Well, it was a busy weekend here, but we got a lot of stuff done. On Saturday Matt vacuumed and washed all the main floor carpets and couch cushions. They look GREAT now. I've put blankets over the cushions just to see if I can extend the life of the cushions a bit before we need to wash them again. I let Maddy snack (and eat sometimes, too) in the living room so the couches get to be a mess after a while. I am hosting playgroup on Thursday morning so I'm hoping I can at least keep them looking nice until then! We also went to Lowes on Saturday and Matt fixed the faucet in the kitchen. It kept coming loose. We picked up a few other things too that we needed for the house. Maddy loved walking around by the garden stuff and looking at the plants and garden accessories. I guess she takes after Grandma J! It's certainly not me since I don't have a green bone in my body. After dinner Maddy, daddy and I played a lot of hide and seek. It's her favorite game right now. She'd take one of us to hide with her and then the other parent would seek. It's such a blast. Of course we'd think out loud as we went and we'd say, "Is Maddy in the closet?? No! Is Maddy under the blanket? No!" But as we asked she'd giggle a ton and yell, "NO!!" It's a blast. Bed time was hard though. We had to let her cry it out. It had been getting rough for the last week and we knew it would lead up to this... but what can we do? Tonight when we were getting ready for bed she started to cry since I think she remembered last night. Poor kiddo. But she stopped pretty quickly and seems to have gone down pretty well on her own.
This morning we went to church and she was SO GOOD. She's always good, but today she was tremendously good. She just really seems to 'get it' that church is sitting quietly and listening and yeah, she'd have a snack or some juice. Maybe she's read a book or draw a bit on her travel magnadoodle, but she really seems to get it. She got all dressed up in her sailor dress and her dolly got dressed up in the matching sailor dress. I have to say, she was quite a hit in church! Here's a few pictures of that. Church started late (as usual) and then we didn't get home until about 12:40 with a 1:00 nap. Needless to say, she went down a bit late, 15 minutes, after we scrambled to get lunch on the table and eaten quickly for nap time. I was able to get a tremendous workout in during her nap. I missed twice last week so I wanted to really get a good one in this weekend and I would say I did that!
Matt sealed our downstairs bathroom tile and washed the family room tile (which was quite an undertaking!) while I took Maddy out for a bike ride and then walk. She really enjoyed that a ton. There are some pictures up of that.
Well, I'm exhausted. I must say. I'm definitely ready for an early bedtime tonight. But first I'm going to have a few cups of herbal tea, maybe play a little Wii with Matt and then call it a night. Have a great week, everyone!
Tea of the day: Only one cup so far today and that was this evening: W Cinnamon Herbal tea