Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend has been about as perfect as you can get.  Such a great balance of social time, productive time, and relaxation. And did I mention sleep?  Trey's bedtimes have been messed up all weekend due to some very late naps, but the upside to that is that he/we have been sleeping in until 8am.  It has been di-vine.  Just heavenly.  I keep thinking, "Oh, is this what it feels like to not be tired?"

Friday night we went to dinner at Kris and John's house - delicious food, yummy wine, sitting outside on the deck, Trey doing his "shows" on their hearth...you know, the usual.  

Saturday morning we had to skip swimming lessons to take Trey to the doctor.  I'll spare you the details, but the combination of complaining about peeing, some fevers, and some constipation made me wonder if he had a UTI.  Luckily, the answer is no, and the assignment is to get on top of the poop.  Seriously, I feel like I spend my entire life trying to stay on top of the poop.  The good news is that Trey is nearly potty trained.  (*Disclaimer* I know he's almost four and should have been potty trained a long time ago, but he does things at his own pace and guess what?  I DON'T CARE.)  He started wearing underwear about two weeks ago (FINALLY) and is figuring out how to poop on the potty.  Most of the "accidents" he has are because he just doesn't feel like going to the bathroom.  I feel that way sometimes too, so I get it.  

After the doctor, we went to Al's to get all of our veggie plants for the season.  I love getting our garden going, so this is a great time of year for me.

Then we went to Out of this World Pizza for a birthday party, and I'm sure glad Randy was there because he got to follow Trey all around while I visited.  Later, I went to ABV to meet Mindy for a beer.  Have I mentioned how much I love that place?
  

Sunday was a perfect day.  Trey slept in which means I did too (hallelujah) and then we went to Julie and Tim's for brunch.  The boys had a great time playing together in the yard, and I know I've said this before, but I love watching them play.

Grady waiting for the strawberries to ripen

I went to help Mindy in the afternoon, and she was very happy to find her Strawberry Shortcake dolls in her parents' garage.  I was happy too because I know how special it is to watch your kid play with your old toys.

After leaving Mindy, I went to Winco and while this sounds lame, I just love stocking up on groceries for the week and I just really love Winco.  

Randy did a lot of work in the yard to get ready for our garden, and he even built a new gutter garden on our fence.  Trey came out to help us get our veggies planted, and he is especially obsessed with planting carrots.  He got some seeds in and then helped us by watering the garden.  And when I say watering the garden, I mean WATERING THE GARDEN.

Randy's new gutter garden.  We thought about transplanting our strawberries into these but decided against it since they probably need more depth.  We will see how the lettuce does.

Here we have strawberries, blueberries, lettuce, peas, and a tomato and cucumber plant.  I'm not sure how the cucumber plant will grow in one of these planter boxes, but Randy has an idea.

It was raining lightly, so Superman wanted to be dry. 

Planting carrot seeds 

Watering his seeds, which may need to be replanted
 based on how "watered" they got. 

Watering the garden

Here we have four tomato plants, four pepper plants, a cucumber plant, some carrot seeds (maybe), and zucchini and watermelon in big pots on the corner of the yard.  I am going to try some vertical gardening with the zucchini, and we will see how the watermelon grows.  Randy also has his hops plants growing along the fence this year to get more sun than they got last year.

His watering got a little out of hand, so Randy told him to water the tree.  He took this very seriously.

We wrapped up the night with some delicious steak tacos from Dinner: A Love Story and then Trey and I relaxed in the comfy bed while he watched Return from Neverland and I started my new book.  I'm telling you - this moment...being next to my boy while we are each in our happy place was near perfection.  

Today, Randy is fishing and Trey and I are relaxing at home.  I thought about going to a park, but decided to play in the backyard instead.  I made these strawberry rhubarb crisp bars, and Randy promised me he will eat some so I don't eat the whole batch myself.  Trey and I had such a great day together, and it makes me really excited for summer.

At the end of the day, we went to Big Al's with Julie and Tim.  It was our first time bowling with the boys, and it was a hoot!

Trey looks like a rockstar bowler, but right after this shot was taken, he must have crossed into the slippery part and fell backwards onto his head.  He was a trooper and only skipped one turn due to his crying.  The rest of the time he would just sit on the ground and push or kick the ball, which, of course, needed an extra push from one of us.

Trey and Grady may have been just as fascinated by the air blowing out than by the bowling.   

You see the triangulation of these three boys?  It was like this the whole time, except they were not static and we had to keep them reined in the entire time.  

Little Baby Case is not so baby anymore.  He's 16 months and he is effing fearless.  Earlier in the day he took a spill down four concrete steps and is black and blue all over.  Did it stop him from wanting to run down the bowling lane straight into the pins?  Of course not!

It's hard to tell, but this is what I like to call a Bowling Shit Show.  

Fun, chaotic, noisy, and very disorderly.  

It was the perfect way to end the holiday weekend.