weekend update

monday. 'nuff said right?

usually, monday involves a good chunk of wondering what happened to the weekend? where did it go? why was it so short? i still have so many things i need to do!

while i do have many of those thoughts today, i remember what we did, and it was fun. nothing really exciting, but nice. the weather was fabulous, and we enjoyed it thoroughly. (that's probably why we didn't get everything done...)

friday was the usual rush to soccer, with the unusual complication of photos. harry was one of only four who showed up (why they schedule team pictures at 4:20 is beyond me!) so his "team" photo should be money well spent... on the plus side, he had a good game, and did really well. watching, you'd never guess this was his first season! he really gets into it, and enjoys it. it's fun to watch too! (nothing like scrawny second-graders chest-bumping after a goal!)

saturday was pretty busy. a cousin came over to play with the boys while meemer and i went for a run. i know it sounds like a lame thing to do when we had a babysitter, but that 7.2 miles was the closest thing we have had to a date in a long time! it was fun. we could talk. after a long week, we were both tired and didn't set and speed records.

meemer went with her sister and her two girls to go dress-shopping. the kind of thing she doesn't get to do much of... we met up with them at, what else? a soccer game. our niece plays on an all girl team. it's quite different from our boys' games. they play in positions, and know what they're doing. (as opposed to a pack of kids chasing a ball around the field). the boys enjoyed the adventure of a new playground at a new park while we watched boo and her team beat the other team.

after that it was shopping. normally, the boys hate this. they still weren't thrilled, but they accepted when i told them i wanted to buy a trampoline. (even though harry didn't believe me, and yelled at me!) we started at sam's club where we say a nice one on sale last week. well it wasn't on sale any longer. the price had gone up about $80-90! so we stayed just long enough to hit all the samples, then left for shopko. (i had done some looking online, and had plan b ready to go!)

well we scored the trampoline (marked down $70!) and some indiana jones m&m's, and headed for wal-mart. (shopko didn't have any more enclosures for the trampoline). luckily, i had forewarned the boys that if the first store didn't have it, we may have to go to two others. wally's didn't have the enclosure i had seen online, but they did have a compatible one that ended up being $20 less that expected, so no complaints.

a quick stop for happy meals and home to set-up the tramp. meemer, harry, and chilly help pull all the parts out of the box and sort them, and begin the assembly, while the baby chases the chickens around the yard. well, he may only be 1yo, but he's smart. while we attached springs to the newly finished frame, he picked up the screwdriver and went around poking all the screws!

the mat is finally on, and the pad goes over the springs. poor excited boys... daylight's waning, and we're just pulling parts out of the enclosure box! it cools off, and meemer takes chilly and the baby inside. harry helps me attach all the poles, which i couldn't have done alone! we put up the netting, but the sun is officially down. he goes inside. by the time i attach the netting to the trampoline, (a lengthy process of weaving cord through spring eyelets and holes on the netting) it's dark. i literally threaded the last few holes by touch!

yesterday was the most glorious day so far! completely cloudless, bright blue sky. barely a breeze to spoil the warm sunlight. pushing 70˚ for the first time this year! beautiful! the funny thing is, the 1yo actually screams louder than his big brothers when he has to come inside!

while not incredibly productive, it was a fun weekend. yet it still feels like monday. in every stereotypical way. that could have something to do with chilly coughing and puking so loud that meemer and i were up from 3:30 to 5am. i did manage to run outside this morning! it was only 46˚ and i was running late all morning, but it was better than the treadmill!

'course a strong wind is supposed to bring a cold, wet, storm tonight...