This week August arrived, and so did a major case of the grumpies. I think the grumpiness is due to a combination of ridiculous hot weather, and the impending arrival of school.

Monday:

I got out of the house all by myself. That’s right no kiddos, just me all by myself. I hit up an antique store.

I added a few new items to my collection.

Tuesday:

Tuesday afternoon the kiddos and I went to Thade’s best buddy’s house for a play-date. I got to help put together back to school supply packs with his best buddy’s momma. It was a lot of fun, and I have never seen so many school supplies.

Wednesday:

Wednesday was a grumpy/happy day… My mom was coming up to visit and watch Agnes for the afternoon, that was the happy. The grumpy was that I had to take the boys for school enrollment. Thade wasn’t happy about it at all, but Dylan was a little excited. I was happy that my mom watched Agnes, so there were no temper tantrums at enrollment this time around.

Since my mom was in town, she offered to watch the kids so James and I could go out. We had a fantastic time, I seriously love our little date nights.

We did a little shopping, went to dinner, and drove around town for a bit too. It was nice to get to spend some time with my hubby, and dinner was super delicious too.

James also got me a few “new” vintage pieces of Pyrex for my kitchen. I love them, oh yeah, and him too.

Thursday:

I had planned on staying home all day, and catching back up on my dishes and laundry. However, I remembered that we needed to run out and pay the water bill, so we got out before it was too awfully warm. We took care of the errand, and before we left the kiddos got to pick a piece of candy out of the candy bucket. They were pretty happy with that errand.

I got all of the dishes caught up, and the laundry too. I wanted to start a little project, but I couldn’t think of what to do…

So I de-cluttered some more junk from the house. Oh yeah!

The puppy was mad at me, I had to let her outside a time or two. She protested every time.

The kitty was happy to hang out with me, and he even curled up on my lap for a bit, but then he spotted…

The incoming toddler-hug-the-kitty-attack!!!

He wasn’t too happy about the attack-hug.

Friday:

We finally got a little rain, and the kiddos slept in a bit thanks to the thunderstorm. James was going to be working open to close, and we didn’t have any plans or errands. I decided it was time to clean up the kitchen cabinets again, and see if I can make some room for my Pyrex dishes.

I started off by switching around the shelves. I cleaned out the microwave cart that was housing three years of the kiddos school papers. Agnes and I gave it a good clean, and then we moved all of the kiddos cups and dishes into the cart. Thade likes the new set-up, it is easy to get to everything now.

Then I moved all of the water glasses and coffee mugs down a shelf. I stacked up the Pyrex where the mugs used to be.

The shelf looks so cheery now.

The new rearrangement freed up a little space on another kitchen shelf. Now I’ve got room to stash a few more bowls if I come across one.

Saturday:

We only had one errand to run in the morning, and the kids and I drove around a bit. We were looking for some yard sales, but I didn’t find any. I don’t think the boys were too upset about it though, they aren’t the biggest fans of yard sales.

The weather started to get a little too warm, so we stayed in for the day. The kids watched the Olympics for a bit, and Agnes watched a few dvd’s too.

I kept busy in the kitchen baking Cinnamon Rolls and Chocolate Chip Cookies too.

It was a pretty good week, but I’m really hoping for a break in this miserable weather.