i took four of my kids to visit my parents.
my dad took sean to the bookstore and the car wash.
sean got to wash the whole car by himself!
and then they went to subway and sean said it was "one of his top four favorite restaurants".
he thought it was awesome.
all the girls went for pizza and a little shopping.
my sister and her girls were with us too.
my mom let annie pick something at the toy store….she chose a brown baby boy.
she named him ethan.
talby got to chose a treat….fingerless animal gloves from urban outfitters.
🙂
annie found this little beauty too…it was at her eye level and she could not avoid it.
we did not buy it.
snooki's bobble head says "i'm not that trashy…except when i've been drinking."
oh snooki…you never disappoint.
after shopping we stopped at the natural history museum.
they have been there so many times they were just running around but….it kept them busy.
fun girls days.
later my mom watched all the kids so my sister and i could go out for her birthday.
i wore a cardigan.
i looked very mom-ish.
it was my joke all night "could you watch my cardigan?" "oh…i better button up my cardigan"
we met up with our cousin and partied like rock stars.
(or like 30 somethings who finally got to go out together and not have to be back for a sitter)
like as in……i was out for last call!
seriously.
my legs are sore from dancing.
i wish i could do that every weekend!
Denise - your eldest daughter is stunning; she should be a model! I have great sisters, too; they’re such a blessing!
lindsey patrick - Wow, Lauren looks just like your sister!
Jennifer - I don’t think I have ever left a comment….but I adore your blog. This post cracks me up….loved what your girls picked out. I have one sister and she is my best friend. I could just imagine us doing the same thing you did with your sis. Memories that will last forever. Thanks for always uplifting me with your posts…they are the best!
Kayla - I am glad you were able to resist the siren call of Snooki! It sounds like my kind of girls day – time spent with the “little girls” and alone with with the “big girls”!
BY the way, I awarded you the Stylish Blogger award on my site.
Michelle - The last time I was out ’till last call was two nights past my baby’s due date. He still didn’t show up for another 48-hours. (My darling husband and I love live music. Maybe we should have gone dancing instead?) Baby is seven months now and totally delish. P.S. Lauren’s beautiful and cardigans RULE!
Katie - I think my cardigan is my security blanket…not bold enough to wear an outfit without it…4 kids under 6 years old…not the same body. I too had a mom’s night out Friday night…I drank so much Cherry Coke that I couldn’t fall asleep…LAME!!!!
Gray - Looks like a fun girls’ weekend! I’ve never seen a Snooki bobble-head doll before, but then again for the first couple of months that Snooki’s name was in the news I didn’t know if Snooki was a male or female. We don’t have cable TV, so I’d never seen her picture. I laugh when I think back to those few months of wondering about the gender of this “Snooki” person! Then I recently saw that Saturday Night Live impersonates Snooki with a male actor–ha!
Gemma - Hi Meg!
Sounds like a great day in my books : )
Lauren is beautiful !
Gemma x
Valerie @ Chateau A La Mode - I just had to say your picture of your little cutey patooty under the polar bear is my favorite. Love that you had a girls night and a girls day.
Kerri - Last call? Haven’t been there in 5 years (my oldest is 5). I can’t even stand up well after 8:30pm – you give me hope! LOL 😉
Kara Lloyd - I’m sure you rocked your cardi! 🙂 So fun. I’m heading out for a girls weekend away (bliss! is it too early to start packing??) this weekend…and I’m sure I’ll be chuckling while I pack my cardigans, sweaters, and leggings. Ah, momwear.
I LOVE the “rap” from the poster “Flower Patch Farmgirl”–and we don’t give a **bleep** cause it’s yo birthday! So funny!
Glad you had a great time visiting your mom!
Kat - Love having a sister, love going dancing (doesn’t happen very often) and hanging with family for a girls weekend.
It all sounds like such fun!
Valerie Page - My daughter, Leila would love those gloves! I am SO JEALOUS of you getting to go dancing. I live in Las Vegas and I never get to go dancing anymore. It’s hard to find a group of other moms to go dancing with. I used to go dancing all the time before I had kids. Now I have 3 daughters that keep me and my hubby so busy. My mom can’t stay up past like 10:00 pm to watch my girls. So now I just dance Wii at home:)
Flower Patch Farmgirl - We gonna party like it’s yo birthday.
