Well we had lots of fun things planned for the first weekend of December — KBCO Studio C CD release, pictures with Santa, the Parade of Lights, Mason’s birthday party and a CU basketball game for Joey, Dempsey and Grandpa Steve — but instead, we stayed home all weekend with croup! The kids came down with it Monday night and needless to say, it was a looooong week. Saturday was their worst day but they were both feeling much better by Sunday, so I am hopeful we will back in the game by NEXT weekend because we have lots of catching up to do.

I was home all week with the kids and being home bound with two (understandably) irritable and needy little ones is a whole new level of cabin fever. I had my mom to help on Thursday and Lori offered to come over on Friday and I’m so grateful for the grandmas. Demps and Lyds got to open their advent calendars in front of Grandma Lori and she got such cute ones this year! Joey came home early from work and then, because the kids’ appetites have been basically MIA anyway, we went with what WE wanted, which was pizza take out from Cart-Driver. It was so good! After the kids went to bed, we watched the finale of GBBO and I’m always so sad when it’s over!

I’m not going to lie, Saturday was a rough day. Dempsey was NOT well. I don’t think he cracked a smile all morning and was just so miserable and out of it. We watched something like five movies and tried to get them as much sleep as possible. On the bright side, Joey and I both got in a run, I made a really delicious dinner and Lydia took three legit steps in their playroom that afternoon! 🎉🎉🎉 We put Dempsey to bed suuuuper early and what a sweet but sad moment when Lydia rolled off my lap after I fed her and just laid down on the bed 🥺😢 We had time to watch an entire movie after they went down. Scrooged forever!

We woke up to snow on Sunday and I had no idea it was even coming! Mason’s birthday party was that morning but I didn’t think the kids (or their coughs!) should be there, so we had to miss this one and it was such a bummer. Dempsey made a video for Mason though 😊 We had a simple egg and bacon breakfast, I put Sissy down her nap and then bundled up and walked to The Cottage Bakery for pastries. Jill sells baked goods from her lovely little home every weekend and we’ve lived blocks away and never been! 🤦🏻‍♀️ When I showed up, there was a line and if that’s not a good sign, I don’t know what is. Grabbed a pain au chocolat, an apple danish, a morning bun and a loaf of sourdough and it was all amazing! Dempsey asked for another morning bun for the rest of the day 😂 Naps and adult chores took up the rest of the afternoon and then when Dempsey was up, he and I took a trip to Target for a gingerbread house. They even had a preconstructed one! He was so excited to decorate it as soon as we got home, then spent seven minutes actually doing it — most of which involved eating candy — then ran off. Nothing like decorating a gingerbread house by yourself while your children play in another room 😅 Leftovers (plus that sourdough!) for dinner then bedtime for the kids, SNL for us and bedtime for me while Joey worked. Hoping it’s a much better week for us — the silver lining is that the kids have slept amazing three nights in a row, so Joey and I have at least been super rested while tending to them! — and I at least make it into the office once 😉 Happy Monday!