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Busy Weekend
Jul. 6th, 2015 02:50 pmWeekend of sorts…..
Thursday marked Ben’s last day at pre-school. It was a bit emotional for me because I felt it was so false. No one but the director and his teacher knew. And the bright and happy kids at the BBQ picnic for the holiday just seemed very Stepford Wives. Mel is right….things are weird and you don’t see a lot of the faces you used to. But its also our fault too. We haven’t taught him well how to deal with things when they aren’t going how he wants and we aren’t dealing with how to get him to calm down from tantrums well other than “go to your room to blow off the steam” which while good for us is not good for school. That makes things hard but we will manage. Thanks to my good knitter friends Ben will be spending time with both Mary and Theresa’s for the next few weeks. Playing with their kiddos and having some down time before school starts in August.
Here is his last day: Last Day
Got home with him after a trip to the grocery store. I made the awesome choice to wear heels Thursday for work and looked damn cute but after dealing with the playground woodchips/hill and then around the store/parking lot my feet were toast. We got him into a bath and to bed just as Mel was coming home. I sat and knit and mel spun while we watched Tabletop, I think….too much weekend for me to remember I guess.
Friday we slept in a bit, well, mel and I did. Benton was up way, way early. Mel’s plans for the day were for him to fix the one kitchen cabinet with Gallant and brew some beer. I left for a massage and pedicure and started rec’ing really disturbing photos of kitchen destruction. I left for home and Stacy (Gallant’s wife) was watching Ben while the boys went and got propane for the beer. The entire upper side of the kitchen was taken down and all over the living room. The cabinets were not in great shape and after some dithering they put up the 3 they could salvage and then shelving for the cabinet that we couldn’t save. It took the boys almost all day but it looks good and well, lessons learned. We had done this same thing to the cabinets on the other side some long ago with Mingo. I guess we should have done the same thing then.
You can see the adventure here: Cabinets
Needless to say this rescheduled the playdate with Inara and Theresa’s kiddos and we ended up getting quick supplies and yarn for a project while the boys worked. It worked out okay. I made grilled chicken and kabobs of squash, mushrooms and green pepper for dinner and that was a hit. Again, not sure what we did in the evening….we were tired.
Saturday was the 4th and the planned BBQ for the household was off due to illness so we hung out in PJs until we met up with folks at the opening of the 1912 Brewing Company with Erika, Dom, Willa and Ari. The food trucks were tasty, the brewery’s AC wasn’t keeping up and the beer was good even though it wasn’t home grown (they had a carbonation issue). We left there and headed to Dragoon which was quiet and cool. After that we headed to Total Wine to stock up. Let me say that a tipsy Ivan and Ari shopping for booze is hilarious. We got home and I made nummy ugly steaks and kabobs. We watched Sky High and crafted and all was good. I finished the bunny for Mary at Joe’s Pancake House as well.
We watched the D-M Fireworks from the roof and that was a great show. It also drove home we really need to replace the roof and coolers. Our neighbors will soon not be our neighbors but I need to get a quote done from their roofing company. They also have a wall guy to recommend as well so yes! Just need to get the permits done.
Sunday was pretty lazy in the AM. I had rinsed out all of the tie-dye/ice dying stuff the previous day and Ben immediately picked his new shirt out. Which looks really cool. We had a nice play date with Theresa and her kiddos with Inara and Mary. Ben will be there on Thursday thi s week. I was happy to see he melded into the pack of kids just fine.
Got home and made brats/squash on the grill. I also quartered some nectarines and cooked them up in foil packets with cinnamon, brownsugar and butter. We served it over crushed up ginger snaps and it wa a tasty dessert. Then while Ben was in the bathtub I got my spinning set up for Tour de Fleece 2015. I’m hoping to spin and ply 3 separate and fun fibers. The first one is turning out really neato.
See my album: Tour de Fleece 2015
Thursday marked Ben’s last day at pre-school. It was a bit emotional for me because I felt it was so false. No one but the director and his teacher knew. And the bright and happy kids at the BBQ picnic for the holiday just seemed very Stepford Wives. Mel is right….things are weird and you don’t see a lot of the faces you used to. But its also our fault too. We haven’t taught him well how to deal with things when they aren’t going how he wants and we aren’t dealing with how to get him to calm down from tantrums well other than “go to your room to blow off the steam” which while good for us is not good for school. That makes things hard but we will manage. Thanks to my good knitter friends Ben will be spending time with both Mary and Theresa’s for the next few weeks. Playing with their kiddos and having some down time before school starts in August.
Here is his last day: Last Day
Got home with him after a trip to the grocery store. I made the awesome choice to wear heels Thursday for work and looked damn cute but after dealing with the playground woodchips/hill and then around the store/parking lot my feet were toast. We got him into a bath and to bed just as Mel was coming home. I sat and knit and mel spun while we watched Tabletop, I think….too much weekend for me to remember I guess.
Friday we slept in a bit, well, mel and I did. Benton was up way, way early. Mel’s plans for the day were for him to fix the one kitchen cabinet with Gallant and brew some beer. I left for a massage and pedicure and started rec’ing really disturbing photos of kitchen destruction. I left for home and Stacy (Gallant’s wife) was watching Ben while the boys went and got propane for the beer. The entire upper side of the kitchen was taken down and all over the living room. The cabinets were not in great shape and after some dithering they put up the 3 they could salvage and then shelving for the cabinet that we couldn’t save. It took the boys almost all day but it looks good and well, lessons learned. We had done this same thing to the cabinets on the other side some long ago with Mingo. I guess we should have done the same thing then.
You can see the adventure here: Cabinets
Needless to say this rescheduled the playdate with Inara and Theresa’s kiddos and we ended up getting quick supplies and yarn for a project while the boys worked. It worked out okay. I made grilled chicken and kabobs of squash, mushrooms and green pepper for dinner and that was a hit. Again, not sure what we did in the evening….we were tired.
Saturday was the 4th and the planned BBQ for the household was off due to illness so we hung out in PJs until we met up with folks at the opening of the 1912 Brewing Company with Erika, Dom, Willa and Ari. The food trucks were tasty, the brewery’s AC wasn’t keeping up and the beer was good even though it wasn’t home grown (they had a carbonation issue). We left there and headed to Dragoon which was quiet and cool. After that we headed to Total Wine to stock up. Let me say that a tipsy Ivan and Ari shopping for booze is hilarious. We got home and I made nummy ugly steaks and kabobs. We watched Sky High and crafted and all was good. I finished the bunny for Mary at Joe’s Pancake House as well.
We watched the D-M Fireworks from the roof and that was a great show. It also drove home we really need to replace the roof and coolers. Our neighbors will soon not be our neighbors but I need to get a quote done from their roofing company. They also have a wall guy to recommend as well so yes! Just need to get the permits done.
Sunday was pretty lazy in the AM. I had rinsed out all of the tie-dye/ice dying stuff the previous day and Ben immediately picked his new shirt out. Which looks really cool. We had a nice play date with Theresa and her kiddos with Inara and Mary. Ben will be there on Thursday thi s week. I was happy to see he melded into the pack of kids just fine.
Got home and made brats/squash on the grill. I also quartered some nectarines and cooked them up in foil packets with cinnamon, brownsugar and butter. We served it over crushed up ginger snaps and it wa a tasty dessert. Then while Ben was in the bathtub I got my spinning set up for Tour de Fleece 2015. I’m hoping to spin and ply 3 separate and fun fibers. The first one is turning out really neato.
See my album: Tour de Fleece 2015
