6 Kids, 3 cats, 1 dog, Mom, and Dad

This weekend or Mother's Day, Birthday, Soccer, oh my!

I worked Friday evening, after an already long day, went to the mall with Youngest and Middle daughters so the could shop for Mother's Day, and then watched tv until Beautiful Wife's sister showed up. BW had a busy day preparing for Oldest Daughter's bday the next day and was wiped out so she went to bed fairly early.

I also did some shopping for BW's mother day gift and decided to get her diamond stud earrings. She loved them, but couldn't wear them the next day because YD had given her some earrings for Mother's Day too.

I got up fairly early on Saturday so that I could do any last minute shopping, get my coffee, and ease into the day. I visited Son at work and set my coffee down on a table. One of his zealous co-workers decided a full, hot cup of coffee must be trash and threw it away. I had to go back to the coffee shop, across the street, and explain what happened. They gave me an extra punch on my frequent customer card since I was nice and didn't make the kid pay me back for throwing away my coffee.

Oldest Daughter's party went pretty well. I pretty much hung out in another room with Son, His Girlfriend, and a couple of his other friends that came to the party. The food was awesome and I was able to survive until it was time to leave with only occasional contact with the entire tribe.

Beautiful Wife's Younger Sister is having a mid-life crisis of sorts and is looking to BW and I for fashion advice. She asked me if she should wear 'this top' or the one that showed her cleavage. I told her that at our age (she's 41 and I'm 42) she needs to ho it up once in a while. BW gave similar advice but put it nicer than that.

We went over to Good Friend's for pizza and to watch the Battlestar Galactica with Good Friends with Kids and Good Friends without Kids. We started watching the show before seeing this mini-series and it definitely filled in the gaps with the story line for us. Mostly, it was just fun to hang out. By the way, Good Friend's Wife looks awesome with straightened hair.

We got up Sunday Morning and took Beautiful Wife out for breakfast. She got all the gifts from everyone before we went. After breakfast we stopped by and visited her mother, and then mine, before heading north for Youngest Daughter's soccer game. It was a 1.5 hour drive in both directions and a somewhat cold and miserable day. It didn't rain so we were happy about that. Also, YD's team won, 2-0, so it was a worthwhile trip.

Here's what I got for Beautiful Wife...

Posted by bbarton at May 9, 2005 02:14 PM