I Need a Weekend!

My view of days of the week is shifting, now that I have a preschooler. Saturdays used to be the most relaxing days of the week. Now they're the days when we have a toddler home all day long, wanting to play. That's lovely and all, but when the child won't sleep in past 6:00 . . . I find school days - when I just have Ada for a few quiet morning hours - to be quite relaxing. And on Sundays, there's free nursery at church in the mornings. Paul is a very involved parent, but it's lovely to have little breaks, too.

So. Friday morning, Ellie, Ada, and I went to Grant's Farm with friends. Once again, Ellie loved it. Especially those eagles! This time she helped feed a bottle of milk to a baby goat. (Yes, I know they're called kids, but that's confusing.)

Friday evening, another friend took all 4 of us to the Cardinals-Nationals game. The Cards lost, but it was a great game and a wonderful time was had by all. I couldn't believe that both girls lasted for 9 innings. Of course, there was plenty of red for Ada to stare at, and we kept Ellie supplied with junk food.

All day Saturday, Ellie suggested that we "go bye-bye, go bye-bye."

Where do you want to go, sweetie?

"Ballgame!" she cried, complete with miming of batter swinging at pitch. She made do with t-ball in the driveway, after she and Daddy napped in the hammock for a couple of hours. We also bought a new fridge, went out for pizza, and had hours of fun with Quicken on Saturday. A budget! Imagine that.

On Sunday, after church, we spent the afternoon/evening at The Magic House and out to dinner with yet more friends. What a great weekend.

Today, we went to the St. Louis Renaissance Faire - without friends! Then had baseball friend over for a just-us BBQ this evening. We're all pretty wiped out. Ellie actually went to bed early, and, just as uncharacteristically, Ada had a little bit of a hard time winding down.


I didn't get the bathrooms cleaned, the baby toys washed, or laundry put away. Alas.


Also: mysterious spotting or never-ending lochia?