Wild Weekend

Friday started off with sleeping in (for 15 minutes) then breakfast, cuddles and a movie. Ahhh blissful laziness.

Our relaxation was only temporary, we then met up with some friends and headed to town for some last minute necessities for the wedding. Next time we will prepare better so we can take the kids to the park after shopping. Mr N fell asleep on our way to town, so I put him in the Ergo at the first store we went to, then foolishly left the ergo in the car while we went to the grocery store. He typically likes to ride in the car cart with E, but Friday he was not having it. He walked or had me carry him the whole time.

We arrived back home with the tools needed for cooking. I was asked to bring pasta salad for 10 people, so I found a great recipe that included in bacon. What I lack in personality, I make up for in bacon recipes. I made Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta Salad and it was delicious, if I do say so myself. It took a few hours to get all the bacon baked and chopped up.

Saturday we started off with a parade, bounce house, and lattes. It was our town's annual festival, the parade started at 9:00a. The kids love the parade, this was our second time going, it's hard to believe we've lived up here a year already. After the parade ended we headed to the coffee shop for some caffeine, since we left home in a hurry. With lattes in hand we headed for the park where all the booths and chili cook off was located. First we had to pass the bounce house, which was very enticing to the kids. E chickened out after observing all the big kids playing recklessly, but Mr N was determined to get his bounce on and go down the slide. He bounced about half a bounce before he headed for the slide, which required some Mommy interference. The big kids were pushing, shoving, climbing up the slide and not letting any of the little kids use it. Mommy cleared the ladder and slide for Mr N and he happily slid to the bottom to a waiting Daddy. We then hurried away from the bounce house to avoid going through that again.

Unfortunately, we had quite a hot Saturday so our time at the festival was quite short lived, we bought a bottle of water, said hi to some friends and then headed for the car. On our way to the car E reminded me that we needed new library books so we made a short detour for some reading material. Upon arriving home the kids & Daddy cuddled and played while Mommy put together the pasta salad. Mr N skipped his nap altogether, but so kindly fell asleep on the way to the wedding and slept through most of it.

The reception was outside so the kids played until the injuries were more abundant than the enjoyment. Daddy took the kids home to bed while Mommy stayed and danced like a fool. I caught a ride home with our guests and dragged my tired body to bed.

Sunday started a wee bit late, but we got loaded up and out the door, we were only a few minutes late to meeting. Afterwards we headed to some friends to barbecue, chat and let the kids play. Mr N was quite the Daddy's boy on Sunday, I don't think Daddy minded one bit. I hope the kids never take for granted how great their Daddy is and how much he loves them. He is an amazing man.

After an exhausting, fattening weekend we came home and crashed.