Hallelujah! Mimi is Here.

After 10 days on our own and doing fairly well, the whole family was ecstatic to see Mimi arrive. She swooped in just in the nick of time as Mike was gone almost the entire week with interviews all over the country. Without her we would have had lots of tearful nights, hectic mornings, and sleepy days. Instead, thanks to her we had mild mornings where I could sleep in as she made breakfast and took the kids to school, delightful days with fun company and lots of things getting done around the house like laundry, freezer meals, all the winter clothes washed and put away, and so much organization you would not recognize my closets and loving nights with happy kids, music moments. baby snuggles and bedtime stories.

It was so much fun to have her here and I'm so grateful she could come out to slave away for us and she did it with a great, big smile. It made all the difference in what could have been a very tough week...plus, she got to see soccer games, celebrate James' birthday, see fall leaves, go to a cider mill and spend some quality time with Mike. When he was gone, we got to have so many good chats and great times, plus a few naps and lots of Target trips with too much loot in tow :). I wish everyone were lucky enough to have a mother-in-law like this. Thank you, thank you, thank you Mimi! We love you so much. The only problem? I did not take enough pictures...