My Weekend Window

This is definitely a weekend that is "worth a window"--a glimpse into our world over the past couple of days. First, there was the Monkey Bread Debacle. Friday was rather quiet around our house.

DS 1 went out with his friends. DS 2 was going to the movies with his friend E. DSs 3, 4, and I went to the store to check out aquarium fish. (Hmmm...did I forget to tell everyone in the blogosphere that all of DS 4's fish died this week?) When we came home, those two were occupied and I was busy preparing my pictures for an all day scrapbooking event on Saturday.

Soon after the two younger boys and I got home, DS 2 and E came in the door and said, "Did you get my text?" I told him that I had not. He said the movie was sold out and they had been sitting down at the mall trying to think of something to do. They decided to come home and figure it out. Somehow, "We're bored" evolved into "Let's make Monkey Bread!" So off they went to the store to get the ingredients.

I figured they are two 18 (almost 19) year olds who can handle their cooking quest, and I know it's sexist, but E IS a girl, so I left them alone and continued my preparation. It wasn't long after the bread was in the oven that we started to smell something odd. I heard them open it up and suddenly, as if the flood gates opened up, there was SMOKE everywhere! It seems the recipe they used called for FOUR cans of biscuits....and they put ALL of them into the smallest pan (the white pan at the top of the picture). The smell was the butter, sugar, and cinnamon mixture flooding the bottom of my oven.

We opened windows. Turned on fans. And they removed the cooked layer and spread out the rest in a larger pan to continue cooking. This meant that the butter continued to cook and smoke on the bottom of the oven. And in the midst of all of this, they decided they really wanted us all to play a game of FARKEL. And that's exactly what we did while they tried to fix the bread. No matter what they tried, however, it simply wasn't going to cook....the effort to finish the project went on, though, until well after midnight. I had to go to bed because I was supposed to pick Sandy up at 7:30am.


And that is exactly what I did! With DH out of town, I had to chose to bribe the boys to care for, and be kind to (thus the bribe), their little brother all day. I figured if they older three split the day, they'd only be responsible for just over three hours each. DS 4 also received renumeration for his cooperation and hard work. So, with that out of the way, and cell phone close by, Sandy and I took off early Saturday. Here we are all set up and working away.



We went to a scrapbooking event with one thousand other women! It was a BLAST! Of course, the boys had a ball teasing us about it.
We cropped from 8:30AM until 8:00PM! Our day included door prizes, a chair massage, and being able to browse so many great ideas from other croppers. I took the second picture from one corner of the expo hall so everyone could see what it looks like when that many scrapbookers join together.

Once again, Sandy and I were reminded just how important it is to take time out to do this sort of thing. Whether it's scrapbooking, spending time just chatting with a friend, or any other thing that rejuvinates us, it's important.

The nice outcome of our day was that we both got so much accomplished! I finished half of my Alaska album and have the rest all ready to put together quicker. Sandy worked on one of her girl's childhood albums...

Of course, after cropping all day, we were exhausted. When I arrived home, the boys were all happy and the house was in one piece! I don't know what else a Mom could ask for. What a nice surprise, also, to come home and find out that Mary had almost finished my new blog!

Sunday was spent at church and simply resting up for the coming week. I hope your weekend was productive and fun as well!! Have a GREAT week!!