Weekending

It was another quiet weekend here and I tried my best to soak up every moment of it, knowing that the impending week would be just as busy as ever.

Friday night, Brian and I made an incredible homemade pizza (wish I had thought to take a picture of it, because it was picture-worthy!) and attempted to watch the movie, Lincoln. I say "attempted to watch" because we both fell asleep a couple hours into it and decided to call it a night and watch the rest the next day.

Unfortunately, we didn't factor in the whole "24-hour rental" thing and thus, never got to watch the end of the movie. I hate that we invested 2 hours into a movie and didn't even get to see the end of it!! Anybody want to tell me how great the ending was?

I suppose it will be on TBS some weekend and I'll have to tape it and fast-forward to where we left off. Bummer.

Anyhow, it was a quiet evening and it definitely set the pace for the rest of the weekend.

Saturday morning, the boys were up early so Brian took them on a bike ride up to Starbucks for breakfast and I got to sleep in! A rare treat that I truly, truly appreciate. (Thank you, honey!)

When they got home, we just lazed around the house playing toys, drinking second and third cups of coffee and snuggling in bed watching The Lion King. (Side note: I haven't watched The Lion King in about 20 years. I cried like a little girl watching that thing! There are so many emotional scenes! Anyone with me on this one, or am I just a sap for Disney movies?)

P.S. I LOVE it when they cuddle. Melt. My. Heart.

After the movie, the boys played together. It was great to see them both interested in something that Parker couldn't destroy (like Payton's Kindle or Legos) and wasn't too "baby-ish" for Payton. It's rare that something can captivate both of their attention spans. Leave it to good ol Lincoln Logs! (I'm starting to see a Lincoln theme in this post.)

Parker ended up going down for a long nap that afternoon so we all had time to do "our own thing" and then re-grouped and headed out to the beach with our neighbors.

I have realized in the past couple weeks how fortunate we are to have such beautiful weather this early in the Spring. Yes, we pay for it later with scorching hot temps for several months in a row, but to be able to bask in the sun and play on the beach all day in early April, is a real blessing.

I also realized this weekend that we are beginning to enter a new - much easier - phase with Parker. He's starting to become more independent. For example, there were only a handful of moments at the beach where he wanted anything to do with me or Brian. He really just wanted to play with the other kids or make sandcastles by himself.

It's a real milestone when they start moving from completely dependent baby phase, to happily play with other kids toddler phase. I'm diggin' it!

Here are a few pics from the beach.

One might think they were all related with the blonde hair and blue eyes!

 

 

Sunday was another lovely quiet day. After church, Payton went to a friend's house, Parker took a long nap and I did this:

It was awesome.

That evening, we went to dinner at a very kid-friendly local restaurant where kids eat free on Sundays (love that). There's also a frozen yogurt place next door, which buys us at least 10-15 more minutes to enjoy our dinner while the boys devour a bowl of healthy yogurt topped with a zillion unhealthy items.

I looked at Brian while they were devouring their yogurt - dripping all down Parker's shirt/arms/chin, etc. - and said, "This makes me really happy." 

Which in turn he said, "Well, then it makes me really happy too."

Sometimes it's just the little things - like being able to finish your glass of wine in peace because the boys are happily eating their dessert - that makes an evening memorable.

Hope you all had a memorable weekend too!