Where have I been?

I've been busy....and preoccupied. Miss Megan played her last basketball game on Saturday morning - the improvement in her basketball skills was amazing to see. She had a great time playing and Marc had a good time coaching. Now on to floor hockey...and then soccer!

What am I preoccupied with? Well, I am realizing how hard it is to raise three children, keep a big house clean, work fulltime, and have any time for myself. I actually crave time to myself...more than chocolate cake even! I've been trying to fullfill my New Years resolutions and, for the most part, I've done well. I've lost 12+ pounds since January 1st!!! Woohoo!!! I'm still working on taking more time to myself. Soooo...this weekend I'm going to take some time to go shopping (because my clothes are all too big now!) and spend some time with my girlfriends. I can hardly wait!

Spa Day

My sisters and I spent the evening with our grandparents in Great Falls last night - we went to dinner at Jakers and then chatted over a drink at our hotel. We had a great time with them!

We spent most of today at our favorite day spa - we all endured massages, facials, and pedicures....and we all got our hair done...

Ami is going back to blonde....or is this really Ami?



Whoever this is, she looks really tired!

Not Me! Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what her kiddos and everybody else's kiddos have not been doing this week.

Instead of blogging about all of the stuff I haven't been doing lately, I decided to blog about the things my kids haven't been doing over the long weekend....much more interesting, if you ask me!

I'll start with the littlest McCauley kid, for a change. Mr. Jacksen did not spend the weekend working on potty training....and he isn't just a little excited about his accomplishment either. I wouldn't say he's completely potty-trained, but he might be thinking a lot more about it....well, I mean, he would be thinking a lot more about it IF he spent the weekend working on potty training.

Kellan....where to start? Kellan wasn't in an unusually compliant mood all weekend...well, at least until today anyway. He didn't eat like he's going through a growth spurt and he didn't sleep the best of all the kids. AND, he wasn't the most brave kid when we went sledding yesterday either. The thing I'm most amazed about....despite keeping him busy all weekend, he didn't even take one nap. Oh, wait...he really didn't take a single nap...sigh. Oh, and he didn't spend the entire afternoon doing everything he could to keep me from taking a nap...including making totally inappropriate jokes about his...ahem...rear end. Would Kellan do that?!

Miss Megan didn't have her buddy, Isa B., over for a sleepover last night...and they didn't keep me up almost the entire night, either. And these girls weren't just a little excited about raspberry sherbet floats and brownies....hmmm....that might be why they would've been up most of the night....maybe. Anyway, to end her long weekend, Megan surely didn't take a 2-hour nap this afternoon. And my kid wouldn't be the one to pretend to be sick when she found her out her brothers get to go to Aunt Katy's house tomorrow instead of daycare...nope...not Megan!

Finally, while I'm typing this post, all three kids are not tearing through our house pretending to be chased by a crocodile...and I'm not feeling like I'm losing my marbles either....

Valentine's Day Sledding Party

I'd like to say that I spent my Valentine's Day on a romantic getaway....however, in reality, I spent my Valentine's Day at a sledding party in the mountains. It was a beautiful day and the kids had a great time! (Okay....I'll admit I kind of enjoyed myself a little bit, too!)

Marc and Jacksen

Kellan hauling his sled up the hill

Kellan


Megan's buddy, Isa B.

Megan and Jacksen


The kids spent most of the time on a pretty small hill, but by the end of our sledding time, they graduated to the big one...check this out:

Yep, that's Marc and Kellan on the upper left side....my kids are fearless!

The day ended with a delicious dinner and some sleepover fun....more on that later!

Cool Blog

Recently this crazy guy I know told me about a cool blog. You may be wondering what kind of blog a guy would be reading...well, it's not a "mommy blog". It's a blog written by a guy who warms the bench for the Ohio State basketball program. I love sports stories and inspirational sport-related movies...and this guy is really funny...so I've been enjoying this blog ALOT!

So, anyway, here's the link: http://clubtrillion.blogspot.com. (I'm also going to add this link to my sidebar.) Enjoy!

Little Worker

I know this photo is a little blurry, but it's hard to get Jacksen to sit still...so this is what we get! Little Mr. Jacksen loves "workin'"!

Not Me! Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I had such a busy weekend that it's hard to think of things I haven't done lately. However, I am proud to say that while we were at a surprise birthday party on Friday night, I did not skip anything even remotely alcoholic and drink water all evening. I always think that it would be nice to get a sitter and enjoy an evening out with friends, but when I get the chance I drink water and insist on being home by 10:00! I think I must be getting old or something.

On Saturday, I didn't ditch my family for an hour to enjoy lunch with my oldest (as in time, not age!) friend and her daughter. But if I did, I wouldn't have had such a great time reminiscing about the "olden days" (see this post: http://mccauleykids.blogspot.com/2010/02/memory.html) and comparing them to our current lives. And I wouldn't have left feeling just a little nostalgic either!

Finally, I wouldn't be lazy enough to feed my growing children frozen pizza (well, I would've cooked the pizza!) and fruit for dinner. And I definitely didn't allow them to eat as much raspberry sherbet as they wanted for dessert...and fruit snacks...and mini powdered donuts. What kind of mother would I be if I fed my children that kind of garbage?!

And now, I'm not just a little bit annoyed that it's taken such a long time to compose this post because my husband keeps interrupting me to talk about his day....like that's more important than posting my first Not Me! Monday! post in almost a month! Sheeesh!