I was so happy to have a long weekend to spend with my family, but the fact that I still have 8 more days left of school kept sneaking into my memory. I did my best to push those thoughts aside and just focus on having fun with all my boys. We spent Saturday getting things done around the house and took in the matinee showing of Kung Fu Panda 2. Macalan did just fine throughout the movie, but kept asking when Cars was going to be on. He saw the preview for it before the movie started and thought that's what we were going to see. Sutton made it about half way and then started to freak out. I tried just standing in the back, but he wanted to run. I took him in the hall and the person taking tickets said we could get our money refunded if he wouldn't sit through the movie. I would have never thought of this, but it was great to get 2 of the tickets refunded. Later that day we spent some time at a going away party for our neighbor who is headed for Kuwait soon. God bless all those men and women who fight and have fought for our country.
On Sunday I attempted taking the boys to church by myself. NEVER. AGAIN. They did okay for the first little bit, but it wasn't long until Mac was asking when it would be over and Sutton was throwing every possible distraction I gave him on to the floor. Later he began crawling across the chairs and he and Mac got into a shouting match saying "yeah!" and "no!" very loudly. Thankfully they stopped that after only a couple of rounds. Whew! We made it through and even though they may have not deserved a donut, I certainly felt like I earned one so we stopped off at the commons area of our church for a quick bite. It was an interesting experience and I learned never to attempt that on my own again. If I do I will most certainly utilize the nursery.
Later that evening some friends came out with their kids and we all enjoyed grilling out, watching the kids play, and making s'mores. It is always so fun to see our boys interact with their little friends.
Today was spent just lounging around. Eventually we did go for a short walk and played on the deck for a while. It was so hot! I went from turning the heat on Friday night to cranking the air today. Only in Minnesota! I did have plans to go to town and take the boys pictures. That was foiled when Macalan decided to push Sutton off the last two stairs (I feel bad for Macalan on the day that Sutton decides to seek revenge). He landed on his face and thankfully only bit his top lip. However, it swelled up quite a bit and I really didn't want pictures of him like that. I'm going to have to put him in full pads and a helmet next weekend just to be on the safe side. The last time I attempted pictures he tripped and cracked open his chin.
We also made a Cars 2 paper chain because ever since the movie on Saturday Macalan has been harassing us about when he gets to go see it. The paper chain didn't really work either. He still asks and gets upset when you tell him he won't get to see it for about 24 "sleeps." I really want to say, "learn to read a calendar and tell time! It isn't happening until we say it is!" Obviously that would be a poor parenting choice to actually say that, but he really is starting to get a tad bit annoying about it.
Happy Memorial Day everyone!
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