Our 3 day weekend

3 young kids
2 parents
1 minivan

Here is what we were up to:
-Sat morning: L goes to the gym while M watched the girls
-upon returning, L watches the younger girls while M takes A to practice on her big girl bike
-Sat afternoon: family time! the 5 of us plus "Aunt May" go to Lynnwood pool. only to find out it has reached full capacity even before the swim time has opened. Plan B - early dinner at spaghetti factory. Then meet Myron, Lori & their kids at Mountlake pool for some splashing fun.
-the girls are down so L makes a double batch of butternut sqaush Mac & cheese

-Sunday monring: M goes to church while L stays home with the girls. E is getting the cold that A is just getting over plus W is showing signs of it too :(
-M watches the 3 girls while L brings mac & cheese to a friend & visits with her & her 4 day old baby
(was it only 5 months ago that W was that small? wait, she never was! she was almost 10 pounds at birth, this baby was 7!)
then L goes to the gym
-L plays with the kids while M makes dinner!
-M & L watch a movie, plus W watches part of it (which she is thrilled with but we are not)

-Monday morning: M picks up a rental truck
-L takes W to the chiropractor while M plays at the park with A & E
-L returns home briefly then does a super speedy trip to Costco with A
-M takes the rental truck an hour north to the specialty lumbar yard while L has 3 girls still fighting colds plus a playdate with 2 boy friends (whose mom was willing to take a risk with our germs since her childcare fell through at the last minute)
-A & E sit & watch while M lifts lots of heavy lumbar out of the truck
-everyone together for a couple rounds of Uno and dinner (which included a yummy loaf of homemade bread)!

Then back to the normal weekdays. Which were not really normal this week due to kids missing co-op class since they were sick, or kids being in class but their teacher being out sick. I think every family is sick of being sick these days!