five for friday

-Get-away-

Let's back all the way up to last Friday.  Because it didn't work to get-away for a night around my birthday, we planned ahead to take another weekend and this was it.  We combined birthday, Valentines Day, Anniversary, and Baby-moon all into one.

Nana and Papa brought Teigan and Emma with them to watch and play with our boys.  They couldn't wait for them to arrive.  I had left that morning to take my glucose test and when I got back, Amos was waiting by the window and disappointed that it was just me arriving.

With an early start, we made it up to KC with time for lots of shopping (for me) and good eating (for Jason).  Trader Joes and IKEA were at the top of my list, but we also hit up a flea market, a book store and the mall.

We like to branch out while up in those BIG cities and eat something we can't get around these parts.  Aladdin's Cafe did not disappoint for a plate full of yummy Mediterranean food.  And with it's setting, we kinda felt like we were actually in the middle east.  Poor Jason had a bout with allergies the whole time.  This is what he looked like most of the weekend.

Morning 2 was spent sampling some extra fancy coffee at Oddly Correct.  Their menu doesn't look like a normal coffee menu, so I let Jason decide.  Luckily, he knew what to do.  Here we are sampling an Ethiopian coffee (one of my favorites) and a Colombian that has been honey-processed?? Not sure what that means, but there was some definite honey taste to it.  They had a really cool set-up, but the only seating was bar stools.  I had Jason look for the pregnant lady section, but we couldn't find it.

I sure was excited to be back here. 

With my research done, I was ready to shop.  Jason didn't quite know what he was getting into.  He said that half-way through he had to remind himself that "this is for Abigail."  Ha!  Happy Birthday to me.  I did let him eat afterwards, Nyssa.  Look at that smile on his face.

That was it for us, after a late lunch, we headed home.

-Ivan, the trouble maker-

Not really, I joke.  But, we did come home to a bit of a sick guy.  Low fever and eye-gunk.  Sunday he was pretty down for he count, but by Monday he seemed remarkably better.  The eye stuff was completely gone, and no more fever.  He still was having trouble sleeping at night, but even now that has improved.  However, it did remind me how much I hate interrupted sleep.  And that's soon to be my life for a while.  ONE-MORE-TIME.  There's my motto.

-IKEA-

Yes, I know I already talked about IKEA, but there is more to say.  First off, they double charged me a sink- a SINK!  And I didn't realize it until we were half-way home.  I was definitely not happy with them, but after chatting on the phone with Customer service, it seemed like it was going to be OK.  They are now back to good standing in my book and I was very pleased with their customer service.  

Secondly, we have a new school table.  Thanks to IKEA we will be switching stuff around a bit in the school/playroom.  The little kids table wasn't cutting it anymore for bigger projects.  And before too long, we'll have three guys up there and then four. The boys helped me put this together Monday morning because we couldn't wait for Dad.  Luckily, their stuff is pretty straight forward.  Amos was thrilled to see that the directions were "just like Legos."

And we're all pretty thrilled with room to grow.  More changed to come to this area.  I'm getting excited!!!

And then we spent some more time building with Dad.  Pictures coming soon.

-School Stuff-

The Runaway Son is our story this week.  This one has been pretty easy to connect to and a good reminder for both me and them.  It's all about grace!

Ivan's been visiting us more and more for school as he toys with dropping his morning nap.  I guess this is what it looks like to homeschool with three.  He's content along as he's got his part of the action. 

Just please don't choke on anything, son!

-Beautiful Weather-
It's kinda amazing that for the last several weeks, beautiful weather has been included in my top 5.  We've had a pretty mild winter and keep enjoying really nice days.  It's been so nice to break out and spend some time in the beautiful fresh air.

This guy apparently doesn't need my help anymore.

They buried something and now can't find it.  Hahahaha!

Just a little sunbathing.

He definitely thinks he's big stuff.