Baby Got Back

Its Friday, and the week is coming to a close. Its been incredibly busy and I am very glad its Friday on oh so many levels. I am actually very tired today and am wanting to do a lot of relaxing this weekend. Tonight I have to bake brownies for the March of Dimes CNAC party tomorrow. Little Man has his Young Naturalists tomorrow as well, and we were supposed to learn how to cross country ski but the weather is not going to cooperate. Have to bake some apple cinnamon mini muffins and banana bread for church coffee hour on Sunday. Go to the library. Run a few errands (Hobby Lobby, buy gas, etc). Maybe get a haircut. I had some other women over from church last night to plan the silent auction for our fundraising dinner next month. Its going to be exciting and I am looking forward to it.
Little Man exceeded his reading goal for his read-a-thon at school and raised $200, which goes to buy guided reading books for the PTO library (which the teachers use in the classroom). I am so incredibly proud of him! He was such a little show off last night too. He had everyone look at his cars, and his homework and every thing else. It was funny because a lot of the time he acts shy and quiet, so these folks saw his true nature. And of course, he is so cute that everyone loves him! I should have company over more, because the little man fell asleep almost immediately too.
We found a new cookie we like too-oreo fudge stripes-that is a huge hit in our house. The problem is when the little man likes a new food, he becomes obsessed with it and probably the whole package will be gone by tonight-tomorrow at the latest. And we found scrabble cheese-its that we like too. I think that box is gone already! I bought it on Wednesday.
I am enjoying the fact that my house is clean enough to have company. I am enjoying that I have the laundry all caught up. I am enjoying that I am going into the weekend knowing that all my errands are optional, and that there aren't tons of things that I MUST do or my household will erupt into chaos. Its a really exciting feeling. The best part is the little man is starting to buy into the program too. He is starting to pick up after himself-granted, with reminders-and its huge progress. We did have a bit of a battle over getting dressed yesterday morning. He tells me that he can't do it without my help. I know he can, and I took a stand, telling him if he didn't get dressed, he was going to school in his jammies. For some reason it really clicked, and he did it, albeit with some tears and all. But it was progress. As was his telling me exactly what he wanted for lunch. I need to give him only two slices of cheese, two slices of bread, juice, cookies and cheese-its or chips. Nothing else. It was how serious he looked telling me all this, and how I tried really hard not to laugh.
Its Friday, and I have a whole weekend ahead of me. I am looking forward to the fact that I will not have to spend my weekend playing catch up from the week. Sure I have a bit of housework to be done (a little dusting, a little vacuuming, but nothing major)I can actually spend some time doing things I enjoy this weekend rather than cramming tons of stuff into two days. I can enjoy my family (woo-hoo!) rather than be stressed out and miserable.
I can spend time scrapping, which I love. I have a baby blanket to finish, as well as some stuff for the Ronald McDonald house to finish. Its really nice to feel like I am able to keep it all together. I am very busy, between work, school stuff, church stuff, volunteer work and my home life. I am not complaining, but there is a lot going on and I need to continue to balance all this. So far, I think that I am doing a pretty good job.
Time to get my groove on, get the day going and be ready for the weekend.
Need to get going for work/school. Put the pasta fagioli together for dinner tonight (so the big man can put it up to cook this afternoon). Tidy up a little bit before we leave this morning. Be happy and loving. Life is good...