Let's Get Ready to Ramble

^^ You see what I did there? 

Now, let's ramble a bit about this week:

This week was another busy one, and while still recovering a bit from my sister in law's bachlorette party, we just had some friends over on Monday to play and kept things pretty low key.

But by Tuesday, we were in full swing with a vet appointment for Frankie followed by a visit to my mother in law who sadly broke her arm in a car accident and is home for the next few weeks recovering. 

Wednesday was dentist appointments for two big boys, right in the middle of lunch and start of nap. You can imagine how smoothly that went. 

Plus, apparently my children's teeth aren't as pearly white as I thought and as the Dentist was counseling me, this happened:

Dentist {after discussing that I need to be flossing their teeth, using mouth wash, no more goldfish and a lot less juice}: Does your 3 year old still have his pacifier?

Me {look of panic, rearrange screaming tired baby on my hip, wrangle squirmy hungry big boys back into the room, consider lying}: Ummmm yes, but he sleeps! Goes right to sleep! And my husband is gone! And sleep! I need him to sleep! ImsorryIswearImnotabadmom. {Hangs head in shame}

Dentist {Looks through window to make sure there is back up for the crazy lady in her office}: It is okay.. I was just asking so I could explain the extra build up on the back of his front teeth... 

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Did I tell you that Uncle Bummy moved in last month? And bless his heart, he works long hours and is so tired when he gets home but always finds a little extra energy to play with the boys. They love it so much. Wells also just adores his Uncle Bummy. I need to get his reaction to seeing him on video because he gets so excited when Bummy gets home. He will be moving soon, but it has been fun to have him around for the past few weeks!

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Three things I could use more of

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On Thursday, we were early for a friend's lunchtime birthday party, so we stopped at a new-to-us park. I think this is the first time Wells has really 'played' (bonus that there was no mulch to eat) and Cullen successfully completed the monkey bars and was so proud of himself. 

 We took a stroll around Mount Vernon (the first picture on this post) Thursday afternoon to kill some time and use our annual passes for one last visit. Hard to believe that exactly a year ago we bought the passes so I could walk the big hill from top to bottom trying to induce labor. 

Which means that next week, this little chunk of love will be ONE.

And with that, we've wrapped up another week. We have a fun weekend ahead with my high school friends out at the Farm and then we start the final two week count down until school starts. Bring it on.

Have a great weekend!

PS- I will be posting about the overwhelming success of our Pack a Pack drive next week. Thanks again to everyone who contributed. I can't wait to share the pictures and videos!