA.
There was lots of excitement in the house though and big fans
and red doors and we all stayed busy. This afternoon I took the
kids to a Weight Watchers meeting, mostly as an experiment. I
think daytime meetings would be more convenient than
coordinating with Alan for evenings, but I was worried how the
kids would do. Kids are apparently very welcome (they even had
a bag of toys) and mine did AWESOME! They were happy and sweet
and quiet. I was doling out Zone bars for most of the time and
hoping all the dieting women didn’t mind. After the meeting I
had several women come up and tell me that the kids were so
sweet and how nice it is to see such well behaved kids. The
leader lady said that I was welcome to bring them anytime. Yay!
And even better news, I lost 2.5lbs. Yay! :) Off to a good
start, me thinks. Lex slept in the car on the way to the
meeting, but otherwise had no nap. Alan had to work late (since
he took the morning off) so we hit the drive-thru and picked up
some dinner for him. When we got to his office Lex said he
wanted to go in. He was tired and Eve was tired and hungry, so
I said we could go in if he promised to act sweet and just give
daddy his dinner and leave. No arguing. The boy literally
climbed the stairs, opened the door, marched over to Alan’s
desk, handed him the bag, and turned back to the door. I
cracked up. I said “we can stay for a few minutes and say
hello,” but I had to go get his attention and stop him from
opening the door :) He was a man on a mission to obey! We ended
up having a nice dinner (dry cheerios, blueberries, and
yogurt), a good bath, and an easy bedtime. I love it when
things go smoothly and everyone is happy!!