We gonna wear a cardi like it’s yo birthday.
Molly - I love that you went out with your sister and cousin! My sister and my cousins are my best friends! We are going out in 2 weeks….actually we are going to a concert…Nelly…it’s crazy…does a mother of two really do these things:) So fun!
Michelle from Australia - My son is Ethan. Well done on the doll naming Annie!
Lisa - The fact that you went dancing just made me like you that much more! 🙂
Emily Zimmerman - Sounds like you had a great time! I have to comment on your “cardigan story”. I went out with my friend this weekend and we saw the movie “Just Go with It”. Jennifer Aniston plays the receptionist at Adam Sandler’s plastic surgery office. Anyway he takes her out shopping to glam her up. Her “frumpy” outfit she wore shopping was the same one I had on!! Jeans, flats, top and the same purple cardigan!!! And to think I got DRESSED UP to go have lunch and hang out with a friend! And I’m THIRTY! Ugh! That’s what staying at home with two sick kids all week will do to you!! I’m so out of touch with fashion! 🙂
Whitney - Papa Keno’s! THAT is one of my top four favorite restaurants. 🙂 What a beautiful Sunday to be in Lawrence!
Rach - Do you realize how much your eldest and your sister look alike? It’s so cool to see.
The whole blog makes me wish my family lived a bit closer. How fun!!
happygirl - Dancing until last call. Gee, I can’t remember the last time I did that. Sisters with sisters and mom’s with sisters. I always envy those sister relationships. I only had brothers. Love the day out with girls. Thanks
danielle - jealous of your dancing times i wish i joined in! and snooki bobble head bahhaha i have no words. happy monday, pretty lady!
Tara - laughed at this post…the part about your cardigan
AND the part about you being out until last call.
oh lord. when was the last time i was out until last call?
TOO LONG AGO.
betsy - Papa Keno’s … YUM! I haven’t been to Lawrence in a few years. I need to go and just walk up & down Mass Street. What’s better than that? Not much 🙂
Where did you girls party like rock stars?
Georgia - I love the photo of Annie and the HUGE polar bear!! her face is brilliant! haha
is this really sad, but for a 23 yr old i should be saying my legs hurt from partying like a rockstar, but mine hurt from 2 hours of cleaning yesturday! haha
Party Party! wooo
nicole pope - A group of my girlfriends went out for a Girl’s Night Out and seriously,6 out of the 7 of us had on cardigans!
We started referring to them as our “Clubbing Cardigans”
Ashley - So glad you had such a great time!! Annie’s little face is the ABSOLUTE CUTEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! You better show that one at her graduation AND wedding 🙂 It made my day!
AshleyAnn - And that is how frogs should be.
Jenn - Does Lauren realize how beautiful she is?
Tracey @7294cottageway.blogspot - Fun times!
stodd - Yummy… Papa Keno’s… it’s my kids’ favorite. I need to make a little trip there and to Sarah’s… I miss it.
Lydia S - Meg! I’m so happy I got to meet you at U.O.! Such an awesome surprise! I’m glad you all had so much fun this weekend.
pam - Wow, your oldest daughter looks so grown up in that last picture….beautiful. And I SO DO NOT GET the whole Jersey Shore thing…. Now that our nest is empty we talk about going out to dance and think about last call….but then we’re so tired just thinking about it that we’ve never done it. We’ve also thought it would be fun to have a place for 40-60 year olds ONLY….who can still remember what it felt like to dance and have fun when they were 20….
