Just normal.

Good Morning.  How was your weekend?
Mine was just a normal weekend.  And believe me, I loved it.  Sometimes it is nice to just have normal.

That's what this post is all about.  I read some mom blogs and I love the way they capture the normal everyday life of being a mom.  Most of them are stay at home moms and I can remember those days of having young ones at home.  Days looked the same and I couldn't wait to get out of the house  to find excitement and connection with other grown ups.  I wish blogging was around when I had little ones at home, but then we didn't even have personal computers back then.

Wow!  That just made me sound really old!

Now that my kids are teen and above, I spend hardly any time at home and live for days when I don't have to leave the house.  I can't even remember the last time this happened.

Anyway, I am learning from these mom blogs I read, to enjoy and cherish the everday, no matter what my everyday looks like.


So here is a peek:  this is what my weekend looked like.


Friday, Tom and Bailey headed off to our friend Jamie's (see his blog here) wedding in Mammouth, CA.  It looked like it was a beautiful weekend.  Cali and I had to stay home for a dance activity she had to perform in.

Friday night I had a hot date with this lovely lady.  Courtny and I work together, but I still feel like we rarely see each other.  So little date nights with her are always fun and she is my daughter so extra bonus!!

Most of my day Saturday was filled with driving Cali back and forth to dance.  We spend many hours on the road doing this.  She loves dance and is very dedicated.  It's worth all the driving.  Plus it gives me one on one time with her.

Cali's dance ensemble performed at the Walnut Creek Twilight Parade on Saturday night.

Sunday morning, I was drinking my coffee, blogging and enjoying some early quiet time when I heard this strange noise.  It almost sounded like water dripping, but not quite.  I looked around to see what it was and my backyard was full of turkeys.  You would think we lived in the country with all the wild life we see around here.

I finished off the stockings for CraftHope and wrapped them all up to send of to Alabama.

Sunday afternoon Cali and I went to Oakland to get her a new pair of pointe shoes.  It's kind of fun to do this.  Even though I don't dance, it is fun for me too because I love watching her get so excited about a new pair of pointe shoes. I  love watching my girl be so passionate about something.

After we were done, we walked through this cute neighborhood of Rockridge and passed a waxing studio.  Cali asked to get her eyebrows waxed.  It was her first time so I had to take pictures. She thought I was so weird, but I didn't care.  This is the last time one of my daughters will get her eye brows waxed for the first time.

Finally made it home.   Tom and Bailey had made it back from the wedding, Brittny, Jon and Chloe came over for a visit.   We actually had a dinner at home.  It was lovely.

Tom and Chloe watching Elmo.

Sometimes I just love normal.

xoxo,

Carol