Friday evening,
Jacob’s school had their fall carnival so we spent the evening in a sea of
blow-up slides and bouncy houses, loud music, and food trucks. Olivia was terribly cranky because she wasn’t
big enough to partake in the bouncing festivities, so Brian and I spent the
evening handing her back and forth and trying to keep her entertained while
Jacob bounced and slid to his little heart’s content. He was so crushed when it was time to go that
he had a full-fledged meltdown right there in the parking lot.
Saturday
morning we were lazy. I neglected my
list of things to do in favor of some much needed couch time with the littles
while Brian was at tennis. The three of
us snuggled in our Halloween PJs and watched The Polar Express per Jacob’s
request. I may have listened to a smidge
of Christmas music earlier this week, so who am I to deny him of his Christmas movie?
Saturday
afternoon, I got the garage cleaned out while the babies napped, and then we
all got ready and went to church. Church,
as always, was an adventure with the two babies, but once we popped Olivia’s
paci in, it wasn’t near as bad. We hate
having to go that route since we’re trying to wean her off of it, but desperate
times, right?
After church,
we picked up our favorite pizza, poured some wine (and milk for the kiddos) and
watched our Dawgs beat Missouri in a "battle of the field goals." #MostOverusedPhraseOfTheEntireWeekend #ImTalkingToYouBrentMusburger
At least we
won, though.
Sunday morning
was another lazy morning. The babies wanted
to read all of their fall and Halloween books and I happily obliged. I love that they want to be festive for the
holidays and I sure hope that they always do.
That’s one thing that I will never outgrow.
We finally
abandoned the couch around 11 and got ready to head out to enjoy the gorgeous
weather. It was our first truly cool day
(aside from the disastrous torrential rainy weekend that we had a couple of
weeks ago), so it was perfect for busting out the sweaters and scarves. And y’all, may I please say that I’m enjoying
the mess out of twinning with my baby
girl? I’ve dreamed of this my entire
life and it’s finally happening. I know
she’ll probably die of embarrassment if I suggest doing this when she’s a
little older, so I’m just going to enjoy it as much as I can while she’ll still
let me.
For lunch, we
took the kids for Chinese for the first time.
Olivia scarfed down her sweet and sour chicken and fried rice (in her
sunglasses, of course), but Jacob wasn’t impressed. He ate a few bites and declared that he was
done. He did enjoy finding a piece of
paper in his fortune cookie, and he loved the fan that they gave him afterward,
but as we were leaving, when I asked him if he enjoyed trying something new,
without hesitation he replied very matter-of-factly, “No.”
#KidsTheseDays
Playground time
was next and we stayed longer than usual because the weather was absolutely
gorgeous. I don’t think that any of us
wanted to go inside.
After naptime,
we headed to my parents’ house for dinner, and my grandmother joined us again. She keeps an envelope full of stickers in her
purse so she can give some to the kids every time they see her. They were both covered! The kids just adore her and I am so thankful
that they get to spend so much time with her.
This weekend
was the perfect mix of relaxation, fall activities, and getting stuff done, and
I’m already ready for the next one! Hopefully
my crud will be gone before then, and hopefully I won’t have passed it on to
someone else by then. Have a great week,
everyone!
Linking up with B Loved Boston for Weekending.
What a fun weekend, and yes, if you had to get sick, I guess Monday is better than the weekend! Hope you are better soon friend!
ReplyDeleteThe pics of the kids in their halloween jammies are adorable and I'm glad you guys got some cool weather! And that pic of the kids with your Grandma looking for stickers is priceless!