A Weekend to Remember (Day 18)

It wasn't one of those weekends where you are booked before you begin. So, Jeff and I started talking about what to do this weekend on Friday night:

Jeff: Do you think you could cut my hair this weekend?
Sarah: Do you think I could have some down time this weekend?

So we started the weekend with two goals: relaxing time for me and a haircut for Jeff. Both very doable things, and yet usually get pushed off  for a couple weekends until the curls on Jeff's hair won't be controlled by any amount of hair or hair product and I am feeling tired beyond tired...so we were both determined to support each other's realistic goals.

Saturday at 5ish Rachel Lee began waking up. Jeff got up and turned the sound machine on for me so I could go back to sleep for a while. By 6:30am 4 out of the 5 of us were up (Kate has become somewhat of a "late" waker-uper, meaning she likes to sleep until 7/7:30sih) and Hannah ran out to the couch where Jeff was lying and jumped on him and said, "It's a daddy-stay-home-day and we're going to the zooooooo!!" She then gave Jeff a huge bear hug and it was one of those moments where you pause and appreciate how good life is, and how wonderful it is to wake up with such an excitement for the day.

So, Jeff took all three girls (!) to the zoo, and I stayed home for some down time. I chatted with a dear friend, went for a walk, and read at book at Starbucks while sipping a Pumpkin Spice Latte. It was a delightful morning, and I was ready to greet my girls and Jeff when they all returned from the zoo.

When Kate returned she reported, "There are a lot of monkeys at the zoo!" and Hannah exclaimed, "I had the time of my life!" Rachel Lee was sleeping, having missed her morning nap from all the excitement, so she was clearly happy and content otherwise we would have heard about it. 

And Jeff got his haircut on Sunday, and he is looking quite handsome these days, as always.

Mission accomplished.