another blitz. and now that I have a moment to sit and reflect, I know I'm not doing it justice and am lacking the details that make journalling purposeful. But at least it's something.
Friday night I spent canning with my mom. A friend of hers had a billion pears she couldn't use and we were more than happy to help. While in general it is not worth it to can most things, pears is my exception. It actually costs about three times as much to buy and bottle fresh fruit than buy canned fruit. But I have very fond childhood memories of my brother and I sneaking into my grandma's food storage to spirit away a jar or two of her famous cinnamon pears. She pretended to never notice but my mom recently assured me that she certainly did and thought it was wonderful.
So my mom arrived and we set to work. It took almost 10 hours using two pots and both of us working diligently to can 80 bottles of perfectly pink cinnamon pears. (with a short pizza break. and another quick run to the store for more bottles.) They looked so beautiful lined up on my counter that I actually took a picture. I couldn't resist. And Daddy played the essential role of course of keeping the girls busy and out of the kitchen.
So Saturday morning was rather groggy as we arose from our beds for breakfast, baking cookies and then I dashed off with my mother in law to attend a baby shower. It was a wonderful "day off". The baby shower was fun, relaxed and a chance to see family. We leisurely snacked on lunch and cookies, chatted about babies (one of my favorite subjects) and celebrated. Then we spent the rest of the afternoon running errands and shopping before returning home. I don't shop without my little helpers very often and it's so nice (faster, less stress, can hit more stores in half the time) without them sometimes. Daddy had played with his girls all day and kept them busy. So when we arrived home, we switched places. He went out for a guys night and Grandma stayed through the evening for some more girl time. We played, watched the new TinkerBell movie and read books until bedtime. All in all, a fantastic day.
Sunday was a bit more chaotic. Fortunately the time change worked in our favor. Instead of putting sleeping children into the car, the girls slept well, woke up and readied for church before we made the 90 minute drive to our cousin's ward to join them for a baby blessing. What a wonderful occasion! I love being surrounded by our incredible family and getting to be part of these special events. We spent most of the morning with them, playing at their house after church, having lunch and eventually loading our girls up around naptime. Unfortunately, they did not nap. We drove for an hour, hoping they would but only Lovely actually slept. We played at a park for awhile, ran a few errands, eventually got Ladybug to nap briefly and eventually arrived for an evening baby blessing for another cousin! More wonderful time spent with family for a special occasion. The girls were in heaven, having so many cousins to play with all in one day. And then we headed home, with just the perfect amount of time for a family movie cuddle time and bed.
And now another crazy week begins...
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