Girlymama

Did anyone else get notes from the schools this week with about 75 very important dates to remember before the end of the school year?

OH. My. WORD!

There's the first grade concert, the preschool concert, the school fair, the parties, the field days, the games, the meetings… SERIOUSLY! If you were hoping to get together with us anytime before the end of the school year, we're going to have to take a rain check and get back to you sometime in August.

Meanwhile, I have T-minus 16 days until my in-laws arrive so its time to get my cleaning on! And by "cleaning" I don't mean vacuuming — I mean serious cleaning. One of the perks of having people live with us for a couple months every year is that I'm really motivated get my house whipped into shape! I feel a huge trip to Goodwill coming on!!

What about you? Do you spring clean?

As we shared a bit this week, since we got back from Hawaii we've found out our credit card number was swiped (which is dealt with, thank goodness), Colin was seriously mad at me for leaving him and was acting out like you wouldn't believe, its been a super busy scheduled week, the house is a disaster, we're supposed to go away this weekend and now Colin is now sick. He's curled up next to me right now, burning up.

SIGH.

I just want to go to bed for a few days.  And wake up and start over.

So apparently our credit card number was hijacked while we were in Hawaii.

Its not too bad – the good folks in the fraud department at AMEX caught it really early so we can hopefully get this fixed before it gets too bad!

*YAWN!*

We got home from Hawaii yesterday morning and we have been just soaking up the kids ever since. I had NO idea how hard it would be to be away from them for an entire week! Every time Colin sees me he gives me a huge hug and kiss. And if I'm near him, he touches me. Just reaches out a little hand to touch me while he's playing. Like he's afraid I'll evaporate into thin air any second!

We're also incredibly jet lagged. We did not really sleep on the red eye yesterday. Really, flying coach after flying first class is just not fun. On the way out we had beds that reclined flat and filet mignon for lunch. On the flight home, our seats reclined approximately 3 inches and we had mystery meat for dinner. Plus, right now it is 5am Hawaii time, so I'm drinking lots of coffee and trying my darndest to not to take a nap! Must Power Through!!

We have some amazing pictures to share but today I'm dong laundry and holding my babies!

Because I'm here:

With my husband. Alone. In HAWAII!

We're celebrating our 10th anniversary a bit early with a little week-long getaway. I'm looking forward to some good beach time — without kids! Meaning I can actually relax on the beach and not have to constantly be counting heads to make sure everyone's accounted for.

Have a great week!