Spontaneous fulfillment...

Monday morning came much too early, lucky for me Erik woke up with the kids and he came back to bed once they were finally at school. We had every intention of going to the gym, but at the last minute we opted for a long bike ride. After our invigorating ride Erik got a wild hair up his bum and decided he HAD to take Nikelis camping. So he rushed around town getting all the necessities two boys would need for a spur of the moment camping trip. Just before it was time to pick Kaylah up from school I found myself waking up in the truck at Loyd park out in Grand Prairie. Nikelis was beside himself and couldn't say bye to me fast enough so they could set up camp and go fishing like men do. Meanwhile Erik is begging me to come back with Kaylah for dinner and smores, I'm so tired I tell him yes to make him stop talking, not thinking that I would be fuming just a short 30 minutes from then because he thought the house keys would be better left in his pocket rather than with me. Errr....at least he kept the dog and I was able to go home and sleep for a few hours. At around 7 Mikaylah and I make our way back to the campsite with lots of goodies in tow. We arrive to find that Nikelis has caught his very first fishie, its a carp or a perch or something like that. I sat in amusement as Nikelis showed Mikaylah the ropes of camping, telling her all the rules Daddy previously laid out and letting her have access to his super high tree climbing experience. Nick and Addy came to bring Erik some beer, thanks....lol. We all sat around the fire that Erik and Nikelis made in true boy scout style and roasted marshmallows for disgustingly yummy smores. Erik tried to tell the kids spooky stories, but he either messed up the punchline or used such weak voice tones they weren't buying it. I saved the night by telling them one story that made them so afraid to fall asleep in the tent by themselves...muahahahaha.... We weren't prepared for Mikaylah and I to spend the night so needless to say, we all had the longest, most uncomfortable night of our lives. It didn't help that at 3 in the morning Stryker woke us up with his barking. We soon realized he broke his leash and came back with the stench of a disgruntled skunk all over him. Yeah, most disgusting!!! Erik decided it would be warmer if we started the fire again and slept outside, so we did. When we finally woke up and broke down camp we made our way back to the lake to try our hand at fishing again, with no luck. Nikelis had a great time chasing Kaylah and I with worms, though, the poopface. We were able to snap a few pictures while the kids took turns casting the worm with barely a bite and I even got to lay out Daisy style! Tuesday ended with a nice dinner at Babe's Chicken with Angela, Pat, and Austin and another bath for Stryker which proved useless. He still stinks to the high heavens.

Today we finally made it to the gym and planned to go food shopping. Nothing after the gym worked out as planned. I ended up doing schoolwork and Erik practiced T-ball with Nikelis. All was fine right up until Erik and Nikelis came back in the house with blood dripping down Nikelis' lip. I was highly peeved which put Erik on the defensive, not a great middle of our day. Nikelis recovered quite quickly, I guess I was more hurt than he was and Erik and I reconciled, lucky for him. We had absolutely no clue what we wanted for dinner but we made a trip up to the oriental store for watercress and saw lumpia wrappers. Lumpia it was. I have never made it before so I was a little nervous. Despite my apprehension it came out rather scrumptious. And now we are relaxing on our couch, with the occasional Dancing with the Stars reanactment (which isn't graceful at all) while getting caught up on all the mindless television we've been neglecting. Nikelis is supposed to be sleeping but instead he is lying on the couch arguing with Erik about whose turn it is to massage Mommy's feet...ahhhh this is the life!!! LoL......