Catching up from the weekend

It was so good to see Will. He adored Paris and was quite grumpy to be home.  I often find when my boys go away (camp) they have a hard time returning to the  ho-hum life at home.  He is getting back to normal.

Will  had NO idea of my slight obsession with the Laduree shoppe in Paris.  We did not go there when Dave and I visited Paris years ago (I did not know of this beautiful place back then) but I will definitely go there someday when we return.

Anyway, Will came home with a sample of some lovely French perfume and a small box of chocolates from Laduree for his Mom!!!  Can you believe it?  It is exactly what I would have chosen! I have eaten 3 of the 6 chocolates and they are DIVINE!!!

We had a really nice weekend. Harry had his first soccer game of the season....

Harry usually plays baseball in the Spring but this year, he chose competitive soccer instead.  He really enjoys it and his team did very well and won this first game 5-0.  I enjoyed the game a lot but I must admit that I do miss watching him play baseball a little too.

After the game, we went to a really fun St. Patrick's Day Party...

Our friends had snow-cones, a bouncy house and face painting for the little kids.  A ping pong table for the bigger kids.  And lots of food and beverages for everyone!

Kate was still on break Monday so she and I spent the day together.  I painted her nails, we read books. We had lunch. We went to the park.  It was a gorgeous day

There was this cool little "tulip" at the park that you sit in and spin.  Kate LOVED it!  She would have spun for hours.  I get nausea simply watching stuff like this.

All this Spring Break fun has really cut into my Lenten resolution of exercise:(  I did great the first week  but I should never have been so smug to write about how I usually do well keeping my sacrifice because I don't want to let God down. The Lord immediately humbled me! Unfortunately Kate will not go in the childcare at our gym...so I missed a whole week at the gym while she was on break.  I did walk and swim and get loads of recreational exercise.  Anyway, I am jumping back on my Lenten wagon though and stepping up to my commitment  to exercise for the reminder of Lent.  

I love what Edie says about Lent here

" If I purpose to ‘give something up’ for Lent and then two weeks later find that I fail and can’t keep my lenten discipline, God is not disappointed in me. God is pleased with Christ and thus pleased with me when I have faith in Christ. I am a sinner who fails and sins constantly. And my failing is not a surprise to God. If I keep my lenten discipline to the ‘tee’, I must be careful not to try and convince myself that I’m ‘more spiritual’ or holy than before. I have been freely clothed with the righteousness of Christ and am only learning to ‘fit’ into clothes that were given me by God."