Flanagan Clan

Yesterday was a busy day for us. After breakfast, I took the boys to South Hill Park for a walk and then let Patrick play on the playground for a while. The weather was so nice… the high 60’s, so the air was slightly crisp and there were hardly any people walking the trail in the woods, so it was a lovely and peaceful walk. Patrick then got to enjoy playing on the playground. He’s quite the monkey… he loves to climb up the fake rock wall and slide down all the slides.

After we went to the park, we went grocery shopping because our refrigerator was beginning to look rather bare after I cleaned everything out of it on Thursday. Once that was done, we came home for lunch, and I made the boys grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. Patrick really liked the tomato soup, but he’s not a really big fan of cheese for some reason. Little Sammy, though, got to try a grilled cheese sandwich for the first time, and he LOVED it. He ate more than Patrick did!!! After filling his little belly with lots of cheesy goodness, he decided to take a nap… in his high chair. Sammy usually doesn’t fall asleep in strange places, so he was definitely tired out from the morning’s activities!

Patrick, meanwhile, decided that he would rather read books than take a nap, which is alright. He usually doesn’t take a nap anymore, so as long as he has some quiet time to give me a break, I’m usually alright with him skipping his nap.

While the boys were taking their nap/quiet time, I took the opportunity to clean our guest bathroom, since we’re having the Wrights come on Tuesday. Once that was done, Patrick helped me make oatmeal cookies from my OAMC cookbook. So far I have not made any meals to freeze, but I now have about 8 dozen frozen balls of cookie dough. The book I have suggested making cookie dough, rolling it into balls, placing it on a wax paper-lined cookie sheet, and then putting the cookie sheets in the freezer until the balls are frozen. Once they’re frozen, you pop them by the dozen into small plastic freezer bags. I love this idea because I love being able to make cookies every now and then, but I hate the hassle of having to bake a whole ton of cookies at once. Sometimes I just go out and buy the premade cookie dough instead, so I can have the option of only making a few cookies at a time, so I’m hoping that this will be a cheaper and easier alternative to that!

Once the cookie balls were in the freezer, I organized our pantry… so now the only part of the kitchen that hasn’t been organized is the medicine shelf, which is probably the least interesting thing in the world to organize! So… instead of organizing the medicines, I took the boys to Ross and Bed, Bath and Beyond in search of some items that I need for a wedding present, and I came up empty handed. The Ross in Puyallup is so cluttery. It’s really hard to maneuver a cart down any of the aisles, and everything is always a mess. And then, Bed, Bath and Beyond just didn’t seem to have anything that I was looking for. It had been several months since I stepped foot in one of those stores, so it’s probably no surprise that their inventory had changed in that time period. So I was pretty disappointed… but thankfully, now I have an excuse to go to the SuperMall!!!

Later last night, my friend Siera came over for girls’ night. We ate Mexican food, made s’mores over the heating element that came with my fondue pot, and watched Emma. It was fun to catch up with her… we try to get together for girls’ night every time Andrew is in DC.

So, yeah, yesterday was BUSY!!! And today is going to be busy too! Andrew comes home around noon, and then we’re going to do a Costco trip together. Andrew is also going to help me put a fresh coat of paint on the nightstand in the nursery… it got banged up pretty badly in the last two moves we’ve had. As for me, I have a medicine shelf to organize. Oh what fun!

One more thing! As of today, I only have 100 more days before the baby is due. I really do think the baby will be early, but it’s still fun to hit that milestone!