This past weekend was fun, relaxing and family-filled. We had dinner with Tim and Katharine on Friday night at a pizza place called Pies and Pints. After dinner, Pat drove us home and then he and Tim went to some kind of a baseball film at OSU. The films were old footage of baseball from way back in the 50s and 60s (I think). Apparently it was pretty cool, and Pat and Tim really enjoyed it. Saturday we had the kids’ doctor appts at 10. Evie had her three-year checkup and Mitch had his 9 month checkup. Both kids did great! Evie was very brave when they took blood from her finger. She didn’t like it, but she didn’t create a big scene either. We went to the library after that. I was excited to find out that there was a Baby Storytime at 11:00. I never get to do stuff like that with just Mitch so I took him while Pat hung out with Evie (although she came in for the 2nd half of the story time). I think Mitchell enjoyed the songs and stories, but getting him to sit still was a challenge. I was in good company though. It seemed like all of the little boys there were full of energy and unable to sit still! After the library, we took Evie to McDonald’s as a reward for being so good at the doctor. This one has a Playplace… and Evie was in heaven. It was the first time we have ever taken her and I was a tad bit nervous to let her go in by herself, but she did great and had a ball. She was a little bit scared at first since you have to climb kind of high and some of the tunnels are made of ropes so they swing. But she was brave and conquered her fears – and made some friends in the process. It’s always a little bit hard for me to stand back and let her do it herself. My instinct is to protect her and help make things easier for her. But common sense tells me to let her go so that she is confident in her own abilities. She knows that we will always be there for her, but she also has to learn that she is strong and capable and can do it herself. Seems kind of stupid to say this in regards to a McDonald’s play area, but hey – you have to start somewhere right?
Both kids took a pretty good naps later (halleluiah!) so Pat and I got a little bit of downtime. And by downtime I mean time to clean a little without kids hanging all over us and messing it up again immediately. We had another issue with water in basement from the rain so Pat cleaned up a bit and found some old VHS home videos down there. We popped them in and watched Pat as little boy! I think it blew Evie’s mind. I said “Look that's Daddy when he was your age! And there’s Grandpa Tim and Grandma Rita too!” Her response “I don’t believe you Mama”. We ended up inviting Rita over to watch too. She brought dinner and we ate, drank wine and watched home videos for a few hours. I think we all got a huge kick of it!
Sunday we just hung out and played outside. We love this warmer weather! Evie entertained herself for at least an hour by digging in the dirt. She said hi to everyone who walked by and told them that she was digging for worms, but worms don’t like sun – only rain – so she couldn’t find any. We drew with side walk chalk, blew bubbles and played some tee ball. It was a beautiful day and it made me really look forward to summertime!
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