Friday (2/8) Happy 7th Birthday Zak!! Unfortunately, we were all exhausted from the week and had a full day so it wasn't a super huge celebration, but I think he still had fun. Adrian got AJ up and ready and they left for work and school. Zak slept in, I had to wake him up which almost never happens. I got them ready and dropped off to school on time for Daniel's last day of safety patrol for now. Then I headed to Harcum to teach my first ever Aqua Dance class. It went really well but I underestimated how hard it is! I was drenched in sweat and exhausted after the class!! I'm excited to do it again next week, without all of the nerves.
After class, I came home and cleaned up then headed into school to meet Zak in the cafeteria for lunch. Every year I meet the boys for lunch for their birthday. We had a fun time chatting and eating lunch together. Well, he ate lunch, I had a snack since his lunch is 11am! My favorite part was when I walked in and one of the kids in his class said "Mrs Jones! Did you know today is Zak's birthday??" Ha! It was so cute! I dropped off rice krispy treats for his class snack while I was there and then headed home when lunch was over. Zak was so excited for his day of celebrating in school!
I got home and got started on the stuff around the house that needed to get done. While I was working, I was also waiting on the repair man to replace the springs in our garage door. He was quickly in and out and I'm glad we decided to call a professional for that job. Soon after he left, it was time to pick everyone up from school. We all got home and had some free time before it was time for Jets pizza for dinner to celebrate Zak! We all enjoyed pizza and cheesy bread then Adrian, Zak & I headed to the church for Zak's first basketball game. It was so cute watching them play but unfortunately they lost on a buzzer beater (that didn't technically beat the buzzer) so Zak was pretty upset. But he rallied quickly when he was award the teamwork award for his team!
After the game, we came home and the celebration continued. Zak opened his presents and then we enjoyed Oreo ice cream cake. He was most excited about his Roblox gift card, Minecraft towel and new Beyblades. He opened some of them and played with them tonight. We let them stay up a little late, but it was also obvious that everyone was exhausted and we still had a busy weekend ahead. So we finally got them settled down to watch a show of Zak's choice and then got them to bed. Adrian and I watched a comedy and then we also headed to bed since it's been a long and exhausting day, and week before that. We need to rest up for the rest of the parties!!
Saturday (2/9) Today is Daniel's birthday party & he woke up super excited for the party!! We were all up earlier than we wanted to be on a Saturday but it was for a good cause. Adrian and the boys started cleaning up and setting up for Daniel's party while I got ready to head to the church to teach my Zumba class. I had a fun time teaching Zumba Toning to a great group!! Then I ran to Meijer to pick up Daniel's cake and headed home to get ready for the party.
We had two friends that needed to be dropped off early so Daniel was super excited that his party would be even longer. They got here around 11:30 and all 5 boys immediately stopped helping and started playing. That was fine because Adrian and I only had a few small things to do to finish up. Then all of the other guests arrived around 12:30. We had 20 kids here and they all had a blast! They played in the video game trucks, played video games in the loft, had a Nerf gun war all over the house, enjoyed tons of snacks and cake and then played in the yard for the last 30 minutes or so of the party. Daniel got a ton of awesome gifts and pretty much had everything he wanted for his birthday party! I'm glad they were able to go outside to play, he really wanted to do that but you typically can't in February.
Most of the kids got picked up by 3:30, but 3 of our good friends stayed about an hour longer and Daniel had one friend, Ethan sleep over. After the 3 boys got picked up, our 3 and Ethan headed upstairs to make YouTube videos and play together. They did an awesome job of playing together pretty much all night. Adrian and I cleaned up some of the chaos from the party and then got baked ziti ready for dinner. After dinner and getting the house under control, we played our second month of Pandemic Legacy. We were excited for some new rule changes, some good and some not so great. However even with one disease that we can't cure, we were still able to beat the month and do it fairly quickly. We are really enjoying this year long game together!
