Weekend Recap

This weekend was the first in a while that I haven't worked at all so that was kind of nice. Jason was able to go into the office for most of the day on Saturday and get a lot of stuff done. While he was at work, I braved the local craft fair with the boys and saw a lot of really nice things, but we didn't buy anything. Dominic was fascinated with these amazing wooden trucks, but with a $300 price tag, they are definitely not going on his Christmas list. :-/

We had a nice dinner together as a family, and then some of the leftover homemade ice cream. We're having to start giving the boys baths separately because they both desperately want to lay down in the bath tub and just fight over the prime spot in the tub. Dominic is currently loving Monsters University and Monsters Inc. It's so cute listening to him say "Mike Housekey"!

It definitely seems like the most laid back weekends are the ones that stay with me. Little moments of silliness with the boys, quiet game nights with Jason (did I mention that I caught him with his hand full in Canasta? I believe he had 5 points that hand :-D), movie family times, it just stays with me. I love those quiet weekends, I'm going to stock up these memories, and hold them in my heart. 

Weekend Recap

The boys discovered ducks at a pond.

I am so surprised at how much they loved watching the ducks. Christopher cried and screamed when we pulled him away. Dominic kept asking for "ducks? duckies? water??".

We left the ducks and went to Confession at the Parish of our old pastor who we miss so much. Well, Daddy got to go to Confession, the Church was very old and very echo-ey and the boys were extremely loud so we went out to the car to wait.

Which is, of course, one of their favorite things to do so there was much fun had by all.

Sunday was a pretty lazy day. Jason has had a toothache for a while (prayers appreciated) and it was compounded with a headache this weekend so he spent the morning resting. The boys watched Finding Nemo 3.5 times and I did lots of laundry.

It's funny, weekends like this, that might seem mundane and lazy, are often my favorite weekends. Where we enjoy just being together and enjoy family time.

Oh! We also picked up some Halloween costumes; Dominic is going to be a pirate and Christopher will be a parrot. So excited for the cuteness!

The Ever-Shrinking Weekend

Jeanine and I had another good weekend together.  We watched movies, lounged around, read books... basically we kicked-back and relaxed! It was nice! :)

In addition to the kicking-back, it was time for me to change the oil and rotate the tires on my Durango.  I can't believe it's already at 30,000 miles! :-o  I will have had that vehicle 4 years in just a couple short months.  Time flies...  According to the maintenance schedule I need to replace the spark plugs.  2 of the 8 plugs are in a not-so-easy-t0-reach section... I'm really debating on taking it in to have those replaced.  I need to change the front and rear axle fluid, but I'm procrastinating.  There is no drain plug, so I have to suck the old stuff out, and then re-fill it with the new.  Such a pain.  I also need to check the CV joints, so maybe I'll find a Dodge dealer and see how many millions they want to charge to do all that.

On Sunday we went down to Las Animas after Mass and hung out with my parents for a little bit.  They have a new Uno game (Uno Flash).  That game was a LOT of fun, and very addictive!  The game's timer/tune was stuck in my head for some time!  The entire family took advantage of the beautiful weather and went for a walk.  Even Frisket and Dot came.  Only poor Neo the cockatiel was left out of that outing.

These weekends seem to be getting shorter and shorter, but soon Jeanine will be permanently home and we won't feel like we have so much that needs to be crammed into the weekends.  As I write this post, there are 10 days, 17 hours, 26 minutes and 5 seconds to go! Yay!!! :-D