Mom of Boys

It’s Tuesday, so it’s taken me forever to blog about my Thanksgiving and black Friday.  I’m still trying to catch up on sleep from the weekend, and I think I can finally start to feel my feet again!  We got back from New York late Sunday night.  It was close to a 10 hour drive back!  Traffic was just crazy!  Saturday we walked over 250 blocks, which I think Marcus said was about 14 miles.  I almost didn’t make it back to the apartment, my legs and feet hurt so bad!  Next time, we take a cab back! 

The day before that,(Friday) I think I got a few hours of sleep before driving up to NYC.  Crystal blogged about our black friday experience, so I wont re-write what she wrote.  What she didn’t put, was that by the time the manager let a hand full of us in early, I had to pee so bad, that I knew before he opened the door that I may not make it to the camera without peeing in my pants!  So… the doors opened and only me, Crystal and a few guys behind us were let in.  I’d say we had a good 2 minute head start on the rest of the crowd.  We were all headed to the back middle of the store towards electronics.  Mostly everyone took the path that went straight there, but since I was skipping and trying to keep up without wetting myself, I cut thru the shoe section which probably delayed me more then saved me time.  I heard Crystal yell out, “Robyn, where’d you go!”  Which made me laugh a little… laughing is not my friend when I have to pee….  And then there was a guy who also cut thru a section in the store who yelled out, “AHHHH!!!  I’m LOST!!!  Where am I!?!?!?”  Now, THAT was hialrious!!!!  I stopped for a second to make sure that I could make it to the camera or if I should go back tot he bathrooms.  Of course I kept going to the camera!  I wasn’t about to loose out on getting the 1 thing I stood in line for 7 hours for!  Anyways, I made it to the bathroom just in time!  I swear ever since having kids, I can’t hold my bladder like I used to!

And then before THAT, we hosted a lovely Thanksgiving dinner with several family and friends!  20 people showed up and I think at 1 point most of those 20 people were sitting somewhere in my living room and kitchen!  There were people on the couch, floor, in chairs that were randomly placed in the room, on the stairs, and at the train table.  The kids sat at the kitchen table.  Not the Thanksgiving that I am used to, but it was nice to have everyone together!  We’re still eating Turkey over here… Although tonight we decided last minute to just get out.  We found a pizza place, so we walked in and ordered… OMG, the bill (for pizza) was close to $50!!!  We wont be eating there again anytime soon!

I packed up the kids this morning and we drove over to Target to see if we could find a Halloween Costume for Alec.  As we pulled up, I noticed the sprinklers were on and the grounds that they were watering were saturated.  So, I can blame Target when we run out of water next month…  Anyways, we never found much as far as costumes go.  So, we headed over to the Mall and walked from store to store.  Just as I was about to give up, I walked into the Children’s Place and found a small rack of costumes with a red sign that said, 50% off.  I wondered if I should even look, since it looked like slim pickin’s in there.  The first costume I picked up said 18-24 months.  Before I knew what it was I tucked it under my arm and continued to search.  There were several moms at that rack and I didn’t want to loose Bean’s costume to any of them.  LOL!  Well, the first costume I picked up is the one I ended up buying.  It was a turtle costume that doesn’t have much to it, but it’ll do.  The shell velcro’s on the back and has a cute little green tail sticking out.  It has these cute little slippers with what looks like turtle claws and a hat with the turtle face that he probably wont wear, but without it, he still looks like a turtle!  Now I just need to find something to put on under it to keep him warm.  It’s starting to get cold around here.  The weather has been nice all week, high’s in the high 60’s and low 70’s.  I wish it would stay like this.  However, I also wish for a little rain too.  I found a link today on the Loudon County Website for a workshop on how to Build a Rain Barrel & Conserve Water.  Is that crazy or what?!?  It’s supposed to rain in the next couple of days and supposedly next week too.  I think my rain dance worked!  The boys and I will do antoher one tomorrow!  Hey… it’s fun!