Weekend Recap

Dear James, Daniel and Emily

As I do every Monday here is a recap of the weekend's activities. We had a little longer weekend (or at least I did) because Daniel and James were a little under the weather on Friday, Daniel especially, so I stayed home from work to make sure they had a day of relaxation and no exposure to other kids. So I kind of broke up the 3 days into different days: Friday was relaxation day for everyone, Saturday was errand day and fun day, Sunday was work day around the house.

So Friday I literally did nothing around the house except keep the kitchen picked up. Otherwise I sat down stairs, let the kids play, while I played on the computer. It was a good day for the kids, I think Daniel enjoyed knowing Daddy was around instead of the various family baby sitters, plus this way we insured that no other kids got whatever little bug Daniel had. It also worked out because Tammy and Connie were both unavailable so we were going to ask Tracy to watch the kids, which would have been fine, but I didn't want her and her kids possibly getting sick. Plus to be honest, I needed the break from work, because it was a really stressful work week.

Saturday we got out of the house. First I had James empty his piggy bank, where he had accumulated a pretty sizable amount of money, and take it to the bank. He knows that he can get the money back when he wants to spend it, but it is safer in the bank. Then we went to the park, had a good time playing in the sand, even Emily got into the action in the sand. I posted some pictures of this on the Picasa site under the Summer 2008 Park photos album, then we went to the game store, then lunch and home for a little while before we went to Dennis & Megan's for a family BBQ.

Which was different than usual, for one they didn't invite any of their friends. For another Jay & Tammy were there for the first time as a couple. And last, Connie didn't stick around very long, which meant the drinkers felt a lot more free to get pretty smashed. The group dynamic really changes when Connie isn't around to provide that moderating influence.

On Sunday we had a stay at home day again, but I actually focused on some house projects I had been wanting/needing to do. For one, I finally decided to say the heck with it, and stop waiting for us to paint the kitchen before hanging the pot rack in the kitchen, which was a fun little project. And I also got the bottom fixed on James' toy box, which will allow Kim to move on to the next step with that project. Plus I helped James get the basement picked back up again so it is in the kind of order we want moving forward.

So we had a good weekend overall. Daniel got feeling better, Daddy got some much needed rest from work. And a few little projects got worked on around the house.