January...so far

January has proven to be quite a busy month so far! Within weeks, we celebrated New Years, my parents' anniversary, and my mother's birthday. Grace Reigns Down performed at iCoffee in Summerfield and we participated in the Youth (also Intergenerational) Service at church one Sunday morning. Following one crazy weekend, we enacted, "Stay at home week" where we managed to stay at home and eat dinner together every night for 5 nights. I missed Wednesday night for work, but Chad and Brooklyn had dinner waiting to be reheated at home when they arrived, and Brooklyn was in bed at a decent hour every night (our goal!). We have gotten ourselves in trouble, because now Brooklyn's favorite questions are "Who's coming over?" "Where are we going tonight?" "Where are we eating tonight" and "Who's picking me up from school?" She has been sleeping late in the mornings (I have to wake her at 8 to go to school & work), and I told Chad that when she hits kindergarten, we are in trouble. So, instead of putting it off until 2010, we decided now's the time. Weekdays are days at home. Unless we have band practice or something random come up, we are eating dinner as a family and Brooklyn is in bed by 8:30pm. Period. After having a low-key weekend as well, Brooklyn finally looked at us Sunday and said "Can't I have a friend over today?" :-) Seems our little social butterfly has had enough family time!