Well, I was right...

We managed to get everything done last weekend and even squeaked in a fondue dinner at Randy and Twila's house on Saturday evening after Ethan's dress rehearsal. Speaking of Ethan's dress rehearsal, Seth had a cameo appearance. He cracked the whole place up! Before the show started, one of the directors had given Seth a streamer stick (there were a few extra after handing them out to the cast), so when the time came at the end of the show to use the streamers, my covert little daredevil weaseled his way past the six of us adults who were all sitting in a cluster together, and made a bee-line for the stage, streamer in hand. He wormed his way around the 15 or so performers who were on stage and placed himself right next to his favorite friend (Mark Fernandez), who is 11 years old, and joined in (in a rather dramatic fashion) with the streamer twirling. It was an absolute riot to watch. It was all black-light on the stage and it was just so darned cute that we couldn't yank him off the stage. When the lights came up for the big finale song, he started wandering around the stage and that's when I sent Eric up to yank him. That will definitely be one of the stories that gets re-told throughout the years at our house! It was precious!

Sunday was so very relaxing. It was really nice and just what I needed to finish off a very busy weekend. I was sorry to miss Ethan's performance, but am grateful that we were able to see the dress rehearsal.

Monday I spent in Zephyrhills doing a little Christmas shopping and having lunch with my Mom, so I didn't exactly get much accomplished. Eric was late getting home from work, and that sort of threw the whole night off, so the whole day (with the exception of getting to see Mom) was pretty much a waste.

Tuesday was Bible Study in the morning. Our children's director hosted a luncheon afterward at her home, which was very nice to just sit around and chat for a while. Then Mary Kay (the children's director) offered to keep Seth while I ran a couple of errands. Do you think I was about to turn her down?! It was really nice being able to shop at Wal-Mart without having to stop every five feet to look at something or make sure Seth was with me. There was a small child in line a couple of registers over when I was checking out. She was just throwing an ugly crying fit and I was extra grateful for Mary Kay's kindness at that point.

I'm going to close and go get some laundry out of the dryer. This will probably be the only post for the rest of this week because we have a simlarly busy weekend this weekend (maybe worse). Friday, I have to figure out how to get a double-batch of chocolate chip cookies made, a birthday cake baked, and a broccoli casserole started, while getting Seth over to Zephyrhills so that Mom and Dad can watch him while I go to Ethan's school and help him with his gingerbread house (an annual Quail Hollow Elementary tradition). Then Saturday, I have to ice the birthday cake, go caroling at the Veteran's Home with Boy Scouts, take the casserole to the potluck that follows, meet my parents back at the house so they can keep the boys overnight while Eric and I attend the CBS Christmas Party in the evening. Sunday, we'll meet back up with the boys at church, go out for a quick bite, then get back to the church to set up for Ethan's 7th birthday party, which is scheduled to last until 3:30. Whew! I'm tired just trying to figure out the logistics!

So anyway...the next time you'll hear from me is Monday....maybe!

All next week, we get to work on Ethan's eel report and visual aid! I can't wait! Anyone who says that stay-at-home moms don't contribute to society needs to be shot.