We survived the weekend

Admittedly it is my fault that I am so sleep deprived.  Like I mentioned before I have been obsessing about this sweater and then I realize that its 2 in the morning and the kids have been getting up at 6... ouch.  That's not to mention the few times that Norah is hungry in between those times and wants to eat... so needless to say going into the weekend I was already down a few life bars (yes, that is a reference to nintendo games).  I even drank coffee two days in a row this week!  On Friday one of Gaetan's classmates had graduated and gotten a sweet job in Hawaii so he was throwing a luncheon as a farewell and thank you to the department.  He catered in Indian food from Saffron, which we will definitely have to go try now!  I had heard good things about it, but now I have tried good things from it!  The kids did a good job trying the new food and being all around good.  Gaetan's professors even made a point of telling us how good our kids are and how amazed they are that they will try different foods.  :)  Then the kids played all day with Chase and then I realized that it was 7 o'clock and we hadn't eaten dinner yet and Ratty was coming for a visit!  So we scooted home while Gaetan fed the kids, I put Norah down and Ratty arrived.  It was a short and sweet visit as she was passing through to spend the weekend with her Mom before she left for her big Africa Trip, but it was good to see her in any sort of capacity and am definitely looking forward to hearing about her trip when she gets back!

Ratty getting to read them their bedtime story

I told myself that I would go to bed early because I knew that Saturday was going to be brutal so I looked at my phone and told myself I was going to be in bed by 10:30.  Well, our phones have been on the fritz lately so when I thought I was actually doing a good job and getting into bed at a decent hour it was actually after midnight.  Woof.  Thanks a lot phone...

A perk of waking up at the butt crack of dawn is that you get to see the beautiful sun rise.  This picture didn't do the purple justice

Saturday morning came early.  When Norah got up for the day my phone said 5, but I just assumed it was being ridiculous again, but it wasn't.  She actually got up at 5.  Why!?!  By the time she was ready for her first nap the older two were just getting up.  Lucy had her first swim class Saturday morning as Dude had his on Monday.  They both did great and were definitely at the top of their class.  They are really excited about going and its nice to have them enrolled in something too.

The rest of the weekend was a blur.  I had to play a wedding in Grand Haven in the afternoon and hurry back for the batizado!  More on both of those to come... needless to say, we made both things happen with minor incident and are ready to start this week :)

JVG