Staci - Glad you got a girl’s night out with your sister 😉 FUN!!!! 2 of my 3 sister’s birthdays are coming up (as is mine 🙂 and I am hoping to have a little fun soon too!!!! Talby looks really old in that last pic of her ;( Getting big 🙁 booooo
Lina - Meg, out of curiosity when are you putting stuff for sale in your etsy shop….dying to see and maybe get some of your gorgeous pillows….One more question, in your guest room the one with the READ letters, did you make those pillows??? or where did you get them…..Greetings from Florida, I hope you all are staying a bit warm….LOVE YOUR BLOG!!!!! Lina 😉
Erin Leigh - I know, I hate to say it meg, but talby looks… older. like growning out of her little girl self older. i loved that you said being a mom is hard because it is and it makes me feel better to hear other people say that it is hard too.
deborah@applesinwonderland - but if you did it every weekend, snookie should let you borrow her *bump-it*. my boys also number their favorites–like superbowl sunday is my oldest’s 5th favorite day of the year–if it was held in the summer it would be moved to his 3rd favorite. i get it. have a wonderful week.:)
Jennifer - I will be giggling about the “cardigan’….all day. “Can you watch my cardigan….” We should be friends. 😉
Molly Pearce - Oh that sounds like a fun fun weekend! I haven’t been dancing in like 7 years, ha ha! Love the bobble heads my sister would want Snookie’s ha a hahahahah! Hope your having a great Monday friend!
~Molly P
Maggie - When I first found your blog I loved it for your colorfulness, as I have gotten to know you through your blog I love that you are authentic and real. I read your love story and was touched….things do not always go as we plan but we are comforted with knowing that things happen just as God has intended for his purpose. Know that you are an inspiration to many of us, we are thankful for your story.
Heather - Girls day and babysitters are the best, you throw a Snooki bobble head in and it is a triple threat!
Sarah - Love girls weekends. I especially love Annie’s face with the polar bear. too cute!
Trina McNeilly - Looks like you guys had a great time!!!!!! And why didn’t you buy that awesome snooki bobble head.. hahah!
xo
Jodi - The last time I was out late enough for last call was… ummm… at least over 10yrs ago… :o)
I’m lovin Annie’s expression w/ the polar bear!
Looks like a fun, much needed girls day and girls night out! lucky!
becky - i didn’t get to comment earlier… but a. i loved that you shared your perfectly imperfect love story. it’s absolutely beautiful. b. thank you SO much for being honest about mommyhood. i’m glad i’m not the only one that thinks this job bugs sometimes. {and i only have two!!} c. you are so fun. and awesome. and i just wanted to share.
happy monday, meg!
Bailey - Girls nights out are such fun – I’m jealous. Love that picture of Annie and the polar bear!
debbie - Talby’s animal mitts are so cute!!! Cardigans are for us cool mamas! I haven’t been out dancing since 1991….sounds FUN!
ashley jensen - Um it all depends on how you wear the cardigan. You are a mom so rock the cardigan like a hot stylish mom and not a grandma.
Bethany {3SonsPlus1} - Sounds like fun! I bet you looked like rock stars. 🙂
Beth - Funny that you mentioned going out in your cardigan. My friends still tease me because I wore a cardigan to a bar one night. To be fair it’s a restaurant that turns into a bar after hours. We were just stopping by to visit friends. I didn’t realize we’d be “clubbing” (he he, I love that word!). On our way out of the bar that night, my friend bumped into a lady that had had way too much to drink and she mouthed off at us. We stood up to her (and then got out of there as fast as we could). We still laugh about getting into a bar fight (okay, not really) while wearing a cardigan. I bet the drunk lady was scared of us mommies! Cardigans rule!
Jill - having been wearing a sweatshirt at home for the past week with sick family, a cardigan sounds fawncy! 🙂
i love the picture of annie and the bear! too cute!
Sarah - Papa Keno’s?? So yummy…..
Laura Phelps - TALBY! She looks…(OK, I know you don’t want to hear this) but she looks..BIGGER (sorry!)
Love her gloves..she reminds me so much of my Belle
and tell Annie that I have a brown baby too
I bought bitty baby twins at AG before me moved
and I picked one white and one brown
I felt very” Angelina Jolie”
and I run around asking the kids “where is my brown baby???”
I love him
his name is Max
it is helping with my baby cravings…
a little
Peggy in TN - How fun for everyone! You need to take Sean out more if he considers Subway in his top 4. 🙂 Rock on!