better!

Today I was feeling much better. I was able to move around, without my head feeling like it was going to explode. Good thing, too, since Ben was out of town. I actually don't mind it, sometimes it's easier when one rooster rules the roost, it's only the getting up early that kills me. Sophia didn't want to take her 2nd nap, so I didn't really have a chance to rest up before I picked the kids up from school. I knew the night would be crazy from that point on. The kids had piano right after school and their new teacher is far enough away, that coming home doesn't make sense. After picking up some extremely cute flip flops for Aubrie, at Walgreens of all places, I took Sophia and Ethan to Alta Vista Park ( the one by our old house) while we waited for their lessons to be over. My kids LOVE that park and are always excited to go there.
When we first got there I immediately put Sophia in the swing. She LOVED that. She laughed and laughed every time I gave her a push. In the mean time, Ethan kept asking me to come push him on the big swings. He finally gave up and gave himself a push, and he pumped himself on the swings for about 10 minutes! I kept making comments on how I couldn't believe how high he was going, and how good he was doing. As I watched him do this and see how he felt so big, I realized how big he was really getting. Then my mind flashed back to when he was a baby (Sophia's age) and I would bring him to this park. I quickly realized how fast time has gone, and at that instant a feeling of guilt swept over me. Guilt for wishing, lately, that Sophia would grow up a little faster and guilt from how I have let the days I have with Ethan slip away. I have a good couple of hours with him every day while Sophia naps, and I have wasted it away on other tasks that could probably be done later, or could go without being done at all. He is such a sweet boy who always tells me , randomly, that he loves me. One more year and he will be off to kindergarten! OK....I didn't mean for that to get so sappy. Anyway....time goes fast!
After the park, and picking the kids up, I came home and put Sophia down for a nap while I made dinner. Ben didn't' make it on time, and so we started without him. The kids actually didn't complain, I had fajitas! Is this a breakthrough for them? They have always hated Mexican food. I sure hope so, because it's one of my favorites! After dinner I went to YW. It was a joint activity, at the Mall. We played a "Where's Waldo" game. Different ward members disguised themselves and tried to blend into the atmosphere of the mall. Some people were brave enough to pretend to be mannequins in the store windows. After YW, we had a meeting for Havasupai. I'm getting excited to go, but now have to figure out all the babysitting, ugh!
When I got home, I noticed all these staples all over my butlers pantry (where I keep my purse). I couldn't figure out what happened. I then rounded the corner to find a book that Aubrie made me today, without me knowing, that had a bunch of family pictures cut out and on different color construction paper. She had decorated it with stickers and words. She then floated downstairs and had a huge grin on her face. It was such a sweet gesture. What a sweetheart!