Weekending

Our weekend started early with a snow day on Friday. We woke up to about 5 inches of snow at our house, but other areas had a lot more. All the local schools were cancelled, but we were waiting to see if the state offices would be closed. We didn't see anything, so we started getting ready as usual and then got word via twitter that the state offices would be closed.

We finished getting the girls ready for school and then dropped them off. I picked up some coffee and pastries and then Rory and I set off to go snowboarding at Mt. Rose. I haven't been at all this season and my season pass was burning a $500 hole in my pocket. Ugh. So I finally got to use it Friday. By the time the mountain opened, there was 38 inches of new snow and it was still coming down. In fact, it snowed all day Friday, Saturday and a bit Sunday. Mt. Rose had over 5 feet of snow in this massive storm. We have about a foot in total at our house from the storm.

 We were about chair 30.

Lakeview run all to myself

After just over two hours of snowboarding, we headed home because we were tired and had to get the girls since the daycare was closing early.

After picking the girls up, we grabbed a quick lunch and then stopped by our new favorite donut shop, Holey Schmidt. We were right around the corner and figured we could eat some the next morning.

Top: Fruit Loops donut, Fruity Pebbles donut (both for the girls)

Middle: Caramel Macchiato donuts (one for myself and one for Rory)

Bottom: Oreo Mint donut (Rory), Samoa donut (for me)

After we picked the girls up, we came home and built a snowman. Well Rory built a snowman and the girls and I played in the snow.

The girls are in their pjs with snow boots since it was PJ day at daycare.

We took the girls to pizza at our favorite shop during their happy hour which gave us a large pizza with one topping (pepperoni of course) for $14 total. Rory and I did add in a beer each.

After dinner, we came home, relaxed and started the bedtime routine. Then Rory and I watched an episode of American Crime Story: Gianni Versace.

Saturday morning we were woken up early by Avery. She has been waking us all up the last several days. Not at all fun. After getting up, we had our donuts and some coffee before heading out to Target to get some sleds. We had no luck at Target as they already got rid of all their winter stuff, but we were close to a Scheels, so we headed there. We got our sleds, plus I found some shirts there and then the girls took photos in the little booth for the shirts I got.

The girls were in pretty good moods at this time (it gets really bad and I kind of want to forget most of this day). We headed to the university for some sledding. Avery wasn't too sure about it at first and didn't like going fast. Sutton on the other hand loved it. We kept taking turns going down with each of the girls. Sutton wanted to go by herself, but Avery wanted to go home. Once Sutton went by herself, then Avery did. But at that point they both started melting down. They wanted to go home.

 Avery (crying) and Rory

 Sutton and Rory

We went to grab some bagels to refuel and this is where the meltdowns started. The girls slowly ate their bagels and since Sutton took her time, Avery started screaming. Rory had to take her outside and this is the decline in our day. Ha.

We came home and put the girls down for a nap. Avery woke up first and woke her sister up which made for a grumpy Sutton. We got the girls ready (they fought it) for their first birthday party of the weekend. 

We arrived at the party and the girls were being shy. They wouldn't talk to any of the kids. We went to a fun center and the girls were still too young for all the games. We helped them and they enjoyed that, but they didn't like that some of the games were off limits. They didn't want to go on the merry go round or the bounce house or anything like that. They wouldn't even talk to the birthday girl. Ugh. We had cake (which was the highlight) and then the girls asked to go home. So we thanked the parents (Rory's cousins) and left.

We went to the grocery store to pick up something for dinner and the girls were mad that the double cart wasn't available. Then they had to go to the bathroom and we didn't know the layout of this store, so we had to search. They threw fits while shopping and it was really embarrassing. We got everything and left, but then the girls threw a fit that they didn't want to go home. It was never ending.

Once we got home, we started making dinner and told the girls to stay out of the kitchen because it was a messy dinner (grease splatter, etc) and they kept coming right up to the stove/oven. So they got a time out in the fit chair and that made them even more mad. But the girls ate their dinner, did well in the bath and even better at story time. So the day turned around.

After the girls went to bed, we settled in with a glass of wine and talked about their behavior. I seriously questioned if I am a bad mom for their awful behavior (this post doesn't even go into how bad it got) or it is just three year olds. I hope that is all it is because we tried and felt like we failed all day with them. Luckily, Sunday was better.

Sunday we got up and made breakfast and then got ready for our second party of the weekend. This time it was at the trampoline park which the girls love. We got there, got our wrist bands and started jumping. We jumped for an hour with the girls and everyone else for our friends sons birthday. We had a blast. Then we had pizza and homemade cake without sugar which was really good. She used honey and it was amazing. Then we were able to go jumping for another half hour. We ALL had a great time.

After the party, we headed home and put the girls down for a nap. They said they were really tired, but when it came to naptime, they just talked. 

I left and went to meet my sister to get a manicure for her birthday present. Her birthday was about two weeks ago and we finally got to celebrate it together. We talked about her upcoming wedding and even about the date night Rory and I were about to have. I told her I wanted sushi or Italian and then we discussed the best sushi restaurants here.

After our manis, I went back home to meet Rory to start our day date. We went to a thrift type of store to search for 90s attire for Rory's 40th birthday. Oh and a friend already ruined the surprise of his birthday (where it was at, some of the people coming, etc.), ugh. We got the best costumes for the party. I can't wait to rock them.

Then we headed to the outlets to look for some old school Vans and just hang out. Then we headed to sushi. As we were pulling up, my sister and her fiance pulled up. They decided to try my favorite sushi place our and showed up right at the same time. Totally unplanned. So we all had sushi together. It was so much fun!!!

We got home and tucked Sutton in (Avery was already asleep) and then relaxed and tried to stay awake from our sushi comas. 

How was your weekend?