A (Much Needed) Super Fun Weekend

This past weekend was wonderful! And as the title says, it was in order. Last week was one long week. We were coming off a drill weekend, which makes for a long week anyway, but it was kick started Sunday with Nate getting up all night. The first time I thought it was his teeth as they have been bugging him horribly lately, so I gave him some Motrin, but he kept waking up crying. Finally around 4am when he got up crying again I brought him in bed with me. He has never slept in our bed and so he thought this was great fun. He kept looking over at me giggling. With neither of us getting any sleep I finally put him back in his bed around 5am. The rest of the week was just filled with those little things that make for long days (Monday was crying and tantrum day--all day, Tuesday the orange juice fell off the bottom of the cart at the store and spilled all over, you can see how this is going). So Michael, bless him, decided to take a half-day on Friday so we could all go up to the Children's Museum. He had never been and I had only been once when Nate was about 6 months old.

We all had so much fun! He enjoyed the sand table the most, but everything was entertaining (even the hand dryers near the water tables!). He liked the dinosaurs (of course) and the train. We took him up to the science room and even though it's designed for older children he had fun running around and just looking at things and exploring. It is definitely something we will do again. Maddie had a good time sleeping, the entire time! I couldn't believe it-5 hours! Now for her to do this at night. :)



On Saturday morning we met up with the Herter's at Appleworks. The kids had fun petting the animals, running through the woods (finding sticks), swinging on the rope swings, and "organizing" the pumpkins. Although it's still warm here, I think it was a great way to kick-off Fall, my favorite season. I am definitely looking forward to the cooler (note, cooler-not cold) weather, sweaters, baking, and all the other fun Fall activities.