The weekend was short, the weekend was long - the story of parenthood! This weekend actually started early when Cole was sent home at 4:15pm Thursday with a slight fever. Thus he had to stay out Friday - he stayed home with Mommy. We had SUCH a great day. We hung out, played, ran errands. Cole was happy and I think he liked the Mommy one-on-one time. Both he & Eli slept like champs Friday night, sleeping until 6:45am Saturday. That's some serious sleeping in at our house. =)
Saturday morning, we did our normal thing. Breakfast, a few cartoons and a trip to the Y for Mommy and the boys. During our Y trip, Daddy painted over our red wall in our living room (I finally have a plan for that room - yay!). It took 11 sample cans of paint to pick the perfect color but it looks great! Now we (or more accuratelyTim) just have to paint the rest of the room and get it finished. I'm quite excited about it and feel like we're finally growing up. It only took 7 years to figure out a plan for the living room. Saturday after the Y, we ran a few errands and had lunch at Chick-fil-a. The boys had fun playing in the playground and we thought it would wear them out. Eli took a short nap but Cole wanted to stay up and play. The rest of the day was spent hanging out, playing inside and out.
Sunday morning, the boys were up much earlier - as in the 5 o'clock hour earlier. Ugh. Cole was up quite a bit during the night and was just off. Due to that, we had to cancel his playdate with his buddy Boyd - I was so bummed. Then he was just off all day. We ran a few early errands as a family (Target and Lowe's) and then Eli & I headed off to play at Ryan's. It was GORGEOUS outside so the boys played outside for a while and then inside. It was great to catch up with Carol and the boys had a blast together. Once we got home, Cole & Eli both refused to nap. These days I've gotten ok with them not wanting to nap as long as they are happy....or at least tolerable. Cole was a bear all day but Eli was fun. About mid-afternoon we had to get out of the house so we headed to Lake Lynn to feed the ducks. I pushed Eli in the stroller and Tim toted Cole in the backpacker. We thought for sure Cole would fall asleep - he finally did about 5 minutes from home on the way back. We had a great time outside feeding the ducks oyster crackers and honey nut cheerios. Bet you didn't know ducks love cheerios did you? That outing made the mood in our house much better and we survived the night unscathed. =) The boys went to bed fairly well and then we got ourselves ready for another week.
The nice weather is making us all happier - we're looking forward to the nice week ahead!
Eli and his new I-Screamer monster truck, Tow Mater and Lightning McQueen monster trucks. He carries these trucks everywhere!
A game of "which is bigger" and "which is smaller". Eli is getting good at putting things in order.
Two cute boys watching Saturday morning cartoons.
Saturday at Chick-fil-a. This is Eli's new favorite pose for the camera.
Cole-Man......"where is my food?!"
Mommy and Sweet Cole-man
Daddy got in on a little play action.
Love this action shot - makes me think of a Superhero.
Mommy and Eli.
"You coming Cole?"
I caught Cole drinking and driving Saturday night. We had to have a talk.
Sunday, Eli & Ryan drawing "roads" with sidewalk chalk.
And then driving their monster trucks on the roads.
I was enlisted to draw each of them a Tow Mater monster truck. Hard to believe these two met when they were 8 weeks old!
Sunday afternoon we made some Red Velvet Cupcakes for Valentine's Day. Eli is my little baking assistant. Here he is wisking the flour mix for me.
Aren't my helpers adorable?
Before our walk to the lake - neat shot of Eli in the stroller.
After being grumpy for a while, Cole was so happy to go for an urban hike.
Hanging out, feeding ducks.
Told you that they love cheerios!
Eli had to break the news to the ducks that we had nothing else to give them.
Daddy and his boys
Literally 5 minutes from home, Cole finally gave it up. Then, of course, once we got home he was raring to go.
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