Teaholic not quite anonymous

Daddy's home and Maddy is thrilled (and mommy too, of course). Maddy was in rare form this morning. So I decided to pack her up and we went to the airport to pick up Matt early. Afterall, if I will the plane to come early, won't it get there? :) But I thought Maddy would enjoy being at the airport. She sure did. She loved to watch all the traffic ("Bus! Bus!") and running around the arrivals area and the baggage claim. She loved to watch the bags fall down the chute onto the conveyor belt. She was mesmerized by it. After a while she told me that it went in a circle. She loved to name the colors of the bags as they went by and size as well. She saw a car seat go by and said, "Sit!" I think she wanted to crawl on and sit down! She also loved the escalator. Man... that was the best $4 in parking we ever spent! Matt was waiting for us outside so when he called I told him we were INSIDE door #6. When he made it to #6 he was looking for the car so Maddy surprised him by yelling Dadda! She's been glued to him to be sure (except bedtime rocking--she wanted me for that). She also is so full of emotion from him being home she was acting out some. I think she's mad at him for going away. It was nice though since she is now having 'conversations' on the phone that she talked to him while he was gone.

I make it sound like he's been gone forever, but he only left on Tuesday morning. :) It was nice that he was able to stay home with us today. It allowed us to get a few house things done and also relax a bit.

This evening I went through a lot of the recipes some of my friends have been posting to a board we all participate in. So, I made our menu for the week and made the grocery list. I do like to try new things, but planning it out is so daunting. I am even having these recipes HANDED to me by people who have tried it and liked it and I still find planning out the grocery list to be insane. I'm excited for the new meals though. It's neat to try something new that are also healthy.

So I guess it's time to spill the beans (NO I'M NOT PREGNANT). I've been on weight watchers for about the last month. I really enjoy the program and it's extremely flexible and doesn't exclude any foods. A few other moms in my mom's group are also in it so the message board we have is full of great recipes that include the number of points, etc. I'm down a total of 9 on weight watchers, 20 overall. Not too bad, but I still have a ways to go.

Ok, off to hang out with Matt. Have a great night!

Tea of the day: Pumpkin spice tea, gingersnappish herbal tea and cinnamon stick herbal tea