Those elusive fruit snacks

Life in a Nutshell

We had a fantabulous time up in Colorado. With just the right amount of snow to satisfy the kids' desire for snowboarding, but not too much to send me over the edge whenever we had to go anywhere....

I was able to "be a sister" as well as a Mama, and take in my youngest sister's soccer game (they won, 9-0) and my second youngest sister's performances at the Wunderkind 2006 in Manitou Springs. I did not make it to my brother's baseball game, but DH did was able to take the boys to that. CT sis came with her "significant other" for the weekend and it was nice to visit with them. She seems so happy, and he's a great guy (putting up with many attacks from my boys) so there was happiness all around. Unfortunately, CA sis and LH couldn't make it, and they were missed!

My Dad took some time off (!!) and stayed home with us, playing with the kids, letting the girls climb on him, letting them all help with the fire in the fireplace..... And my Mom was always ready with snacks or treats in hand, even taking the 4 of them (while #5 napped) to town to run errands, ending it with a trip to the dollar store!

DH and I were able to get away for a few hours one day and do some "window" shopping....which turned into real shopping....for the kids....of course! (It's a fact that when you have kids, no matter where you are, or what you're shopping for, you are drawn to stuff for them...like when we were shopping for bedroom furniture, I loved looking through the kids' bedrooms) And so, when we returned, Mom asked how Manitou Springs was, and DH said, "Expensive"....LOL

DH left Sunday evening, with plans to return Wednesday afternoon to Colorado Springs airport to meet me and the kids on the other side of security, and help me fly home..... then it was changed to Tues, since the Wednesday flights were booked....

You guessed it. DH called me Tues morning to say that the flight before ours was cancelled, and so my flight was now overbooked, and if had any hope of getting home before the following Tues, we had to leave for the airport in an hour. Oh, and by the way, I'd be flying home with my 5 darlings by myself.

My first thought was: Where's the bourbon?

Oh, I mean, I immediately lost my appetite, and then got to work. Thanks to my mom and dad, we were able to get out the door, fully packed, fed and dressed, complete with snacks and lunch...in an hour. Amazing.

I had a few saving graces.

#1 was my Mom, helping me with the check-in process, keeping the kids from running away while I figured out the seating.
#2 was the play area right near our gate. Some generous soul decided that even though there are only 12 gates at this airport, it is absolutely necessary to have a play area for kids. God bless that person!
#3 was the carseat that DD#3 was buckled into for the entire flight.
#4 was all the prayers offered up by DH, my Mom and Dad. It enabled me to keep my cool, keep DD's #2&3 from having a breakdown, and (therefore?) minimize plane turbulance. :)

The title? Just a jab at my dear Mom, who swears she packed fruit snacks, but I could only find one package...almost caused a mutiny!

LOL!