Just Us

For the first time in a long time, we enjoyed a weekend with no visitors. As much as we love having family over, it sure was great to spend some time alone- just the 4 of us.

On Friday night we went out to dinner at this place. J had his very own kids meal- dino shaped chicken nuggets and steamed veggies. We've found that we have to order him his own meal- BECAUSE HE ENDS UP EATING MOST OF OUR FOOD IF WE DON'T!!! Sometimes it surprises me how grown up he is already- eating kids meals already??? Anyway, he loved the food (no surprise there!) and we had a great time. After dinner we headed to this place where the 3 of us split a hot fudge sundae. Delicious! After J went to bed, we watched the funniest movie I've seen in forever. Check out Little Miss Sunshine as soon as you can! We really enjoyed it.

On Saturday morning we headed to the Mitchell Park Domes. I think I might have to start making weekly trips there- it was SO WARM AND WONDERFUL INSIDE!!! The plants and flowers were amazing, and the warmth... it was heaven! We totally lucked out because in the dome where they do different themes, it was all trains! Our buddy Mister Man would have gone nuts! There were really cool trains- huge ones with real steam coming out of the engines! They even had little scenes set up around the tracks- using everybody's favorite toys. Strawberry Shortcake, My Little Ponies, Sesame Street characters, Disney characters, etc. J was so interested in everything- he had that look of awe on his face the whole time. They have free admission on Monday mornings.. so I think we'll head back there soon. Just being that warm again, and feeling the sun on our faces, and being surrounded by gorgeous flowers and plants... made us all feel so much better!

The pictures are a little out of order...














On Saturday night we headed off to Super Nana's house for dinner. While we were there J got his Valentine's Day card and gift from his Grandpa and Grandma Moe Moe. His card is a jungle theme and when you open it, it makes jungle noises! J wasn't too sure about it at first, but he's been playing with it ever since we got home. For his gift he got a huge set of little kid leggos- He loves them. He tries to help you build towers, but he still prefers knocking them down. For dinner J gobbled up pork roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, jello, and a little bit of ice cream for dessert. It was all delicious!

On Sunday morning I headed off to church on my own- what a peaceful break for me! When I got back we went to the grocery store. Our grocery store has this crazy tradition of letting "talented" people perform on Sunday afternoons. So while we were shopping we were treated to lovely renditions of "Sweet Caroline", "Over the Rainbow" and others. Let's just say adding less than talented singers to the already hectic atmosphere or a crowded grocery store is so not a good idea! J seemed to like them though, everytime we got closer to the music, he'd start swaying back and forth in the cart.

Sunday night found us at this place for dinner. Once again, J got his own kids meal, a taco. We ate the chips and drank the pop for him!



What a fantastic weekend. It was so wonderful to be just us again.