How is it Monday already?

Didn’t this weekend just start? I guess with working Saturday night and actually have various plans time has flown by. Here’s what we did:

Saturday: Went to pool with SIL, nephew, SIL’s neighbor friend and Ella. We all brought food and had a lovely picnic once it started to rain. Unfortunately the rain continued so we all headed home. The pool belongs to my SIL’s (Rachel’s) grandma. It’s really cool – it’s kinda a family pool and it sounds like all the relatives use it a lot and they even have a yearly clean out the pool shed day. And there’s a nice inside area with fridge and table – perfect when you get rained out or just need food storage.

Anyway, went to work that night. Had very smooth night despite transition to all new software!!

Sunday morning: One of the highlights. My husband let me sleep in. I didn’t even ask for that. How good is he? I slept until 10. It was magnificent. I didn’t get to sleep until about 2 a.m. from working late so I would have been so tired if I didn’t sleep in!

Monday: Cleaned and awaited guests’ arrival. Steve’s brother, wife and kids were on their way back to Kentucky from their summer in Michigan so they stopped to stay the night. Was very fun. Ella and Max played together again and Ella seems to be getting away from her aggressive face-grabbing phase. Almost. She still grabs the baby’s face too much for my liking. But it’s not in a mean-spirited way. It’s more like “I wonder what will happen if I poke here.” Poor little Isabella. It was so nice to see them all though. We watched the kids play a lot while the guys did computer stuff. Then I kicked Matt’s butt at Wii Tennis and golf. Well, maybe not at every tennis match. He caught on pretty quick.

Monday: Zoo! It was members day so members get free lunch, a free ride of their choice and free animal shows. We did get rained out after awhile though. We had our lunch though and Ella got to ride on the carousel and see a lot of animals. And she said something like “munKEEE for the monkeys instead of calling them dogs. So, we’re working on our animal identification skills.

After that I somehow persuaded Steve to stop at Steve and Barry’s because I’ve been curious to see Sarah Jessica Parker’s Bitten line of clothing there. Very cute, but they advertise that it’s fashion for the mainstream and I only saw extra-smalls in so much of it. Who in the world wears extra small? Maybe they had sold out of the others or larger sizes were in the back. I had a baby that was starting to need a nap, so I didn’t check into it.

After that I had the shopping bug in me so after I put Ella down I ran back out to returnd some things at Old Navy and got a few new things. I love shopping and I don’t do it much anymore so it was funnnn.

OK, that’s all and I need to go get in a little more R&R before the wild woman awakes from her slumber.