Attempting to be a Super Mom

What a wonderful weekend it has been.  I'm so glad to enjoy it with my family.  This was the last weekend before soccer and our Saturday mornings become complete chaos. I'm finding myself getting all wrapped up in the kids lives, which is something I really do love about being a parent, even though sometimes I ache for some me time.  Sydney is getting ready for preschool.  She'll go two mornings a week starting next week.  Her open house is this Thursday morning.  She also has dance on Monday evenings.  I promised her I'd look into a gymnastic class since I vetoed tap class.  Her dance studio is in Eudora which is only a couple of miles out of Lawrence, but on the other side of Lawrence from where we live and with all of the students here in this small town, traffic stinks and it's about a 30-45 minute drive one way.  I didn't want to do that 2 nights a week.  She's also playing soccer again, but only on Saturday mornings.  Ben is...

Well, I've been trying to take it easy, as much as I can, at home with three kids and birthday party on the horizon.  I can tell you, walking pneumonia is no joke!  It has taken everything out of me, but I think I'm finally getting better.  The kids, who have also had a cold, are seeming to be much better.  We've been down for quite a while though.  Since last Thursday. Lots of naps, laying around, tv, movies, ipads, and sleep.  I think to make it worse was just how fast it came on.  Wednesday we were shopping and playing at Laugh Out Loud and I even got to go to the Maroon 5 concert on Wednesday night with my sister-in-laws. Laugh Out Loud is a really awesome indoor play place for kids.  While we were there we bought a year membership.  So did my sister-in-law, so now our kids can all go play together there whenever we want.  It is lots of fun!  There was fun stuff for all of the kids, even Rylie! ...