Weekend recap & keeping in touch

The three birthdays that we celebrated this weekend (the twins and their dad) were a great time and I actually had the chance to visit with the guests at the birthday party. I haven't felt like I could do that, well, ever really. It was a smaller party than we've had in other years but there were a lot of people who wanted to come but were sick with various nasty bugs that seem to be floating around lately. I appreciate that they didn't share those with us as we've been relatively illness free here this winter. (Knock on wood...) I shared the photos from the various celebrations on Facebook so I won't get too much into that again here. We did end up visiting both the Como Zoo Conservatory and Chuck E. Cheese on Friday and it was definitely worth the juggling to make both happen. Viewing all the green plants and flowers at Como made me long for Spring even more so but it was a welcome relief for the eyes. FINALLY a little color instead of nothing but white snow and bare brown trees!

It was good to see friends and family on Saturday and it's made me realize that people seem to need an invitation to get together when they're adults. Since one of my resolutions is to "keep in touch" I'm going to try to actively contact people I'd like to hang out with and book events in advance each month. (For example, since it's creeping up on the middle of February now, I should be making plans for March.) People may still not keep the dates we make but at least I'll know I'm trying. My "boosting friendships" resolutions are fairly simple and basic and I don't feel like I've done much in the way of working on them. I let the fact that I have small children keep me from leaving the house much and I know I need to take a closer look at that behavior. My excuse is, and has always been, that they're only small for such a short time that I really should be here for them as much as possible. In a handful of years, they'll have their own friends and aren't really going to want to hang out with their mom 24/7 like they do now. And, really, if it makes a difference for them down the line to have had all this time with me while they're young, then any sacrifice of social events on my part seems totally justified. I do think I take it to the more extreme side of things though as I don't think that I've been out with friends even once in the past... hrm... lots of months. Typically if I see people it's because they've come here. I don't have a problem with that but it's been suggested to me that I'd be happier if I got out of the house once in a while. And, since I'm doing this Happiness Project, I guess it would make sense to test this theory. So, watch out people. I might be looking to get together with YOU soon!