a perfect weekend

It's not often that I feel like I had the perfect weekend. Sometimes I feel like I spent too much time doing errands and others we were so busy doing fun things that we didn't get the essentials done like picking up milk. Admittedly, I have high expectations and am not that easy to please. But this weekend was the perfect balance of getting things done around the house and having lots of fun.

I had a little bit of "me" time Saturday morning and got a few errands accomplished when Gus took Little Miss J to her gymnastics class. Then there was an impromptu trip to Ikea sans child thanks to our neighbors and we picked up a couple new dressers, one for Little Miss J and one for Baby Wang Chung II. While Gus slaved away putting together Ikea furniture, Little Miss J and I had a tea party and then played outside until dinner. It was hot so we turned on the sprinkler to cool off.

 

 

 

On Sunday we got up early (we always get up early thanks to a certain Little Miss who rarely sleeps past 5 a.m.) and got ready to head to the beach. We went to Dillon Beach, where they allow off-leash dogs. The weather was chilly and windy, but it did not stop my little ones from having  a blast. It was Carl's first time in the ocean and he wasn't sure what to think of it at first, but as soon as he saw someone throw a tennis ball in he dove straight into the surf and didn't want to stop. Little Miss J was happing running around barefoot on the sand and digging holes. Gus helped her make a sand castle and Carl helped by digging the moat.

 

 

 

 

We stayed at the beach for a couple hours and then headed back to the 90 degree heat in Sacramento. After a little rest, we went to Home Depot to pick up some veggie plants for Gus's garden. Little Miss J was so wiped out she actually slept in the shopping cart while we picked out plants. She woke up long enough at home to help Gus plant the garden and eat some dinner.

 

 

I think the best part of this weekend was that we were able to involve the whole family and Carl didn't have to miss out on the fun. With moving around so much over the past few years, the fact that we were able to do something as mundane as taking Carl swimming, like we used to do almost every weekend in the summer in Minnesota, made me feel more settled than I have felt in a long time.

It was a perfect weekend and a perfect Mother's Day.