Weekend Wrap-up

It was a fun weekend! The weather has been beautiful....cool, breezy and very fallish, so we spent the whole weekend outside and the baby was in heaven =). Headed to Starbucks first thing Saturday morning; I had a pumpkin spice frappuccino AND a pumpkin cream cheese muffin.. WOO HOO! There is just something about a toxic rush of sugar and caffeine that hits your senses all at once. While I still get excited about roses and romance, trips to Starbucks are quickly racing to the top of my favorites list. I don't know if that is a celebration of the manna Starbucks has managed to capture in a cup, or an indictment of all of the changed diapers and trips up the stairs during the middle of the night to comfort a crying child that roses and romance have wrought. Something to ponder.

Of course a weekend would not be a weekend without a trip to the nursery. Brent decided that the evil forces of all things bad for plants had finally stolen the soul of two of our own: an azalea done in by too much sun and not enough water; and, a hydrangea done in by the local scourge of cuteness (aka deer). In an effort to convert our landscape into the deer equivalent of a buffet of steamed veggies for kids, he planted the deer-proof knockout rose and rhododendron (don't hold your breath...Bambi is ruthless). And he uttered words that I thought I would never hear pass over his lips..."I think I have run out of room to plant anything else." Show of hands of those that believe him-- Anyone? Anyone? Yeah, me neither!

Cute Will story: Will has a beloved stuffed monkey named "Monkies." He loves, loves, loves Monkies, carries him everywhere we go, and will knock you to the ground if you try to take Monkies away. Saturday afternoon, Will takes Monkies on a walk around the cul-de-sac in the boy version of the doll stroller. It was absolutely adorable. He made sure Monkies was settled in nicely and then off they went. Then like any good mommy, or in this case daddy, he got out his digital camera and started snapping away.

On Sunday, we decorated the yard for Halloween. We laugh because after surveying the neighborhood, we definitely have the preschool version of Halloween decor. No skeletons, tombstones, or grim reapers for us. We have an adorable witch, a cute vampire, and lots of friendly ghosts. This year we added an 8 ft inflatable to the decorations...three ghosts flying out of a jack-o-lantern. It is so cute and Jack is going to be so excited when he gets home!