Today was different...

I got the car today!

Well, that's not the only thing that made today different. Charlotte slept from 330a - 9am, ate and then went back to sleep until almost 1pm. I even got 8 hours of sleep, not consecutive but with only a 2 hour break at 2am. I also got out of the house from 915am - 4pm.

Charlotte and I started out heading to MOPS (mother's of preschoolers) for the 1st time. Samuel got to stay home and spend the morning with Daddy.

MOPS was fun, there was new friends and old friends, breakfast, COFFEE, and today a clothing swap. I didn't find anything for Charlotte but left some of Samuel's old stuff. Every other Thursday is now Mommy and Charlotte time.

After MOPS we headed home and Tyrone let me have the car for the rest of the day! I dropped Tyrone and Samuel off at The Taco Place (I don't remember the real name) and headed to my mom's house.

Since I had the car I had to drive somewhere, I couldn't go back home, where's the fun in that.

Once we got to Mom's we had snacks. Milk for Charlotte and Smoothie and Apple Pie for Mommy. It was such a relaxing afternoon spending time with my sister and mom.

At 3pm we headed to back to pick up Samuel so Daddy could go to Homework Help. Samuel wanted to go to Fred Meyer so in we went. We spend way to much time there, Samuel knows the layout of the whole store and where the toys are.

I survived taking two kids to Fred Meyer for the 1st time by myself. The hardest part was getting Samuel back in his carseat. So I consider it a success.

By 4pm we were back home and back to our afternoon routine. So overall today was a great day and I got the car!

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