Warm and wet weekend

What a weird but awesome weekend we had.  Weird in that the weather was semi schizophrenic, Saturday was crazy warm and then Sunday was nothing but a torrential downpour.

Fortunately I managed to give Kyle a hair cut on Saturday (we do them outside for easier cleanup) but his half marathon was on Sunday in the MOST miserable conditions ever.  P and I went to cheer him on and had a hard time tracking him because his waterlogged phone broke and he couldn’t communicate at all.  We saw him around mile 9 and then again at the finish, but oof, was it wet out.

But backing up to Friday…

My little dude caught a cold earlier in the week and we were finally on the descent by Friday…which was great except it was raining all day.  All he wanted to do was splash in puddles, but I didn’t think that was a great idea with a barely better cough and stuffed up nose, so we wound up at the library.  Change of scenery and toys while indoors = win!

The highlight of the day (week? month?) was the baby shower my friends threw for me (and a fellow mom friend due the day after I am).

It was SO MUCH FUN.  I stayed out til 1230 and had a complete blast.  And just look at all the diapers!!  Score!  My friends are the cutest.

The next morning I woke up feeling hung over (I had a sip of champagne but obviously nothing more than that).  Guess my age is catching up to me because that lack of sleep was haunting me all day long.

Pancakes for me and the wee one.  (Kyle had strata that I made for him for the week)

As the daylight came out, the actually sun did it’s thing and it got warm!  By the afternoon we were able to go outside and “splash in puddles”.

Despite the blue steel, he’s a big fan of his boots.  🙂  The splashing was a great distraction while I cut Kyle’s hair.  Eventually I convinced him to part with the water and come inside for a very late lunch.  He wasn’t that hungry, so it took a decade.  But by 3 pm we hit the road to pop in on a local pre-school’s open house.  [I’m not actually looking to send P to preschool yet but the event was free and awesome so why not go?!]

All our friends brought their kiddos too so it was basically a big party.  With lots of activities for kiddos.  And a huge play yard.  And since it was warm and sunny out, it was the perfect weekend afternoon.

Sadly, we had a Costco trip on the agenda, so yeah…in the end we pried ourselves away for that.

It took as long as expected.  Which was annoyingly long.  Which meant cooking dinner was not in the cards.  “Al fresco” picnic indoors!!

Grapes, crackers (GF for me, wheat for him), smoked salmon, gouda cheeses (goat for me, cow for him), and unpictured baby carrots.  And salami (left over from my baby shower) for him too.  Which was snacky and perfect since we ate so late.  And left room for dessert (fudge and dairy free cupcakes from my baby shower).  Mmmmm…

The next morning was dark and stormy.  I think the rain started the second the race did…and it was B-A-D!  So so bad.

I worked out before Kyle left that morning and then fed P breakfast while he ran the first half of the race.  Based on his timing we aimed to meet him where the route passed a park near our house…which was cute for P.  He was sooo excited to see dada running.  I drove back home after that to get extra clothes and a towel for him and then set off to meet him at the next place it made sense with the route.  Sadly we missed him two more times after that.  His phone was broken and the tracker on the website wasn’t being mobile friendly so I basically drove around Davis in the rain for the next 30 minutes.  I kept asking P if he saw dada and where he thought he was, to which he hilariously replied “hiding in the bushes?”  This kid is too much.

Turns out Kyle’s phone was ruined by the rain so he borrowed a friend’s at the finish line so we could find each other.  After that we met up with friends for brunch at Crepeville.  The restaurant is inches from the finish line so it was packed.  Rather than wait a decade for a table, we ordered food to go and went to our friend’s house (a block away) instead.  It was actually perfect because then the kids could run around and play while we all ate.  Far better than trying to keep them entertained in their highchairs for a prolonged amount of time.

I ordered the same thing I always order – the Midtown Benedict.  It comes with tomato and avocado and poached eggs on an english muffin.  In the words of my son “ohsoyummy”.  No pics because I was inhaling it (having waited SO late to eat breakfast).

The rest of the day was lazy, just as it should be.  Gross weather and early half marathons demand it.  The below times a million.  All day long.  Every day.  Books books books.  Thanks goodness for the library.  He “helps read” them by reciting parts – sometimes after just one read through, which blows my mind.

I went on a solo grocery shopping trip to TJs which felt luxuriously easy.  I used to loooooove going to the grocery store and then I had a kid and it turned into a chore.  Don’t get me wrong, my toddler is actually super well behaved and tolerates the activity fine, but it’s definitely not as fun as it once was.  I dread going every weekend and after it’s done it feels like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.  Anyway, this trip was actually no quicker than our group trips but that was by choice.  I felt like I had all the time in the world, so I took advantage and strolled aisles leisurely, scoped out new products, examined labels, and generally enjoyed the foodie part of shopping like I used to.

Nothing more to report here though.  Dinner happened and dessert is going to soon.  With a side of Downton Abbey of course.  I love weekends.