Ice cream for dinner

We have started a new tradition in our house. Once a summer we take the kids to have ice cream for dinner. I did not clue Summer (my trainer) into this little fact as she was measuring and weighing me today. This information was on a "need to know" basis and she does not need to know. LOL! So we went to our favorite ice cream place, Bert and Rocky's Creamery. All the ice cream is made right there and SO GOOD it's unbelievable. Zachary got a waffle cone with Debbi's double devil's food delight and Riley got a waffle cone with peppermint ice cream. Scott kept it simple and got two scoops of blueberry cheesecake in a cup and I opted for a jr. size vanilla with hot fudge and whip cream in a cup. It was delicious, but now Scott and I feel sick. The kids are fine, not a complaint among them. Apparently 38 is too old to be having ice cream for dinner.

My life as a SAHM

Since July 2nd I have been off work since my mom went back to Nebraska and Iowa for a family reunion. We did not have a vacation planned, but since my mom watches the kids I took off work while she was gone. We did not do anything special, we just enjoyed the summer days. We went swimming, to the water park, hung out at home, played yahtzee and uno and just had fun. We were just starting to get into a routine. The result is that I am very VERY sad about going back to work tomorrow. Normally I don't mind working since I really like my job and I always tell myself that I work during the kids school hours, but I wish I had summers off. I just had such a good time with the kids these past 10 days and now I have the blues. Zachary told me today that he liked it better when I am home with them. Then when I was tucking Riley in tonight she hugged me tight and told me how much she was going to miss me tomorrow. Granted, she is my "drama queen" but I still felt awful. I wish I could be home with my kids everyday.

Planning ahead

I was on the computer today and decided to check out the American Girl website. Ever since we went to the American Girl store last December Riley has insisted that she wants to go back to the Cafe for her birthday. I just went to the website to check out prices, times, etc. and then I noticed the website says "now booking reservations through January 2009". Holy smokes, is this like some of those Disney World things that you book 9 months in advance? Did we miss the boat? Am I going to hear my daughter complain in 30 years how her 9th birthday was ruined because she could not go to the American girl store? Alright, so maybe I am being a tad dramatic here.

I did go ahead and make reservations though just to be safe. The woman I spoke to told me that I should just make the reservation for the maximum number I thought would attend and I could always change it later. So we will be having tea at the AG store on September 27th. Riley says Mimi can hardly wait. Not so surprisingly Zachary has declined our invitation. LOL!

Our little equestrian

Riley has really been loving her horseback riding lessons. She has learned lots of new skills, how to trot, has graduated to a large horse and even rode out on the trails.

The horse she has been riding lately is named Star and he even has a star branded on him. I don't get to see all of the lessons now since they ride off onto the trails and I can't see her most of the time, but she has had a great time.

Our Independence Day

Well, even though the day started out rough we ended up having a nice holiday. After Scott got home I managed to take a quick nap which did wonders for my tolerance level. I just don't like getting woke up at 5:30 in the morning. LOL! The fireworks show was great and the kids had a good time. Riley had fun in the bounce house and the giant slide. I loved the Bert and Rocky's homemade ice cream. It beats all other ice creams, hand down. The kids even ran into their cousins and we did not know they would be there. So they had fun running around together. Poor Riley got a nose bleed right when the fireworks started, but luckily she used to them by now so she just sat back with her tissue and enjoyed the show.

Lord give me patience, please

We have had a rough and rocky start to our Indpendence day. It started at 5:30 am, yes 5 friggin' 30 am. When the kids got up for some unknown reason and decided to play the Wii. This would have been fine except that they were bickering back and forth or cheering the whole time. Then Scott kept hitting snooze on his alarm clock. So I finally gave up around 7 and got out of bed. I decided that I would go outside and water my vegetables before it got too hot today. Well, when I got outside I discovered that Myla (my mom's dog that we are dog sitting for 10 days) had dug up all of my hydrangeas. So I spent then next 1/2 hour replanting and hoping to salvage my hydrangeas and cleaning up piles of dirt. During all of this I hear Riley SCREAMING and I mean SCREAMING at Zachary because he kept winning at Wii sports. So I sent her to her room while I finished cleaning up outside. When I came back inside I went to her room to talk to her. She told me to "get out" which did not help the situation. After a long talk a few apologies she is now grounded from the Wii. She is not a morning person and I'm not quite sure why she got up so early today, but I have a feeling that it will not be a good day. She was mumbling earlier that it was the "worst day ever" and if she keeps it up that may be true. I just keep saying "Lord give me patience, Lord give me patience".