Weekend Wrap-Up

Scott has been planning a trip to Las Vegas with some of his friends for months and months. The weekend that was picked coincided with the first weekend of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. So he took off for Vegas very early Thursday morning. I was glad he got to go and was thankful that he worked it out to be on a weekend that he would normally be working anyway. Although his complete absence made me thankful for the mornings that he has with us even when he's working! 

Friday was a beautiful day in St. Louis. Lila & I walked to get Nate from school. When the weather is gorgeous on Friday, I believe it's God's way of saying, "Whatever happened this week, it's all going to be alright." And that's certainly how we felt. We played at the park after school and continued to play outside when we got home. It was glorious. 

Saturday morning was kind of a doozy. I think it was a combination of Scott being gone and over-tiredness. Lila has been on her 5:30 AM kick the last few days and this combined with not sleeping well since Scott's not home makes for a very tired me. And Lila. So Nate went off to play with a new friend and Lila & I took a nap. After collecting Nate, we made our own bubbles (why oh why have I not been doing this before now??) and Lila blew bubbles to her heart's content. It was not as warm as it could have been, but was not terrible outside.

Nate decided he would remove the sticks that had been so carefully placed in our brush pile in the backyard to make a fort. I was for it. It kept him busy.

Then Lila got done blowing her bubbles and started stealing Nate's sticks from his fort. Because that's what little sisters do. So I suggested that he help her make her own fort. They were both so excited to do this. Sometimes, every once in a while, I have a good idea that keeps them from maiming each other.

And for those of you that don't know, Nate's very favorite restaurant is Pei Wei. Thank you Ryan Pooley. He asks to go all the time, but I'm not crazy about it and it's all the way across town (not really, but in my mind it is). So since we needed a little pick me up, I suggested we go to Pei Wei for dinner on Saturday night. They were both ecstatic (Lila loves it too). So off we went, where they ate their weight in chicken fried rice. The simple pleasures of life.

Now that we are officially in Spring, I'm expecting BIG things from the weather fairies. A consistent 60+ degrees would be very, very nice!