Holiday Weekend Recap

I feel like we were able to get a lot accomplished this weekend.  If for some reason I go into labor this afternoon, I will feel like everything is done.  Except for the vacuuming.  But maybe I can muster up the energy to get that done when I get off here.  

On Sunday morning, we went to church and the preschoolers who attended VBS last week performed the songs they had learned.  At first, Garrett wasn't too sure he wanted to do it, but when I explained they would be going on the stage to sing, he said he was ready.  My child has some kind of switch that flips on as soon as he's in the spotlight.  He actively participated with the singing and hand motions.  

I really wish I could post a video or a picture or something to show it, but our trusty digital camera decided to completely die on us when we tried to take pictures.  It has been showing signs of having some issues, but we were always able to turn it off and turn it back on and it would start working again.  But on Sunday, I turned it off and on 100 times along with giving it a couple of smacks for good measure, but nothing worked.  It would turn on, but the screen was black and when we took a picture, it was just a black screen.  But I had some other pictures on the memory stick that we were able to see just fine, so who knows what's wrong with it.  It's 4 years old so we're just going to replace it, but I really would have hoped it would last a little longer than that.  I guess I should be happy we discovered this now rather than in the delivery room right after Cooper's birth.  

After the service, Garrett went to Sunday school (where he decided he had issues with being left in there, ugh, I don't understand kids sometimes.  One week he's thrilled to go, the next week you would think he was a visitor who had never attended SS or our church before.  Even though he's been going since he was 3 months old!)  Keith and I went to a breakfast for parents of preschoolers which was fun.  I was expecting doughnuts, but we had eggs, sausage, hashbrowns, pancakes, biscuits, juice, etc!  It was very yummy.  Then after breakfast we went to the church's petting zoo which was for all the kids who had attended VBS.  Garrett got to ride a pony, feed kangaroos, goats, sheep, a llama, and a calf.  He also pet a duck and a camel and saw a monkey.  We could have pet the monkey, but monkeys are gross in my opinion, so we just looked at him from afar.  Then we topped off the petting zoo with a jump in the bounce house and stopped off for a Happy Meal on the way home.  He had a full morning!  I do have some pictures of the petting zoo on my phone, but since I'm still learning the new phone, I'll post them later.  I'm very impressed with the cameras that our new phones have on them!

On Sunday night, Keith and I watched "Taken" after Garrett went to bed.  It was a really good movie!  It will definitely keep you from allowing your teenaged children to travel abroad on their own.  Up until Sunday afternoon, Keith wasn't sure if he was going to have to work on Memorial Day or not.  He's in the middle of this huge project that is supposed to be done by June 1.  According to him, he could work 24 hours a day between now and the first and it still won't get done, but he was going to go in to work on it if that's what he needed to do.  After discussing it with his boss, they decided that the a/c probably wouldn't even be on in their building, so there was no point in them driving in to work in the heat.  So Keith called his staff and told them to enjoy the holiday.  

Of course Garrett slept terribly on Sunday night, taking forever to fall asleep, coughing non stop when he was sleeping, waking up as soon as the cough meds/inhaler had worn off, then deciding at 5:30 yesterday morning it was time to get up.  What an enjoyable start to the day off.  We insisted he lay down until 7:00, which he did, but he did not do so quietly.  Once we were up and dressed, Keith headed up to the attic to start bringing down the rest of our baby equipment.  I did not realize how much we still had up there!  I took the bigger pieces out to the driveway and hosed them off while Keith washed our SUV and Garrett alternated between playing golf (he's becoming a noticeable lefty when he golfs, but his toy clubs are for righties, so that's an interesting game to watch) and standing on the fringe of the water that Keith or I were spraying from the hose.  Then he would complain that his feet were wet and he needed to change his shoes.  His croc shoes, that were meant to get wet.  I pointed out that I was wearing flip flops and my feet and shoes were soaked.  He's the kid who begs daily to go to the beach or go swim in a pool.  I mentioned that if we go to the beach he will get his feet and shoes wet, so he said he doesn't want to go to the beach anymore.  

We all got cleaned up and headed to our friend's house for a cookout which was a lot of fun and the food was yummy.  She made homemade pudding for dessert, which I loved!  We came home and Keith painted a wall in our living room that we had spackled and textured last week, but hadn't had the time to do the actual painting.  I alternated between grilling hamburgers, cutting Garrett's hair, and attempting to keep him out of the paint and away from the wet wall.  I would have kept him outside the entire time, but it was pretty hot out there and he had already spent a lot of time outside so his skin was looking a little red.  I wanted to be sure he didn't get a sunburn.  He woke up this morning looking a little browner, so I'm thinking he has my skin tone because Keith was pretty red this morning after the time we spent outside, whereas I don't even look like I was outside.  Which isn't a good thing because I would like to go to the hospital with a darker shade to my legs than Casper-white.  We topped off the weekend watching "Mall Cop" last night which was funny.  I like Kevin James, especially in the movie "Hitch".  He wasn't quite "Hitch" funny, in my opinion, but it was still good.  

Last night I enjoyed waking up to a horrible cramp in my calf.  I had to get up and walk around the house until it finally worked itself out.  Then it did it again this morning!  I hope that's just pregnancy related and not old age related.  

Now I'm off to finish up some things in Cooper's room.  And hopefully get my floors vacuumed, just in case.