Brian's Birthday Weekend

It was a three-day weekend for us, so I’m back at work today for a short week.  I’m also off Friday so it’s going to be a very short week.  Loving that!

This weekend was another great one!  Friday evening the weather was lovely again, so we ended up going downtown just like weekend.  We ate at one of our favorite local restaurants where I had a glass of wine and my favorite salad in the whole world, and then we took the kiddos for ice cream again.  I was hoping for frozen yogurt, but they had loved the ice cream place from last week so much that they wanted to go there again.

Saturday morning was spent working on Olivia’s birthday chalkboard… I can still hardly believe that she’s going to be three later this week.  Waaaahhhh.  Here’s a sneak peek… do you recognize that rose?

I also did a ton of laundry and started brainstorming on what to put on my new two tiered tray.  I always have so much fun creating different looks and decorating!  So far it’s still bare, but I have a few ideas up my sleeve…

Saturday afternoon Olivia was not wanting to nap so B ended up falling asleep on her floor.  You probably saw my post on Instagram.  But because she fell asleep so late, she only ended up getting in about an hour of a nap (usually she naps for at least two hours) so she was a little cranky at church.  Toward the end, B actually had to take her out for a couple of minutes because she was being so noisy.

After dinner we headed to one of our favorite local pizza places with my parents, and then B and I put the kids to bed and finished The OA.  Is anybody else watching that?!  The first season is over and I have SO many questions!!  I’m dying for season 2 already but I know we probably have a long way to go.

Sunday morning we took it nice and easy.  Sunday is pretty much the only morning of my week that doesn’t start off chaotic, and this past Sunday I even made myself a cup of green tea and I snuggled on the couch with Olivia while the kids watched cartoons.  That is so rare for me, you guys.  Most of the time on the weekend mornings I’m running around doing laundry, cleaning the house, picking up, working on projects… but this weekend I just decided to be still.  And you know what?  It was wonderful.

B’s mom didn’t cook because his step-dad is sick, so we decided to take the kids to Five Guys for lunch, and then we headed downtown to let the kids play on their favorite playground followed by a stroll on the river.  It was 75 degrees and sunny!  Perfectly gorgeous!

Sunday evening we had dinner with my family and my mom made Brian’s favorite meal – cheesy chicken, mashed potatoes, and she even baked him a Snickers cake.  Oh.  My.  Goodness.  It was so good but I felt like I wanted to die after I ate it.  It was so rich.  Haha.  We spent the rest of the evening Skyping with my brother, sis-in-law, and nephew, and wrangling two small kids who were almost literally bouncing off the walls from too much sugar.

Yesterday was B’s actual birthday and the kids and I were off for President’s Day, but he had to work.  Boo.  Poor guy!  We spent the morning taking it slow.  A quick load of laundry, some couch snuggling, and some playing, and then we met B downtown for an early birthday lunch at another one of our fave local pizza places… I told y’all he likes pizza! 

The weather was absolutely perfect again, so we met a couple of my girlfriends and their kids at the playground and we stayed there for an hour and a half.  It has been a while since I’ve seen them and it was so great to get caught up.  I could have sat out there all day long!  And I could easily get used to this SoCal weather we’ve been having all winter…

B got home from work in the late afternoon and then we spent the rest of the evening celebrating him.  I cooked dinner and baked a cake and he opened his presents.  And yes, Brian is probably shaking his head at me for putting a picture of his underwear on the blog, but look at them!!!!  I mean, they are boxers with pizza and boxers with Moscow Mules (couldn't find them online) on them!  If those don’t say Brian, then I don’t know what does!  How I could I not get them and then share them with all of you?!

I hope that you all wonderful weekends like we did.  Today it’s back to the real world for me, but not for B and Jacob… Jacob is off for one more day so they are going to see Lego Batman while I go slave at the office and make money for the family.  ;o) 

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