Our weekend started with our usual Friday night routine of ordering a pizza and watching a movie or just watching some TV while we watch Jack play with some random toys and objects around the house that he is finding amusing at the time.
On Saturday mornings, Nick treats Jack with a ride to Spring Valley Baker to pick out a donut or two for him to enjoy, and don't worry Nick also engages in a donut or two. For me, I just stuck to my usual eggs and toast. Then it was off to the grocery store to get the weekly groceries and a few items that I needed to make a few dishes to go to the cookout that we were invited to on Sunday night. I made a pan of scotcheroos and a strawberry cake that I found a really easy recipe for. The scotcheroos turned out really well, but the cake was kind of a disappointment, but I would still take both of them to the party because someone would eat them, and I really didn't want them laying around our house. Saturday night we decided to we needed to get out of the house. So we decided to take Jack to dinner at Valley Bar. Of course we would be taking the iPad with us because it makes dinner in a public place with Jack way more enjoyable. He is an absolute angel when we have the iPad to entertain him. Definitely the best money that we ever spent.
On Sunday morning Jack was up bright and early at 5:30!!! So needless to say I had plenty of time to shower and get ready to meet my Nana for breakfast at 10:00 at the golf course. After breakfast it was off to our weekly stop at Marshall's to see what new bargains were put out since the previous Sunday. Usually every Sunday my grandma, my mom and I meet there for a weekly shopping sessions. In order to find all the good deals and cute clothes you have to become a frequent Marshall's shopper, there is a whole strategy behind it. My mom is obsessed with that place. I found a cute sweater tunic to wear with leggings and some cupcake pans that are formed into the shapes of trucks and trains. Now I am not a baker, so we will see if these pans ever get used.
After nap time, it was off to Adam and Heather's house for their cookout. They have recently poured a nice stamped concrete patio and they are adding on a deck to their house so we relaxed in the back yard and watched the kids play while the guys watched the meat cooking in the smoker. Now keep in mind that it did rain the day before, so Jack just so happened to find almost every mud puddle that was in the backyard. He was literally, for a lack of better words, like a pig in shit. He pretty much loved the mud. At one point I had to help him get his feet out of the mud and I seriously thought that I was going to take a tumble with him.....it was rather interesting and entertaining and he was having a blast, so I was fine with it. By the end of the night when it was time to go home, one of Jack's shoes were covered in mud and the other shoe was sitting in mud and he had mud/dirt all over his pants. But at least he had fun. So it was definitely to the bath tub he went once we got home.
Most of Monday was spent going to Home Depot to pick up some things that we needed for random jobs that needed to be done around the house and we did a little bit of yard work. Jack loved being outside. Everytime the wind would blow in his face he would look the same way that a dog does when they stick their head out of the car window. When it was time to go inside I had to persuade him to come in with some of his favorite goodies because it was pretty apparent that he would have spent the entire day outside.
We had a great long weekend spending some time with friends and family. And I could really get used to this cooler fall like weather, it was absolutely beautiful.
lol! I still laugh every time I think of Jack in the mudd. We have his hat and your pan...let me know if you want them before the party and I will drop them off. Thanks for giving me some more blog material to stalk!
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