Weekend Recap

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

Really a good weekend, busy, but good. 2 family birthday parties, kids soccer, football, it had it all. Jam packed, but really never felt overwhelmingly busy or nerve wracking. Even had time to basically finish out the second week of Couch to 5K, although Kim has fallen behind on that.

Saturday morning was kids soccer. Both games went well, Daniel continues to enjoy himself, played a little goalie and had one decent save. James' game went well, his team won, although it wasn't as dominant a victory as the first week. He did score a goal and get an assist however, so he continues to play very well. The weather was excellent which made it easier to deal with Emily, which was lucky on my part.

Saturday afternoon and evening we hosted a birthday party for Connie. Which went very well overall. No drama (despite my thinking that might happen). And we actually got in some family basketball (teenagers vs. adults, dominated by adults) and some family football (again kids versus adults, dominated by those darn quick little kids). Then some family board games, and some football and baseball watching. I think Connie enjoyed herself though, and there weren't any breakdowns along the lines of "this is the first X without him". I am sure she had that at some point over the weekend, just not during the party.

Sunday morning we all sat down and tried to sort the Legos into some sort of order. Between the two of them (mostly James) they just have a ton of Lego, and they are pretty much impossible to keep track of, and really hard for James to start really building some original constructions because he couldn't find bricks of a certain type. Our overall goal is to organize them, then put in a cabinet in the play area where they can be stored, along with a table so he has a place to build.

Sunday afternoon we went to Dad's for Marcella's birthday party. Got to spend some time with my niece's and there kids. But no family sports as that generation is not quite old enough and it was really just Dad and I for the older generation. So I had to get in my run that afternoon before settling down to watch some football and Mad Men.

Football

I was pleased with the overall football weekend, 3 out of 4 teams won, and all of the wins were pretty convincing. I didn't watch that much, certainly no beginning to end games. I caught some of the more interesting moments. I had determined to not let myself watch as much as the first weekend, and managed to hold to that plan.

Mad Men

Hadn't written about last week, but here are my thoughts from last night's memorable episode in Twitter Speak:

Time for a new week of #MadMen, what's in store?

OMG Joan went there with that prostitute remark... #MadMen

Such drama! What will happen in the morning? #MadMen

Ouch, sucks to be Lane, but not as much as Roger. And always fun to see Pete get chopped. #MadMen

(That was an unintended pun in light of what happened later...)

Oh poor Joan. Conrad Hilton?! Wonder what will happen there? I worry about that Barbie #MadMen

(I loved what they did with the Barbie...)

Well you sure didn't expect that, although it's no surprise something happened with that mower... #MadMen

Well that's it then, too bad he lost foot, guess he's useless now... Gotta love that sentiment #MadMen

Just a really memorable episode, amazingly well handled with the jumps in direction.