February 3, 2008

We did not go to church today. It was the first Sunday of the month and that is the day that the kids do not go downstairs for junior church. This is hard enough when it’s just my kids, but with Anikca with us, I knew that the girls would want to giggle and play. Now, I know that I am perfectly capable of controlling this, I just did not want to, so I was bad and did not make any of us go.

On another church note, the Lutheran church I grew up going to has started having Saturday evening services every other week. Since I’ve been having such a difficult time getting myself to get up and go to early church there twice a month, I think I’m going to try and go to the Saturday evening services. I would also like to make it to at least ONE Wednesday night Lenten service this year. We’ll see. Maybe I’ll have Michael pick Michaela up from Girl Scouts on Wednesday this week and actually make it to Ash Wednesday service.

The kids played around the house until about 11:30 am, this morning and then we decided to leave. The kids were just very rowdy and after Michaela and Anicka waking us up at 4:00 a.m. I was just too tired to deal with it.

We went to Steak ‘n Shake by St. Louis Mills Mall and ate lunch there. Then, we went into the mall. Of course since Michael was with us we had to go in to Cabela’s first. I find this store immensely boring. But, Anikca had never been and really enjoyed seeing the giant catfish in the aquarium. The kids like seeing all the stuffed animals, too.

Then, we headed towards the playground. I am NOT a happy camper. They moved The Children’s Place. It’s no longer right there by the playground. This really annoys me. Of course, Michael was happy. That is until I told him I still had a gift card that I needed to spend at Justice. It expired today, so it had to be used. I spent about $35 but, the gift card was for $15. So, Michaela got two really cute tunic type tops (one long sleeved and one short sleeved) and a pair of capri leggings.

I will still be able to go to The Children’s Place when Michael and I take the kids to The Mills, just not when we only have about 15 minutes to let the play, which is about all the time we could allow because we had to take Anikca home soon. There is a Disney Outlet store coming there soon. I’m kind of hoping they put it where The children’s Place was. It’s probably a long shot, but possible I guess.

After we left The Mills, I called Anikca’s house because we were running late to let them know we were on our way. It was around 2:10 when we dropped Anicka off. She’s a really sweet kid, but I was still very glad to be back down to only two kids.

I spent the rest of the afternoon doing laundry and working on lesson plans. Michael napped on the couch. I did make the kids do some quiet time in their rooms. Mommy needed the quiet, plus they both were not at their best. Caleb was very stubborn about it at first. He ended up crying at one point because I refused to give in. He fell asleep on his bed and napped for about an hour.

Around 5:00 p.m. I started the finger foods in the oven. Michael decided he needed some beer so I went and got that for him. We ate finger foods and raw veggies and birthday cake for supper. The kids watched the Super Bowl with us until bedtime. Michaela was very difficult to get to bed. She was so tired from her “sleep” over that she fell asleep on top of Daddy and we couldn’t get her to wake up. She’s way too big to carry anymore.

After they went to bed I watched the Super Bowl with Michael until New York got their final touchdown. At that point it was obvious that New England was going to lose. So, I went to take my shower. I am really tired, too. I actually slept through most of the third quarter of the game.

Now, I must explain the picture for today's entry. I had no idea what kind of picture to put on here. I did not want to do a football picture as that is just cliche' for this day. So, I thought, since we ate finger food for supper I'd put a picture of finger food up there. And, well, this is what I found when I did a search for "finger food" on google. I thought they were funny. They are actually breadsticks with peperoni finger nails and rosemary hair knuckles.