After we finished our game, we started the process to get the four boys to bed. They all wanted to stay up until 11pm so since they were all getting along great, we agreed, even though we were exhausted and would have liked to go to bed earlier. We sat down to enjoy some wine and watch a few comedies until 11 when we finally got everyone into bed. We watched one more comedy to give them time to fall asleep and then headed to bed too. Daniel and Ethan were still up, but Daniel was beyond exhausted. I told them it was time to close their eyes and go to sleep and they finally did. I was so thankful to crawl into bed after an exhausting day!!
Sunday (2/10) Happy 10th Birthday Daniel!! Our day started earlier than it should have since we were all up late last night, but the boys were excited to get back to playing. They all got up and started playing while Adrian and I pulled breakfast together for everyone. Ethan's dad came and picked him up after they had been up for about 2 hours because we had to start getting ready for the rest of our day. Daniel enjoyed his first sleep over but he was visibly exhausted after not getting enough sleep.
We all quickly got ready and then headed to the movie theater to see "The Lego Movie 2." It was "awesome!" We all really enjoyed it. It was funny and continued the story from where the first one left off. It didn't have a huge reveal like the first one did, but that would be hard to do again anyway. We all enjoyed it although some of us struggled to stay asleep in the super comfy recliner chairs. When it was over, we headed home to get ready for our celebration with Carl and his family for both Daniel & Isabelle's birthdays. Before they got here, we were able to video chat with my parents & Jon and his family for the boys' birthdays which was really fun for all of us.
When Carl, Sarah, Isabelle and Vinnie got here, the kids headed upstairs to play and the adults chatted and caught up. We made homemade pizza for dinner and then enjoyed delicious cake for dessert. Daniel and Isabelle opened their gifts and were super excited about all of them. There was a little more fighting than normal because our boys were tired and irritable but we survived the night. It had snowed all day so Carl left a little earlier to make sure they got home safely and in time for bedtime.
After they left, we all collapsed in exhausted heaps in our destroyed house. We took a few minutes to relax and then pulled a few things together. I made cupcakes for Daniel to take to school tomorrow while Adrian did some of the dishes and got the boys ready for bed. They settled down to watch a show and Daniel was asleep on the couch within 5 minutes of starting the show. We put the other boys to bed & let him sleep on the couch until he woke up. Adrian and I finished up a few more things, watched a comedy and then headed to bed hoping for a snow day, or at least a 2 hour delay, in the morning.
Monday (2/11) Well we did not get our wish for the two hour delay this morning and had to get up and moving way earlier than we wanted to. Adrian got AJ up and ready and out to school before heading to work for the day. I got the other two boys up and ready before we all headed into school for the day since I was subbing. We brought cupcakes for Daniel to celebrate his birthday with his class today. I started my day with a great group of 4th graders and ended it with a great group of 1st graders. In between I was able to have lunch with Daniel for our annual birthday celebration lunch in the cafeteria.
After school, we all headed home together to get ready for the evening activities. We quickly got thru homework and dinner and even started working on our Valentine's cards. After dinner we all headed to the church for various activities. Zak had another basketball game, which unfortunately they lost by like 20 points. I had Zumba class and had a great time dancing with a bunch of fun ladies while Daniel had fun hanging with their kids in childcare. AJ was picked up from church by his friend to go to his Scout meeting where he learned about camping and fire making. Unfortunately Adrian got called in to work in the middle of all of this so he was home while I was dealing with making sure everyone was where they needed to be. But it all worked out and we all did what we were supposed to and got home. When we all got home, we got the boys thru their night routine and then down to bed. Then we cleaned up the rest of the dinner mess, watched a few comedies and headed to bed too.
Tuesday (2/12) After a good night of sleep, we all felt a little better getting up this morning. Adrian got AJ up and ready and dropped him off at school on his way to work. I hung out with Zak who was also up super early for a bit before we started getting ready for the day. Unfortunately when Daniel got up, he wasn't feeling well and was not able to go to school today. I called Harcum and cancelled my classes for the day to stay home with him. I got Zak ready and dropped off at school, then came home to hang with Daniel all day. He pretty much rested on the couch all day watching TV and eating a lot. He was finally feeling better soon after lunch. I think he just needed a day to catch his breath after all of the birthday excitement.
