Lets set the scene- Husband is in army reserves. It is a two and a half hour drive to his unit. they are having a christmas party for soldiers and their families. We are able to stay on base, in a two bedroom HOUSE for 35 dollars a night! This is our first mini vaca with both kids.
We arrive friday without incident at FT. blank. Go to thift store and buy ugly sweaters for ugly sweater party we attending saturday. Have wonderful dinner at cheddars with Sarges aunt and uncle. head to cottage, go to sleep.
Saturday- Sarge leaves early in the morning for drill. Me and the kiddos sleep in :)
Sarge comes to get us at 10:00 for unit christmas party. Santa shows up at christmas party riding with a motorcycle gang. they drive straight into the building. Belle falls in love with motorcycles. line up to sit in santas lap. attempt to sit Belles in santas lap. she arches her back and goes limp, almost hitting santa in the nose. get picture of Belle sitting with daddy, NEXT to santa, who she is till giving a dirty look. get adorable picture of isaac sitting in santas lap.
Eat lunch, which is served by the senior NCOs. Its truly awful. if you know what army food tastes like, you know what i mean, and if you dont, you could never understand. We go back to the cottage around four and shiloh falls into a deep sugar coma nap.
Sarge calls, letting me know that hes going to drive back home and get the paper work he needs to get promoted. time goes by, we have fun in the cottage ect ect... Sarge calls again.
Sarge- i got some good news and some bad news.
Me- ok
Sarge- the good news is i got a deer! the bad news is i got it with your truck.
Me- WHAT DID YOU DO?
Sarge- its ok, i couldnt find any damage.
Me- breathing a huge sigh of relief that husband and truck are ok.
Sarge- more bad news. the deer got away.
more time passes.. Sarge arrives, and we all go to the ugly sweater party!
stay at sweater party wayyy to late, because its so much fun! go to cottage, sleep like the dead until 5:30 when Sarges alarm wakes me up.
sunday- They have a class A uniform inspection today. Husband is putting on VERY tight uniform that fit him like a glove in basic training, but now behaves kind of like a corset. Button pops off jacket. Heroic luna (me) does some handywork with thread and attaches gold button to jacket without a needle!
after a quick warning to be gentle with the button, and ya know, not to breathe in to deep or sit down, we load the kiddos and drive him down the road to the reserve center. I come back and sleepily start packing up because we have to be out of the cottage by ten.
Drop off keys at billeting, and drive to the thrift store where i saw lots of nice jeans when we were getting our ugly sweaters. find out that Belle can open dressing room doors all by herself!!
find several pairs of nice jeans, all under 3% spandex : p (dont get me started on how much i hate spandex in jeans). Find out that calvin had pooped sooo much that it leaked all over his jeans and his carseat. clean up that loverly mess.
go pick up sarge, get some subway cause its like 4 o clock and neither of us have had lunch yet.
eat food, drive away. hear horrible sound from the backseat. belle has thrown up all over herself and her beloved stuffed bear. Like parenting superheroes, we dive into the mess.. i tackle the weepy girl, and sarge tackles the pool of puke in the carseat. after that fun waa over, we visited a the kids great grandparents (they hadnt met calvin yet) and another old realative.
after a loong drive through the mountains, we can almost see the finish line! all we have to do is pick up the dog from the in-laws and get home so we can all crash into bed. but nooo... in a stunning crescendo to our weekend............... I hit deer!!! this one takes out the bottom part of the bumper , the thing that holds the licence plate on, and one of the lights.
So, sarge is doing things with the insurance today.
I am busy washing car seat covers and bear, and holding kids who are really happy to be home and out of carseats.
AND NOW THE BEST PART!! PICTURES!
Belle, goofing off in the cottage. who new a nightstand could be so fun?
Heres Calvin, checking out his bear from santa!
Belles Bear that got thrown up on, getting a bath in the bathroom sink. he is to loved to risk getting hurt in the washer..
What a week end!! Well done!
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