Look at that – we did so much wonderful stuff that I
actually had to split my weekend into two separate posts. It’s all downhill
from here, isn’t it? Our weekends are usually busy – C and I are terrible about
downtime, which I’ve said before. We just aren’t good at relaxing, and usually
it’s not relaxing. It’s just boring and we end up feeling crappy at the end of
the day.
But Saturday after a late night and restless overnight
camping, I just wanted to lay around and read and do nothing. Unfortunately, it
was the first really nice Saturday we didn’t have real plans during the day, so
we already *planned* to work on the yard. It needs help. So I did the grown up
thing and went and got some garden things and did some real yard work. C did
more of it – the mowing and edging and trimming palm trees (our palms are still
out of control) while I weeded and planted some new flowers where my old ones
didn’t make it. I also decided on a corner of my flower bed that I wanted to
reoption as an herb garden. I can’t keep herbs alive to save my life – or theirs
– so I thought maybe if I plant them IN THE GROUND maybe the rain can help me keep
them. The kids got to play out front this way too, because we don’t let them
out front unless we are out there too – too many fast cars and thoughts of
strangers.
We had tickets for the baseball game Saturday night, as
the schools were selling tickets so we all went. We ended up sitting right next
to Spencer’s teacher, and he pretty much attached himself to her the whole
night – bless her for her patience, and bless her husband for putting up with
him. He was never obnoxious, but it felt a little like he was intruding on
their night out without the baby (they have an almost-two year old) and I tried
to rein him in occasionally. We all had a blast though – the boys stayed up for
the WHOLE THING (ended at about 10:30pm) and never got whiny or cranky. I
brought them dinner but they each ate a hot dog and dippin’ dots also, and I
brought tablets in case they got tired of watching the game but they never
needed them.
Sunday we headed out to Disney; it had been awhile (okay,
two weeks) so we missed it. Plus, a friend needed Frozen supplies so it was all
the reason I needed for us to head out there. We spent the early part of the
day at Epcot. So. Hot. Lots of flowers! I took no photos, but it’s the Flower
and Garden Festival right now, so it’s very pretty. Very busy too, but a lot of
people are doing garden stuff so the lines weren’t terrible. I made fast passes
for Hollywood Studios for late afternoon, so we took the boat (there’s a boat
that runs between those two parks, specifically) over and spent several hours
at HS. It was the lightest crowd I’ve ever seen there. Spencer and I stood in a
10 minute line for Tower of Terror, and we even stood in the Toy Story line
once before using our fast passes because it was 40 minutes or so (which is
nothing, that line is regularly 70-110 minutes. Anything under an hour is cause
for celebration). We headed out of the parks for dinner at Chuy’s (drool) and
then made it home. The kids sleep in the car, so we usually leave the area
about their bedtime so they still get a good amount of sleep, and I read the
whole drive home. So easy. I love Disney.
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