Didn't go boating but still had a great day!

  So now that we have a boat, we plan on going to the lake pretty much every Saturday we're in town. No use having a boat if you're not going to use it, right?
  Well, like all weeks, this past week was a busy one for Andrew and so when we got up Saturday morning he told me he didn't feel like going out on the boat today but would rather bum it this weekend. ...
  "Hmmm. Ok. WhatEver." Is all I was thinking. "You have fun taking a nap on the couch all day while I entertain the girls and clean up the house, like I do everyday."
  If you don't know this already, I'll let you in on a little secret. There's no such thing as a relaxing, lazy day for a mother. There is always laundry to be done, food to be prepared, messes to be cleaned up, children to play with, errands to run...I could go on. This is why I was looking forward to going to the lake. I not only didn't HAVE to do all those things, I couldn't. So if Andrew wanted to bum it, fine. I had stuff to do.
  I'm glad to say my mood didn't get any more sour.  Andrew knows me well, loves me, and is a good man. I'm pretty sure he picked up on my souring mood because he had only been on the couch 15 minutes when he got up to help me with the girls. :) 
  Andrew's sister is getting married in a couple weeks and the girls need dresses so that was our first errand to run, straight to the mall.  We also needed storage bins for our rapidly growing pile of "stuff" and so Home Depot got a visit from us too.
  On our way home we had lunch at Mc Donalds where Kate enjoyed playing in the play place and watching the other kids run around wild.
  For dinner we had our close friends, the Strongs, over. And that's where our day went from really good to great!
  Kate had such a fun time playing with everyone and when Kate's happy, I'm happy.  We frequently found all four kids in Abby's crib, Abby was not in it, jumping up and down as if it were a trampoline.  Kate also had fun chasing Julia, Beckett, and Logan around with a balloon trying to hit them with it.
  When it was time for the Strongs to go home, the house was a beautiful mess!  Balls, books, and blocks all strewn about. Crayons and markers out of their containers and all over the kid's table. Half eaten hot dogs being drooled over by the dogs with only a few grapes left over for me to quickly pop into my mouth. These are the messes that show a good time was had. 
  The mess did not stay long.  Melanie, being the awesome person she is, made a game of picking up all the toys for the kids.  Ten minutes later the house was clean and we were waving good bye to our besties.
  For a day that I thought was going to be a dud, everything turned out pretty fantastic. :)  What a wonderful life I have!