While he was resting, I was super productive around the house. I got caught up on a bunch of things that I didn't do this weekend, including 4 loads of laundry done and put away. I never realized how much clothes we have! I also did some cleaning, some organizing and some planning for our upcoming weekend of catching up on everything. The day passed quickly and before we knew it, it was time for the other boys to come home. We again quickly got thru homework since I had to go out tonight. And Zak finished writing his Valentine's cards so we don't have to worry about that tomorrow. I cooked dinner and then left to head to the church to work the front desk for a few hours. It was a busy night at the church and I got to see a lot of friends. While I was there, Adrian got the boys thru dinner and then headed to Central for a Model UN meeting for AJ's upcoming trip. When we all got home, we finished up a little clean up, got the boys to bed, watched a few comedies and headed to bed. This week feels long and it's only Tuesday!
Wednesday (2/13) We were back to our regular schedule today, thankfully. Adrian got up with AJ and they got ready and headed out to work and school. AJ was super excited to go to school today because he finally had his field trip to the skating rink that he earned from last quarter. Then I got the other boys ready and we headed in to school since I was subbing for the whole day. I was the gym teacher all day, which was way harder than I thought it would be. I was lucky though that Daniel was in my last class so we got to hang together for a little bit. After school, we went and picked up pizza and cheesy bread from Marco's in boxes designed by Daniel and Zak. We really don't need any more pizza in this house, but we could not pass up the fundraiser and love their boxes that they created!
After we all finally got home, we took a short break and then tackled our activities for the night. AJ told me all about how much fun he had skating all day and eating nachos & a pretzel for lunch at the rink. Daniel had some make up work to do since he missed yesterday and AJ had to finish up his weekly homework. Daniel and Zak also had to finish their Valentine's Day cards and make their boxes. It took us a while to get thru everything but we managed to do it. Thankfully dinner was taken care of with pizza and everyone was excited to do their Valentine's Day stuff. After we finished all of that, the boys headed upstairs to play while I got the snacks ready for the boys' parties tomorrow and cleaned up a little bit. Adrian headed to his Bible study after work so we were on our own for the night. He got home just as we were starting our bedtime routine. When we got the boys settled, we cleaned up a little more, got our snacks together and watched "The Goldburgs" before heading to bed because we were both exhausted from the day.
Thursday (2/14) Happy Valentine's Day!! We don't really have anything special planned, it's a normal busy Thursday for us. Adrian got AJ up and ready and out to school and work for the day. I got Daniel and Zak ready and dropped off at school as early as I could so I could get to Harcum to teach my classes for the day. I taught the first two and then headed into school to volunteer at Daniel's class party. We had fun playing games, exchanging cards, enjoying snacks and hanging with friends. The sugar kicked in just in time for them to head to lunch and me to head back to Harcum to teach my third class of the day.
After class, I came back home and relaxed for a few minutes before everyone got home for the night. The boys were still hopped up on sugar when they got home and were also super excited about a long weekend and no homework for any of them. They immediately started playing video games and having fun. I got them thru dinner and then Adrian and I got ready to head to my special Valentine's Day Zumba class. I offered a buy one, get one free so there were lots of extra people there tonight. We had so much fun dancing together, laughing all thru class. We were all a sweaty mess after but had huge smiles on our faces!
When we got home, we hung out with the boys for a little bit and Adrian heard about their parties at school. Then we got them to bed, all in the same room since they are having a sleepover all weekend, and came down to do a little bit of clean up before deciding we were too tired to deal with it. We made our snacks, including leftover cupcakes from Zak's class, watched two comedies and headed to bed for the night. This week has felt incredibly long and I am so happy we have a four day weekend to recover!
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