A Little Catching Up to Do

Just so you don’t think I’ve entirely forgotten about the blog, I thought I might post a few of our recent (or not so recent) events.

First, here is one of our nightly events. I’m so grateful to have a wonderful husband who is such an involved dad.

Jeff loves being a dad.

He reads to the kids every night. He is an engaging story-teller. They have such an elaborate bedtime routine which includes bath-time fun, “wee” - a crazy ride where Jeff wraps them up in their bath towel and swings them around. It beats any roller coaster, let me tell ya! Book reading, made-up stories (like the adventures of peanut butter monkey floating down the chocolate river), tickles and snuggle time. Wow – it’s exhausting just writing about it. No wonder they whine and cry when Jeff is working and mom has to put them to bed.

My birthday – so it was a while ago, but while I’m bragging about Jeff and no one is here to stop me, I’ll share how Jeff made my 31st birthday unforgettable!

It began the night before when Jeff told me he had scheduled a vacation day for my birthday – so I could have a day off! That alone would make any mommy’s birthday. But wait; it gets better. I woke up to a yummy gourmet omelet breakfast. After dropping Ethan off at preschool, Jeff drove me to a surprise destination - a salon, where I had my first pedicure that also included a foot scrub, soak and massage. We went home for lunch, picked up Ethan and drove to downtown Seattle to to go shopping at the Nordstrom flagship store. On the way back, we picked up some cupcakes at Trophy Cupcakes (a gourmet cupcake shop) and dinner at a Thai restaurant – my favorite!

As a perfect surprise, Jeff bought me a new wallet – something I desperately needed, but didn’t have the time to think about. I can honestly say it was the most perfect day, thanks to my wonderful husband and kids. Thanks, family!