All Fun and Then Some

I love having Fridays off, it gives me an extra day to take care of errands and to them while the kids in school, but last Friday was a little more special. It required me to wake up earlier and actually attempt to look decent. The boys and I had a date! It was Muffins for Mom at school. We left for school an hour early and the cold chill warning was in the air, advising us of the winter storm that was creeping in. It was all worth it though as we walked into the warm gym with a nice smell of muffins. Every mom was handed a rose and we selected a muffin or two of our liking, grabbed a drink and sat down and got to enjoy each others company. It was great for me, because we are still fairly new to the school and I got to actually meet some of the parents. I am so much happier with this school and so are the boys. here are the boys at the Muffins with Mom.
For my birthday last month my co-workers purchased 2 tickets to the Nutcracker for me. I have always wanted to go to the show, I just never had a very insightful boyfriend to do so. So I got to go on opening night this year. I went with my co-worker and friend Carissa. We were so giddy and excited, both just ecstatic to watch it, not to mention to dress up and have a girls night out. The music flowing so well with every step and flutter of the ballerina's. It was truly a great event and I would love to make it a tradition, I think at first the boys may not appreciate it, in its entirety, but the story and tradition of it just appeals to me. it even started to show a little snow on my way home. Just a taste of what the remainder of the weekend was going to be.
On Saturday the boys and I were on a hunt for little gifts, Kace has a gift exchange at school and I an ornament exchange at work. We worked our way through the crowded mall and even enjoyed a cinnabon treat (the boys I mean, not me...maybe.) We weren't as successful as I hoped so we trekked over to Target and in the strip mall by Target is a pet shop. The boys asked if we could just look at the animals and I willingly agreed. The puppy's were overly expensive but definitely adorable. It was this time last year that we had 7 puppies in our home to hold and adore. I wandered off to the gerbil/hamster side because I knew they would be less expensive and easier to maintain and care for. so in the end, we left with a new family member. Let me introduce you to 'Dusty' - He is adorable, the boys are ecstatic and he is right at home with us. He is pretty darn cute, very well behaved and loves to roll around in his little hamster ball. He just goes until he runs into a wall and then he will turn around, run as fast as he can into yet another wall and he can do this for hours. I am not sure if it is because he is still a cute baby, but he sleeps through the night right now, and that is just awesome.
So the boys enjoyed the 3 or 4 inches of snow we got yesterday and I had fun making it off the hill this morning.