Our three day weekend.

We had a nice laid back weekend and it totally feels like the end of summer and the night before school starts. For me it is, I go back to a more regular work schedule tomorrow and the kids go back to a regular day care schedule. It didn't get out of the 70s today and it really feels like fall is upon us.

A couple pictures from early in the weekend. From Friday at lunch ... what are you hiding there Blake?
Yep, his first french fry and boy did he love it. He had this major happy grin and he was gumming that thing.
Friday night while I was confined to the recliner, Mylie got our her notebook and we were practicing writing her letters and then we were practicing writing people's names, I would tell her the letters and she would write them. She wanted to write Papa, so I told her P-A-P-A and she started writing it, then started giggling and said, "That sounds like Big A." (You may remember the story of how Mylie calls my Dad the Big A.) So I did what any good Christian mom would do and taught her how to spell Big A. Of course I had to get a pictures, I love her drawings. This one is for you Dad!
Saturday I was finally feeling a bit better, Jeff's Mom took the kids for the day and Jeff and I went out to lunch and then to the "Dark Knight." Batman has definitely come a long was since Michael Keaton. It was a great show and so fun to go on an actual date. We ran a few errands and then went back to Melba and stayed for a while and had dinner with Mary. Mike and Devin were out of town for the weekend, it was fun to just sit around and chat. Mylie had tons of fun and hates leaving.

Sunday was a quiet day (as quiet as days can get with two little ones). We went to church, came home, ate a yummy dinner and then went on a drive. The weather was nice and cool and I just love the feel of fall!

Today was busy with some errands and work. Jeff and I both had to go into our respective offices for a bit to get a few things done. He took Mylie and I took Blake. Blake was not content to sit while I worked. Today he was totally up on all fours shaking and wiggling, trying to figure out how to move. Good thing I didn't have too much to do, he was not up for working today. I called over to Jeff's office when I was done (our offices are about 3 minutes away from each other) and Mylie answered the phone, "This is the boss' office." Jeff got on the phone and apparently he wasn't getting too much done with Mylie there either. I reminded him that I know full well how difficult it is to work with Mylie around. I went over to pick her up and she and Blakey and I sat in the car in the parking lot listening to music so Jeff could hurry and finish up what he had to do. I asked her what she had been doing at Daddy's office and if she had drawn any pictures. She told me no and then launched into this long explanation about how she had been writing checks and then putting them on the jail chair (there is a chair at their office with handcuffs in case they have to arrest someone and are waiting for the jail to come and pick them up.) She told me that if she gave checks to the guys on the jail chair then they wouldn't need to go to jail. I asked Jeff what in the world they were talking about that brought on this conversation and he had no idea. I would seriously like to get in her mind sometimes.

After more errands we finally made it home. Both kids were a bit grumpy by then. Mylie was sitting on the couch trying to play with something and kept yelling, "I am so frus-ter-a-ted!" I had to hide my face. But eventually their smiles came back. Mylie was eating a sucker after dinner and Blake was quite interested in it. He is such a super cute super happy little dude. You can kind of see his two little bottom teeth in this one. He's growing so fast and will be 7 months this week. He gets a smile like this almost everytime he sees his sis.
So that is pretty much our weekend in review. It is 7:30 and the kids are both in bed, I am going to go make some cookies and we are going to watch "The Bucket List." I have such a busy week a head of me, but I am grateful for the structure that comes along with fall.