On a snowy weekend in February

I received a text from Sean on a Wednesday that said, "I need you to keep an open mind and call me to talk about something."  I was at a breakfast for a friend when I read it and laughed out loud.  Another friend who heard me asked about it so I read her the text.  She asked what I thought it meant so I gave her my interpretation.  I said, "It probably means {Sean speaking} hey, Stacie, I have this awesome opportunity to go on this awesome trip to somewhere fabulous, and the trip is free, but you (Stacie) can't go with me, and I'll be gone for 3-4 days so you get to keep the kids all by yourself."

After the breakfast, I called Sean who was keeping #3 and #4 babes so I could go solo, and guess what the text was about...Sean was invited to go to a golf tournament for 4 days in none other than Palm Springs, California, and he would leave the next day.  I could only laugh.  And I could only laugh harder when I saw the forecast for the weekend because while he was sunning it up on the golf course in lovely California, I was to be stuck at home for the last weekend of February when it was to snow inches in Oklahoma.  So I psyched myself up for a weekend of me and the babes stuck inside with the beautiful snow falling outside!

Sean and Fin wouldn't stay unseen and unheard during Friday's rest time so their consequence was "shoveling" the snow from the driveway.  Fin's response, "Mom, I love shoveling snow.  It's fun!"  Everything with a smile, that Finley.

The next morning, I tried to fill our time with fun activities since the last basketball game and the first soccer game had been canceled.  A breakfast of cupcakes because Dad's gone and no isn't really something that is heard when Dad is gone. Then to the windows to watch the snow and a little jaunt outside to get some obligatory snow pics!

SE and Fin both wanted to be doctors so we had some doctor visits complete with tongue depressor gagging (from me as SE stuck the tongue depressor down my throat) and band aids for boo-boos.

Fin wanted to paint nails so I bravely said "yes" to her painting mine (see aforementioned explanation of why "no" isn't used when dad is gone).  The painting came complete with a sparkle top coat.  Yeah that took weeks to scrape off.

Elin was ready for swim season.  Me too sister.  The snow was getting a little ridiculous even though I love me a good snow day.

SE took to running races all over the house complete with sweatband because I had the heat set at 70 degrees.  If we were going to be stuck inside I was at least going to be on the verge of sweating whilst stuck indoors.

I'm happy to say we survived Sean being gone that snowy weekend, and I really got to spend some good quality one on one time with each kiddo, which is something that can be difficult to do when Sean is home.  We all kept our sanity and managed to love each other well throughout the entire weekend.  It was definitely a victory in the mom category for sure, and we were all very happy to see the daddy when he got home!