My Sorta Day Alone and Keeneland

I mentioned before that Joe offered to give me a day ALL TO MYSELF last Friday.

Well...it didn't exactly turn out the way I'd envisioned, but it was still good.   It was more like a few hours alone.  (He had a 7am work meeting that he couldn't get out of on his day off.  What's a girl to do?)

I spent the free hours I had working out, showering, gathering donation/sale clothes and driving up to drop off said clothes.  I then ventured over to the Outlet Mall that's about a half hour away from here and wandered around, alone.  Uninterrupted.  Not worrying about who needs to eat or nap or have their diaper changed next ; )  It's weird, but some things from JCrew had to come home with me ; )  Like the jacket I wore to Keeneland the next day, scored for ultra-mega-cheap.  I love a good deal!  A few hours of alone time is always glorious.  Unless you're going to your Gyn appointment.  Then?  Not so much.

I also picked up a few summer things & PJs for the kids.  They are ALWAYS outgrowing their PJs lately.

I promised I'd be home in time for dinner, and that I was.

On Saturday morning, we boarded a bus with Joe's work peeps and drove down to Keeneland (the horse races).  It was my first time there.  It was a fun experience, although I could have done without one of his drunk employees making a total spectacle of herself the whole ride down & back.  Also, the track was FULL of college kids.  It was kinda funny because it was chilly that day (sunny, but 50's and breezy).  I had 3 layers on.  There were girls there in tiny sundresses and heels and you just KNEW they were freezing.

The group met at a bar at 10am for departure.  We ordered coffee.  What, you don't drink your coffee in dingy wine glasses?

We didn't really bet any money on the horses (have you ever read one of the programs?  We got a tutorial and I still don't know if it's more than a crapshoot.)  But we did indulge in nachos, hot dogs, popcorn, a pretzel and oh yeah, beer.  (Hello there salt weightgain!)  

Random factoid:  Did you know that it takes 4 days for excess salt to get flushed out of your body?  So I won't be stepping on a scale again til never Wednesday.  #perksofbeingmarriedtoanephrologist

Anyway, as a side note, I wish I'd been better prepared because the food for the day would not have been my choice.  We couldn't find ANYTHING else to eat.  Oh, did I mention we had donuts for breakfast?  

It was fun to get out of town for the day.  When we returned to Cinci, the Hubs and I chose to go have dinner alone together at one of our favorite restaurants downtown instead of staying with the group & eating dinner at the bar.  It was a perfect end to the day.  

Oh Hey Monday

Wondering where to start with my blog on this Monday morning.  Joe was off for 4 days over the weekend, so we did a lot!  I feel like I have lots of pictures to share, but don't want my post to be 2 miles long, haha!

Wednesday night, we were anxiously awaiting Daddy to get home and start his days off.  It was about to storm and the babies were going nuts (5:30/6:00 is their "Bewitching Hour".  EVERY DAY.), so I threw them in the stroller and we went for a walk.

How are they almost the same size???

Thursday we took the kids to the zoo.  The tulips were spectacular!

 No pictures of the animals, lol.  Morgan LOVED watching the polar bear swim around and the giraffes.  It was hard for her to see many of the animals, but we had so much fun.  The weather was amazing.

Thursday night, this little guy got his first hair cut.  Yep, we cut the "swoop", haha!  He's already starting to look like so much more little boy and less like my baby :(

That's enough for this post.  More to come.  Gotta get the nuggets ready for a big trip to Target, hopefully I can make that happen yet this morning.  

I also finally got myself registered for a summer class that I need to continue on with my schooling.  This is a course I've been avoiding for...oh...forever.  Ugggh.  I hope the class isn't as painful as the registration process!  I'm freaking out about actually becoming a student AGAIN.  But super excited to be moving toward my goal and I want to be a good example for Morgan & Joey.

So What Wednesday

Linking up with Shannon at Life After I Dew for another So What Wednesday...

