Our Weekend

Jer is just finishing up a three day weekend, which was heaven sent. He is working a LOT at the moment and has not had many days off recently, so we tried to soak up every ounce of time with him we could. Things started out famously when my sister Alieson arrived on my doorstep bright and early Saturday morning with a raspberry mocha for me. :-) Jer did yard work and then we went over to pet the precious baby goats at the little farm down the street. I came very close to trying to smuggle one out of there...they were SO CUTE! We also fed the ducks and then spent some time at the park. After our busy day, we shared ice cream and frozen yogurt at the new shop that opened within walking distance to the house!! It is called "Blue Cherry" and they have all kinds of frozen yogurt, pastries, coffees and desserts. They have only been open for about a month and we go all the time! We are so thankful that it opened!!

Here are a couple of Colin with the goats...SO PRECIOUS!

Would you say that Colin liked his ice cream? ;-)

Yesterday was "A Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine", which I purchased tickets for several weeks ago with our friends. That did not exactly go well, but it could have been far worse. Just as I expected, it did not go according to plan. Colin was excited about it and was very happy as we walked from the car over to the event. Once inside, however, he quickly got overwhelmed and wanted to leave. It was absolutely packed. Despite already starting to melt down, he asked to jump in the Thomas bounce house. We got his shoes off and he started to go in, but there were already several kids inside and it was really loud. He came right back out in tears. At this point, the giant Thomas engine was pulling back into the station from the previous ride and Colin was thrilled to see him...complete with steam and his signature toot. Even I thought it was pretty cool! :-) At this point, we had to be in a very long and chaotic line in order to get on board for our turn and Colin was just not having that. After the experience with the North Pole Express, I knew better than to drag him on board kicking and screaming. Once he is that upset, it is just not happening. The good news is that once the huge crowd for the 11:30am train boarded, the place was almost vacated! We had around 30 minutes with the run of the place before the train returned and the passengers for the next trip arrived. Colin immediately cheered up and had a blast! He spent a good deal of time checking out the model trains, which is one of his favorite things in the world. He saw Sir Topam Hat, toured the whole area, and then spent a LONG time in the petting zoo. He was beside himself over that one! He even got to watch a real blacksmith working. He was very impressed with that, too! All in all, we ended up having a wonderful time and Colin thought it was amazing to see Thomas in real life. It is pretty unfortunate that we did not use the expensive tickets, but at least he had fun in the end. I have learned my lesson, however, and won't be spending lots of money on tickets to ride crowded trains anymore! :-) We also rolled the clocks forward on Sunday, which I HATE. I was in such a rush on Sunday morning that I managed to forget my CAMERA to take to Thomas, as well as my cell phone. I felt naked all day. After the Thomas experience, we all had lunch at our favorite mexican place in Grapevine and then hit two different parks and the pet store. Jer even managed to wash and wax both cars, with Colin's help. ;-) It was a beautiful and busy day!

Today has been more low key with lunch at a chinese buffet (which Colin loved) and yet another trip to the park. This one has a sandbox and Colin was all over it. We are going to be finding sand for days!! In fact, he fell asleep on the way home, so I just brought him straight into the house and laid him down on Jer's side of our bed. He actually stayed asleep for the transfer (unheard of!) but that means he is currently leaving a pile of sand in our bed. I think we may have to wash the sheets before the day is out! I am not looking forward to Jer going back to work tomorrow, but I am very excited to see Dana and Gabby! They are on Spring Break this week, so we get to hang out tomorrow! YEA! :-)

Colin in the sandbox this afternoon.

"helping" Daddy wash the cars...with a mop. He is so dang cute!