Mommy's Top Shelf: Of spring break rain and Saturday night

Two days into spring break, I want this rain to GO AWAY! My plan of spending a little bit of time everyday at the playground just doesn't work with this rain around. Today its raining, tomorrow it will be muddy... whats a mommy to do? The Easter cookie idea was fun, but lasted all of 15 minutes. Pre-cut-out bunny cookies don't require much prep, and the girls enjoyed eating the icing straight out of the container better than they liked to frost the cookies. Oh well, they are currently at the peak of a sugar rush and are playing somewhat nicely in their playroom. I've threatened that with the sound of the first fight (won't be long now) we will be heading to the grocery store. Of course I'd rather not get them out in the rain... actually its not so much getting them out as it is loading the groceries into the car... so I'm hoping they will keep the peace for a while longer.

This past Saturday night was spent with my sister and her hubby as a third wheel to listen to some texas music and drink some yummy cold ones. Truth be told, I'm not a big beer drinker, unless I'm in a bar surrounded by nothing but beer drinkers, then I can get in the mood. Anyway, our babysitter is out of town and we don't exactly have family members beating down the door to keep our angels, so Jeff graciously suggested I go along with them without him, and I had to think about it for about 2.3seconds before I accepted their (and his) offer. And what fun we had! It was so laid back, and it was so fun to eat dinner and not have to clean up anyone's mess but my own! (I spilled two drinks on myself... Lainey gets her clumsiness honestly. One was my first drink of the night... so I had no excuse really.) Unlike last time I was let loose without Jeff for the night, I kept myself in check since I drove myself there and kept the drinking to a minimum. Some highlights...