this past weekend was supposed to be phil’s first full weekend off in four weeks and boy, were we both really looking forward to it.  it felt like the start of a holiday by the time he got home on friday. until…  until he got a call later that night.  turned out that a cardiac case was scheduled for sunday morning and he’d have to go in to do it (ended up taking nine hours).  great. but we decided to still make the most of the one day phil did have off.  except we didn’t exactly have a plan in mind when we woke up saturday morning.  enter the greatness…

the kids were invited to a church friend’s bowling birthday party this week.  they’d never been bowling before and i wasn’t exactly sure how they’d like it.  maybe the ball would be too heavy (i only remember the 8 lb ball being the lightest one as a kid), maybe they wouldn’t be able roll it hard enough to get all the way down the alley, maybe they’d want to be done halfway through.  turns out, they both loved it and had a great time!  especially my boy mikey who couldn’t get enough of it. who says frilly pink skirts aren’t proper bowling attire? mikey’s feet were too small (size 11)…

so with phil in new mexico (he’s back now, more on that later), and while the kids are home this week on spring break, we’ve been sticking close to home on a more relaxed schedule and just enjoying doing little things together. since we didn’t get to it over the weekend, we went ahead and dyed easter eggs yesterday. hey allie, wanna make some easter eggs? i wish i had put allie more in focus in this picture cuz i love her expression here.  live n learn, right? they got right to work dunking in the eggs. carefully, carefully… and then we waited… and waited…  (btw, it finally dawned on…

phil came home yesterday a little after 8 in the morning.  he said it had been a particularly busy call night at the hospital and he’d been up the entire night.  he was tired.  but he still somehow managed to to stop in at walgreens to pick up these for the kiddos: they’re pretty lucky kiddos. “mama, are these for us?!”  note phil’s legs as this is just about the time he crashed on our bed and fell fast asleep.  and started snoring. he really loves surprise easter baskets. allie could hardly wait for lauren to finish her milk so that she could give lauren her very own basket, too.…

thank you for the get well wishes! after a rough night with mikey, it looks like we are coming out of the woods as far as gross bodily fluids are concerned.  we spent today (the first day of the kids’ easter vacation) hanging out at home.  which for some reason happens to be my kids’ very favorite thing to do.  often mikey will ask me in the morning, “mommy, stay home today and do nothing all day long?”  you’d think he’d be hoping i’d have some great outing planned.  but no, he actually loves staying home and gets all excited when i say YES!  and because i love him and…