Moments with Mom

Do you hear that???????????

It is the sound of silence in my house. Christian got the kids up early this morning and took them to work with him. Then he's delivering them to my parents house, where they are spending the night and won't be back home until late tomorrow afternoon!!!!! I know I sound wayyyyyyy too excited, but I don't get too many days of quietness. I do love my children, and love to be with them. But I do relish in the days where I can clean up the house and it actually stay clean for more than 2 minutes. I'm not sure if we're doing anything Valentinesy tonight. Christian usually keeps his plans close to his vest until time to go. But he's so tired, and I'm loving the silence, that we may just stay home. For some reason, chicken wings sound really good to me today. A movie, dinner at home and some lazy time is a pretty good Valentines present. Oh, and did I mention that I got too much chocolate at school yesterday. I'm sure we'll make a good dent in that supply.

We had supper club last night, but Roy was the only guy again. I know he gets tired of hearing us "women", but he held on like a trooper! I made a simple dinner and the kids played hard. Us grown-ups played cards, and Roy won. We always have a great time when we get together. For the first time ever, I made a red velvet cake for dessert. It was a kit that someone gave me a few months back. I didn't know what I was going to have for dessert, and I came across it in the pantry. It came out perfect and everyone loved it. Especially the kids! I think Mason could have made his whole meal from just the cake.

Mallory still isn't feeling well. She went back to school on Thursday, and went to her party on Friday. But she is so whiny. She hasn't run a fever since Wednesday, but the cough is awful. She seemed like she was on the road to recovery, but now its like she's taken two steps back. I hated to send her to my mom's house, but there is no better cure for sickness like being with Grandma. I sent the breathing treatment machine to my mother and I think she might have been nervous about that part of the baby-sitting. She doesn't mind, but I'm not sure she's done it before. I hope Mallory feels better soon. I hate to see her just laying around.

Well, off to fold clothes and finish my book!