This week, I'm saying "So What" to:

• I can barely walk from my workout that was on MONDAY.  My muscles are very very angry at me. My legs better look decent in shorts for all this pain!
• We went to my MIL's house for dinner 2 nights in a row.  The night before that, we went out for Pizza.  The night before that?  I made frozen Pizza.  Sometimes Mama needs a break from the whole "21 Meals Cooked at Home Per Week" show.
• I've finally been working on getting into Grad School like it's my full-time job.  It's time.
• My dear husband is off on Friday and offered to stay home with the kids for an entire day so I can get away.  (Awesome, I know, right?!?!)  I don't know what I'm doing yet (besides working out if I'm able), but I'm sure I"ll have no trouble filling my day.
• Tax day made me want to gouge my eyes out. MAJOR Buzzkill this year.
• Every morning I wake up (by my little alarm clocks that NEVER sleep in it seems) and my first thought is "Only 5.5 hours til naptime.  I can do this."
• The Hubs asked me when we were gonna get going on Baby #3 the other night and my reaction was borderline spastic.  Let's just say we are on different ends of the time spectrum right now.  But he's right...my eggs & oven aren't getting any younger.  I'm anxious to see if his thoughts on the matter change after he spends an entire day alone with MoJo ; )

What are you saying So What to this week?

Better Days

Things in Tammyfantasyland are much better these days... Morgan's little "issue" last week finally resolved.  I hate seeing my babies in pain.  Although the communication barrier is extremely frustrating between Toddlers and grownups, I'm grateful she could at least verbalize she was hurting.

Back to happy pictures of our weekend!

I think I've shared that when my husband is on call on weekends, it means he works 12 days straight and they are LONG days.  Sometimes the kids don't get to see him.  I feel like I always whine when it's his weekend.  But when that Friday of Day #12 rolls around, we are MORE THAN READY TO HAVE DADA HOME!!!

To get me through the weeks, I've deemed Friday nights in our house "Pizza & Beer Night".  It makes me happy.

Me & My Boo, waiting for Daddy!

She was literally watching out the window for 30 minutes for Daddy to come driving down our street!

 Our weekend consisted of Food, Working Out and of course, the BEST part: getting out of the house!!  After a trip to Lowe's (we are thrill-seekers, what can I say...) we took the kids down to the Levee for an advertised "Acrobatics Show" I'd read about.

Looking skeptical...for good reason

 Well.  It was 3 teenagers juggling and dancing.  One even rode a unicycle.  It was...something to do ; )

 We took Morgan to one of those Build-A-Bear type workshops, (only it's called something else) and she picked out a White Bunny.  She also got a free hat for giving the jugglers a tip.  Which she refused to take off ; )

Joey, clearly unimpressed by the "Acrobatic Show" Mama hyped up...

Of course we had to stop at Dewey's because I needed more pizza in my life.  We were brave and ordered the seasonal special, "The Ballpark Pizza".  Spicy mustard, onions, saurkraut, sausage, cheese...sounded weird enough to be good - and it was tasty!!

 I then felt foodguilty and whipped up these NO Sugar NO Flour Banana muffins I found on Pinterest.  They were good, but they definitely tasted like NO Sugar.  Clearly, I'm addicted.  But Morgan & Joe liked them, so I'll definitely be making them again.  I hate throwing out over-ripe bananas.

Recipe VIA HERE

 This little man's top two teeth are really coming down now.  He looks so different!  Less baby-ish.  Sadface.

We rounded out the weekend with a trip out to my MIL's.  We got to see our Greyhound, Dakota.  Morgan was kissing her through the glass and was giggling so hard.  She really wanted to play with her but Dakota is SO big & quite clumsy, so we thought it best to keep her outside while the kiddos were around.  I do hope one day they grow up to love that dog as much as we do.  I'm still grateful my MIL "adopted" her for us so we could still keep her in the family after the incident with Morgan's eye last summer.  Dakota really is the sweetest dog I've ever known.

 After playing with the hose, a certain little toddler had to let Nana throw her clothes in the dryer.

 It doesn't get much cuter than that!!