Two weeks.

I'm pooped.

The last two weeks have been busy for me. They were filled with fun and family but at the same time it's a relief to get back to the quiet and relative calm of my life. Here's what I've been doing over the past two weeks:

Made 14 eggs for Shara's Egg-stra Fun Easter Swap. Here's a teeny sneak peek:

Designed and oversaw the construction of 80 party favors for a church dinner on Wednesday night. Also helped set up for and clean up after said dinner. Here are a few of the favors:

The Mister's parents flew in on Friday afternoon to spend the weekend and we experienced Blizzard #1.

Planned and executed Maren's cupcake-themed birthday party on Saturday morning. I was not nearly as organized as usual and threw it all together in about 24 hours.

Hosted 8 party guests + Maren but it all went very smoothly. I was thrilled that I actually had more planned for the kids to do than I had time for (previous year they blew through all the planned activities in about 45 minutes, leaving me scrambling to fill the remaining half of the party with something other than running around and screaming)

Because one party in a day is just not enough, I hosted a Ziploc Home Organization House Party on Saturday evening, complete with Ziploc swag to give away and a build-your-own cupcake bar:

Hey, the house was already clean for the first party and I ended up with 3 dozen cupcakes by accident, so this one was easy!

On Monday, The Mister's parents flew out. Tuesday morning my parents flew in. Tuesday night we had Blizzard #2.

Wednesday was Maren's actual birthday. School was canceled because of the previous night's snow. We went out to lunch at Maren's favorite restaurant, Chick Fil A (after I told her that her first choice, 'Old' McDonald's, was NOT an option). That night we went to see Mary Poppins, which was fabulous! I'm a BIG MP fan--see my Halloween 2008 costume for proof.

The show was fun (although quite a bit different from the movie) and we had GREAT seats. It was a bit too long for Maren's five-year-old attention span, and she was pretty wiggly throughout the entire second half. Still, I think she enjoyed it and next time we'll go for the matinee. Didn't get home until 11:30 pm and we were wiped out by the time it was over.

Thursday morning Maren had school, so I was up early to take her. Spent the day enjoying time with my folks, then took them to the airport that afternoon. Attempted to catch up on 300+ entries in my Google Reader, helped The Mister proofread his homework for this weekend, went to bed far too late.

This morning (Friday), The Mister got up for a 7:30 am flight to Washington DC, leaving me and the kiddos alone for the weekend. I've been busy all day digging out from the festivities of the past two weeks, buying groceries to fill the empty fridge, washing loads of sheets & towels and going through the various piles of paper and mail that got shoved in the corners during quick cleaning sprees. It has rained and snowed on and off all evening, with more snow forecast for tomorrow. Two straight weeks of cleaning, planning, late bedtimes, bad weather, vacuuming multiple times a day in a vain attempt to control the dog hair situation, baking, and a baby who has hit some crazy growth spurt that has caused him to wake a minimum of 2x per night to eat and an additional 2x per night to merely whimper, and you might understand why...

I'm pooped.