Weekend Update

I wonder if I've ever used the same entry title twice?  I wonder if there's an easy way to find out?  Eh, I've already quit caring. I've gotta blog quickly - both girls are napping at the same time!!!!  Granted, Audrey was up at 6, so we've had a long day together already.  This morning, I darkened both of their rooms by covering their windows better, and I'm hoping it translates to sleeping later and/or longer naps.

We had a pretty busy weekend, although it was definitely a nice break.  I can see that the pace of our family is only going to increase from here, so it was nice to take it easy.  Travis took the day off Friday (his birthday), and went to a bachelor party that night, and Saturday night we had friends over, so Sunday he did nothing at all.  I mean, he didn't even shower -- NOTHING.  Monday, we packed up a picnic lunch and met some friends at a park in Ames, and had a really nice time being social and enjoying the sunshine (except Emily got sunblock in her eyes, but she's such a good sport she didn't even cry... which would have helped, actually!).  It was really nice to do such a laid-back outing.  Then we went over to my grandparents' house, and they thoroughly enjoyed watching Emily and Audrey play together.  Since they're both nearly 90 years old, I'm savoring every visit to their house, because it's not like I can count on having that luxury 10 years from now, and their house is truly one of my favorite places in the world to be.  It was a really wonderful day.  For the first time I can remember, I feel like I got the most out of my weekend by balancing productivity and relaxation.

Now on to the funny stories:

People left quite a bit of beer at our house on Saturday night.  This morning, Emily opened the fridge and said, "Mom, that's a lot of brown bottles!!"  Trav thought that was hilarious.  He also thought it was hilarious how clever he was, the way he struck back at me when I was picking on him earlier on Monday.  He told Emily to look at me, because "isn't mom pretty? Mom's pretty, isn't she??"  Emily turns to me and says, "Mom, you're so pretty." And I went to smile at Travis, and he was giving me the finger.  Nice, hon.  But Emily kept parroting all day how Mom is so pretty, so I think I totally won that one.

When Emily and I went to use the port-a-potty at the park yesterday, she looked up at me and said, "Mom, let's wash hands."  I told her that was a great idea, because it really was a yucky port-a-potty. (She didn't flinch at all, though, pee-wise.  What a trooper!).  When it was my turn, Emily looked at me sitting there and said, "You almost don't fit on there anymore!"  Rather than explaining what cellulite is, I just suggested that she go back to talking about how pretty I am instead. :)

I updated pictures of the girls playing together Sunday morning, and playing out on the back deck this morning.  This weather has been FABULOUS.  I'll take this weather all summer long, please.