Weekend Round-up

We had a fun weekend this past weekend. Corin and I went to the Sugarland concert on Saturday night, which gave the kids an always-welcome opportunity to spend the night with GranNan and Poppy on Saturday night. Corin and I had a great time at the concert and dinner with our friends, and we became new fans of the opening act: Jake Owen. He was as good or better than Sugarland.

On Sunday after church, GranNan and Poppy had a prior commitment and Corin wanted "greasy food" - a rarity for him - so we ended up at the Varsity for lunch. Nothing like a good ole chili cheese dog from the big V. And the kids always look cute in the hats.

Sunday afternoon after naps, we took the kids to Monkey Joes to burn off some energy. I won't go into detail, but suffice it to say that P has not outgrown her fear of Monkey Joe. Poor child had nightmares that night and is still talking her little stuffed bunny out of being scared of Monkey Joe. Bless her heart. But she did have a few moments of fun. Here she is sitting alone, bouncing and singing at the top of her lungs as if no one else was in the room. Perhaps she was in her "happy place."

Oh, and finally, I've had this vision for quite some time of having some sort of art display "wire" in the playroom/office so we have a place to look at the kids' art before it gets tucked into the bins in the garage to be saved for posterity. My vision finally became a reality on Saturday morning when Corin installed the star art clips I purchased on-line at The Land of Nod. Super cute result. (The picture doesn't do it justice.) I love it! And the kids created all manner of new masterpieces to go on display.