Understatement: Busy Weekend

Friday Tony and I both had off from work. And so our weekend officially started on Friday. We were swamped with back to back appointments albeit mainly fun appointments but we really need a weekend just to recover from our weekend.

I was asked earlier in the week by the Pre-K aide to help out in the Pre-K room so she could be with family. I was a bit nervous but I know the kiddos from volunteering at recess time and it turned out to be really fun. Those kids are hilarious! 3 hours of non-stop..."keep your hands to yourself, play nicely please, share the toys, finish your work, sit on your bottom, etc." Meanwhile, Tony was able to chase tennis balls thrown at him from the ball machine. :-). Then we met back at the school for lunch duty. 2 more hours of "sit on your bottom, clean up your trash, walk don't run, etc." At least lunch was outside on the quad so the kids could be as noisy as they wanted.

After school Anthony was invited to a friends birthday party. He did that for a little bit and then he and Taylor had an appointment to get a flu shot. Both kids did GREAT! No tears...Anthony did well up a bit but nothing fell. And then Taylor had no idea what was going on so that was great too. Then we went to eat at Chilis for dinner and then off to the bookstore for family book night. Then we went home and the 3 boys (2 little ones and Dad) watched Iron Man. The girls (Taylor and momma) watched The Goodnight Show on Sprout and went to sleep early.

Saturday...we woke up and went to Jackson's soccer game. During the practice and drilling, Taylor and Anthony played on the playground. Then we all went over to the field to watch the game. Jackson played hard and all the kids did great. The opposing team did have one kid that kept trying to slide kick into our team to prevent them from getting the ball. This kid is going to hurt someone. In fact Jackson had a collision on the field and ended up falling on his shoulder. He recovered great though and ended up going back into the game. He scored 2 goals and ended up bumping the other kid back who was slide kicking into our players. After the game we went to eat and then took Tony and Jackson for team pictures.

Then Taylor and the boys were invited to Taylor's friend's birthday party at Pump It Up. We stayed for an hour and left early. Then we met Papa at Bok Bok's house so he could drop us off at the U of A Football game. Tony and I took the 2 boys to the football game while Taylor stayed with Papa. We had a blast. Jackson's dinner consisted of popcorn, Powerade and candy. He barely ate any hot dog. Anthony's dinner was hot dog, popcorn, Powerade, candy and later when Nana came to the game...soda. Oh well. The boys were good sports and had a ton of fun. They actually sat there and cheered the team on. Then Nana, the boys and I walked back to Bok Bok's house. Nana was so awesome, she played "which came first..." and sang "10 more miles to go" with the boys which helped keep their minds off the fact that it was such a long walk back from the stadium. Then Jackson and Taylor spent the night with Nana and Papa while we had Anthony with us. On the way home we stopped off at Jack In The Box to get our free tacos. (Everytime the U of A scores 33 or more points in a home game Jack in The Box gives away 2 free tacos for every redeemed game ticket). Then we made a stop off at Cold Stone Creamery to get ice cream and then headed home.

Sunday, Tony and Anthony left for Phoenix so they could see the Cardinals vs. Bills game. They left early so they could eat with Granny, Granddad and Grandma. It turns out that Aunt TJ was also in town so they got to eat breakfast with her and Albert too. Tony was also going to take Anthony to Todd Mcfarlane's store to see the action figures before the game. I'm not sure how the Cardinals are doing as I haven't checked the scores. And they'll be back home after the game is over. Of course I have to work and Nana just brought home Jackson and Taylor. Apparently, Taylor went to bed at 8pm and slept until 8am this morning. Jackson went to sleep at 11pm and slept until 8am. So they got sufficient sleep. They will be taking naps in about 30 minutes though.

Whew...I'm exhausted! The sad thing is...most of our weekends are similar in nature. No wonder we are exhausted all the time. :-)