Third Time's a Charm

Yesterday we all got out, and it was truly great. The weather was a beautiful 70 degrees. That's St. Louis for you. Just last week we got caught in the blizzard. We met a friend and her little girl at the park, and the girls just loved being outside. I tried using my Baby Bjorn with Little Buddy, but apparently I'm not smart enough for all the straps. He was screaming while I tried to figure it out, so I ended up just holding him. That was tricky trying to hold him in one arm while hoisting the other two up into swings, etc. But we survived, and it was so worth it to be outside on such a gorgeous day. We tried to go get pizza afterwards, but we were pushing our luck. I had to hop out of the van at a stoplight to tell my friend we had to go home because I had 2 kids screaming who needed to eat NOW. Thankfully she went and got pizza and brought it back to my messy house. She is the one friend who I would never want to see my house this way, but I was desperate. Now she knows how we really live--laundry half done, toys everywhere, dishes mostly loaded in the dishwasher but not all, the table collecting all our mail, etc. It was kind of freeing, actually. Now if we could just get consistent warm weather I think we'd be ready to resume our active lifestyle...well, almost.