Manic Mondays are when I let you know what plans I have for the week. Some weeks I may be very busy where other weeks there may not be any plans. We are up for quite a busy week. Every day something is scheduled! I have also decided to do a quick recap of what we actually did versus what I thought we were going to do.
This Week
Monday-Today Grandma is taking S on an Amtrak train ride from Ann Arbor to Kalamazoo. B and I are tagging along. S is so excited and has been counting down the days till we get to go on the train ride. S keeps asking me if we are riding a bullet train. I told him it is “like” a bullet train.
Tuesday-I have to make S’s birthday cake so I can decorate it tomorrow when we get home from Kalahari. We are then leaving for Kalahari for a fun day of playing in water. S is so excited to be able to go down waterslides and swim.
Wednesday-S is 4 years old today. We are going to have his birthday breakfast at Kalahari, and then head home. I have to decorate his cake and he finally decided on Thomas the Train. I have a train mold so it is just a matter of making it look like Thomas. We are then having friends and family over for cake and ice cream. We did big parties for S the first two years but honestly it was way too much. He has so much more fun with it being small and casual and we always did something on his birthday even when we did have a big party on another day.
Thursday-We are going to try and get S to cooperate for his birthday pictures. I am not sure what exactly we are going to do for the pictures but I am sure I will think of something by then.
Friday-We are going to the mall to make an animal at Build A Bear for S’s birthday. We have done it every year and he loves to make it.
Saturday-S has a build scheduled at Lowe’s to make a candy scented train. He is so excited about it and B gets to take him. I don’t think B’s schedule has worked out for him to take him to a build since the summer.
Sunday-As of right now we do not have any plans, but I am sure with B being off we will end up doing something.
Last Week Recap
We did not do a whole lot last week so the recap will be pretty easy. Monday we stayed home all day. Tuesday we hung out at home during the day and then went to the Lights Before Christmas at the zoo with F, Grandma, and Papa.
S had so much fun and the weather was pretty nice. Wednesday we went to our last storytime at the library for this year. (We start again in January.) Then it was off to the dentist for S where he got a clean bill of health, no cavities. We hit up the mall trying to find my niece a shirt she wants for her birthday but came up short.
Thursday and Friday we hung out at home. Saturday S and I went to Home Depot for the Tic Tac Toe build, but they ran out so we made the tool box that S did not want to build last week. After the build S and I drove around until he fell asleep. Sunday S and I hung out at home playing games, watching Christmas shows and working on crafts.
Last Week
Monday-Not a whole lot planned for this week. I think we are just going to hang out at home.
Tuesday-We don’t have any plans, but it supposed to be in the 50’s so we will play outside or maybe even head to the park. Not sure how many days in December will be warm enough to play outside. Maybe we will try to hit the Lights Before Christmas at night.
Wednesday-S has storytime in the morning and then S has his dentist appointment for his bi-annual cleaning. He goes to the same pediatric dentist that I did until I was 18. The funny thing is the same dentist and hygienists are still there. That should tell you how young the dentist and hygienist were went I started going to that dentist office.
Thursday-No plans for today, just hanging out at home.
Friday-Same as yesterday, no plans for today.
Saturday-I am going to try to find some holiday stuff to do with S since B will be working.
Sunday-Again, B is working so I am going to try to find something holidayish for me and S to do.