It was a holiday week which means that I spent most of it confused as to what day it was.

Monday.

I haven’t been sleeping very well lately, or at least not as well as I had been. How do I know? My Fitbit lets me know. Just another reason I love that little thing.

The blue line is when I was asleep and the pink stripes are the times I was awake.

And everyone wonders why I take Tylenol PM nearly every night.

Tuesday.

Despite my lack of sleep I’m still running. I’m still trying to get back up to the eight, nine and ten mile runs but I think I might have to wait until the weather cools.

I decided to test my 5K speed and she how I was doing since I have a race coming up in a week. My time was MUCH slower than the last 5K race I ran and I can only attribute that to the heat and smothering humidity.

Wednesday.

This week was the potato harvest on The Mommyland Farm. We didn’t get as many as last year but we’re looking into planting them again for a fall harvest.

What should I make first?

Thursday.

It wasn’t just the 4th of July here, it was also four years since I started this blog.

If you follow along on the Mommyland Facebook page, you might have seen that I am starting to have some Kitchen Adventures. This week I made my own Nutella (more on that later) and I also made this Strawberry Shortcake from SCRATCH. I even made the whipped cream myself.

It’s not the most beautiful thing in the world, I think it has a certain rustic charm though. It was tasty and eventually I will write a post about it and what I will change for next time.

After a variety of meat on the grill we enjoyed that cake…It didn’t last long.

Friday.

Friday we took advantage of one of the most amazing things in this world…Parent’s Night Out. It’s a FREE program at the Y that allows us to drop the kids off for three hours and go enjoy an evening out. Yes, I said FREE (to full family members).

While the kids had fun playing and swimming, Bill and I went out to eat and played in town.

We made it an evening of local treats. First we stopped at Paradocx Vineyards for a bottle of wine to have with dinner. Then after we dropped off the kids we went to Portabello’s for dinner. OMG, talk about AMAZING!!! Everything was fresh and soooooo tasty. I enjoyed 14 ounces of the second best steak I’ve EVER had. If you ever find yourself in Kennett Square you need to have a meal there.

After dinner we wandered across the street to The Mushroom Cap for a little shopping. We picked up some fresh mushrooms to make with dinner Saturday night. Downstairs from The Mushroom Cap is this new little toy store called The Growing Tree. If you’re looking for anything Melissa & Doug this is the store for you.

After a little shopping we made our way to Flickerwood Wine Cellars. That is where I had the yummy concoction you see above. Wine slushie anyone? YES PLEASE!!!

Friday night was marvelous!

Saturday.

Saturday was a good day to spend a little time pool side. I try to keep my pale ass in the shade as much as possible. We get there as soon at the pool opens so I can have my shady spot.

The boys love splashing around. Cameron can swim on his own so he finds some school friends and goes to swim with them. Logan is perfectly happy sitting on the steps on the middle pool playing with a toy.

There’s something for all of us.

Sunday.

The crazy weather continues around here. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sky like that before, I was ready for a house to drop out of it.

Somehow we’ve gotten stuck in this weather pattern of daily storms. Not a fan.

There you have it…My week. How was your week? Did you do anything fun for the holiday?

Can someone tell me how we are four weeks into the new year already? Oh boy, if the rest of the year goes this fast we’ll be in 2014 before we know it.

For your viewing enjoyment, here is another week in Mommyland.

Monday.

I must be keeping my house a little too cold for the cat, whenever I’m sitting on the couch she cuddles up right next to me. I almost feel bad moving when she looks like this.

Tuesday.

A cold spell moved in and I was dumb enough to NOT take the car down to the bus stop in the morning. At least my PSU Football hat kept my head nice and toasty.

Wednesday.

While I was at work Cameron was kind enough to knock my entire dresser down on top of himself. Thankfully he was not hurt. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for my jewelry tree. The kid got lucky on two counts, first he was not hurt, second I was able to replace the tree with an identical one.

Thursday.

Its running day and I can’t find two socks that match. At least they’re the same brand though, right? Hey, it’s not like anyone saw them and I hear this is the trend with the young folks.

Friday.

A little snow moved through on Friday. Luckily it came at the end of the school day though. It wasn’t much, only an inch or two but the boys had a blast playing in it after dinner…in the dark.

Saturday.

We took the boys out for dinner and instead of bringing the iPads we brought a notebook for each of them. Cameron drew these awesome birds. The top one is a Bluejay. The bottom left is a Cardinal and the bottom right is a Barn Swallow. The kid has some artistic talent and I can tell you most assuredly that it does NOT come from me.

Sunday.

Bill went away on business and this is me after one day alone with the boys. They were extra naughty to punish me for their father going out of town. It looks like the mug shot of someone just coming down off a bender doesn’t it? I must really love you all to post a photo so awful.

I hope you had a fantastic week and that this week is shaping up to be wonderful as well.

Any photo worthy moments?