Bowling

We had a four 1/2 day weekend over President's Day and were pretty busy with homework, playdates, projects, & activities but the girls and I did to squeeze in a day at the bowling alley. 

 

Paige also had a couple friends over for some homemade pizzas and crafts:

It's funny how there are different rythms and seasons of life.  I remember when the kids were younger, we were always looking for ways to get out of the house and do things.  Mostly because with little kids you spend long stretches of your day at home so you look forward to taking trips and changing things up (basically, you're stir crazy, need to get of the house, talk to adults, etc., etc.)  However, you then run into the difficulty of taking little kids out, handling naps, diapers, meals, etc.

Now that out kids are older, we have the freedom to go places and do lots of things, but we no longer have the desire like we used to.  Because our days are so busy and the kids are involved with lots of activities and have many friends outside of the home, when a day off comes around our new instinct is to stay home and enjoy "doing nothing."  We now want to sleep in, lounge around the house, and basically enjoy the feeling of having nowhere to go or anything to do, because those days are so far and few between.

Ahh, just another reminder to appreciate what you can when you can.