neglected

Going a bit overboard planning a two year-old's birthday, organizing a baptism, and learning that we need to fly to Florida for a wedding in early November has been keeping us busy and leaving this blog a bit neglected, but we have been making the most of our weekends.

One of the downfalls (of which they are very few) of living in this house is that we don't have a swimming pool. Fortunately, Target has a wide array of inflatables on clearance. Weather continues to be in the 90s during the day so a couple weekends ago, we all (including Carl, minus Gus) enjoyed some pool time.

Last Saturday, we made a little road trip to visit Carrie, Jessie, Eleanor, and Baby Beckett. Unfortunately, I didn't remember to take any pictures! Being in Sacramento has meant being closer to old college friends and it was great to see Carrie's cute house and catch up a bit. We both have similarly "active" children, although thankfully mine seemed a bit subdued mostly as a result of being in a new place. I follow some of Eleanor's adventures via Carrie's Facebook so I feel like I know her a bit, but it was so fun to see her in person again. She's such a sweet, funny, smart little girl! Hoping that she and Little Miss J (and Carrie and I) will have more opportunities to hang out together.

Then on Sunday, our dinner with the neighbors was postponed due to their son being sick. Luckily, we managed an impromptu playdate with their 5 year-old. Little Miss J did some swimming, played on their swing set, went down the slide countless times, and even managed to finagle an invitation to go inside and get lots of snacks - yogurt, applesauce, pasta, broccoli. Lucky girl. Us moms had a good time chatting and getting to know each other better - and Gus got to sit home and watch football.

We've really been enjoying our weekends and the fact that we can play outside. Only four more days of work until the next one!