Mommy is in Timeout

Today is “Time Out Crazy Mommy Monday!” Hope to see all of you getting out of your comfort zone with your kids.I’d love to see you join in. If you want to know more about the series, read about it here. Then grab a post – old or new – and link-up below.

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This past weekend started off pretty rough. As I mentioned in my post yesterday, some sort of mini-plague hit our house Friday night.

On Saturday morning we started to see a slight turnaround. The older patient (aka Super Fun Daddy) was feeling “meh” and gave himself a health rating of “7 out of 10.” The toddler patient didn’t give a health rating since he isn’t talking yet. I took “mama” and the fact he was, once again, scarfing down food as a sign that he was getting better.

It was a warm day outside so I thought we should take advantage. By warm, please know that I mean 45 degrees and sunny. When you give people in Michigan a 45 degree day just coming off of winter, you’ll start to see t-shirts and shorts. I even considered busting out the kiddie pool.

We needed to get out of the sick bay and brush off the germs. Today’s Crazy Mommy Monday isn’t anything out of the box. It was simply getting outside once we were all on the road to recovery. We were enjoying the fact that the snow has melted, the sun was shining and spring is heading our way.

We did a little hopscotch. I believe we ended up just making our own game because we obviously weren’t following the typical rules. My youngest son, who still crawls, was actually pretty good at it. Go figure.

The boys went on the rock-back-and-forth-head-injury-prone playground toys. You know? The ones where you swear if they get going fast enough one is bound to crack their forehead open. It was the little guys first time. LJ was a fantastic mentor. I sat nervously patiently off to the side while they had a little bonding time.

We took a walk around the outdoor village. We played with trains at the toy store, which was so new and exciting for the boys since we have a train table at home. I tried to bribe LJ to leave the store and he promptly told me that he wasn’t ready. Apparently they had a more extensive railroad than he has at home. I guess it’s time to work on my track engineering skills.We ended our outing with ice cream at Maggie Moo’s. I don’t know how I come up with these fantastic ideas. Give two people who’d thrown up for 24 hours ice cream. Just one more check in the Mother and Wife of the Year column.

We had a great time getting out of the house and enjoying the fresh air for a little family time. It was just what the doctor ordered.I can’t wait to see what you’ve done for fun with your kids!

When I was a kid, I loved taking a Mr. Bubble bath. I can still remember making fake beards and blowing handfuls of bubbles at my sister. As a mom, I forget sometimes how baths should be fun and not just an item on my to-do list.

I decided it was time for a boring bath intervention.I’ve dedicated one night a week for a no-rules-apply-play-bath. Whether we use bubbles, color capsules to change the water color or splash all around until Mommy is completely soaked and covered in bubbles – we’re bringing the fun back one bath at a time.