So much to tell and so little time! It has been like a whirlwind over here! We are going out of town on Sunday and so the packing frenzy officially began today! Yes, we should have started packing sooner but didn't because of the variety of things going on over here...
First, Karl and I celebrated our 8th anniversary! Karl took a couple of days off of work to celebrate together as a family, and we had a great time! We went to the zoo, had a picnic, watched our wedding video, had a special dinner along with yummy chocolate cream pie, & even went to Chuck E. Cheese's...! This anniversary was definitely different as parents than our previous anniversaries! It is more difficult to "celebrate" your anniversary when you have no time to pick out a gift, cannot find the card you picked out/have no time to write in it, can't go on a getaway anywhere, you are exhausted, have a bum leg, your kids don't even understand why you are married, what marriage is, or if they even like the fact that you are married! We tried to make it as special as possible and involve them in the celebration too. We had some grumbling about the whole anniversary situation and their distaste for it but we are grateful that their tune started to change as we enjoyed time together in the process. We are also so thankful for the opportunity to go out for dinner when friends offered to babysit our beloved niños!!! That time just the two of us is so very precious!
First, Karl and I celebrated our 8th anniversary! Karl took a couple of days off of work to celebrate together as a family, and we had a great time! We went to the zoo, had a picnic, watched our wedding video, had a special dinner along with yummy chocolate cream pie, & even went to Chuck E. Cheese's...! This anniversary was definitely different as parents than our previous anniversaries! It is more difficult to "celebrate" your anniversary when you have no time to pick out a gift, cannot find the card you picked out/have no time to write in it, can't go on a getaway anywhere, you are exhausted, have a bum leg, your kids don't even understand why you are married, what marriage is, or if they even like the fact that you are married! We tried to make it as special as possible and involve them in the celebration too. We had some grumbling about the whole anniversary situation and their distaste for it but we are grateful that their tune started to change as we enjoyed time together in the process. We are also so thankful for the opportunity to go out for dinner when friends offered to babysit our beloved niños!!! That time just the two of us is so very precious!
Anyway, so tonight is more packing (and laundry!) and getting things ready for our trip. Tomorrow Claudia's teacher is going to come over for lunch. Saturday is an extended family wing-ding. Not much time to get everything ready to go! And then on Sunday we are supposed to be ready to zoom out of here in the morning and we will return home next Saturday.
We are so excited! The kids have been longing to go back to stay in a hotel since our trip to the CHI Reunion (asking pretty much daily) and I am sure looking forward to a change of scenery and some fun together. Towards the end of our trip, our kids will finally get to meet their 3 primos/cousins & their Tia and Tio: my sister & her Husband & their kids!
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Happy Anniversary and good luck getting ready for your trip. We are headed out of town tonight so I completely understand. Its chaos...even with one nino (plus no DH to help pack).
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