A weekend of highs and lows — first the high of watching two BTS concert livestreams and then the low of them being over and what do you mean I don’t get to wake up at 3:45 AM to watch another show?? Then the highs of fun times with the kids — soccer success, a trip to Aunt Bean and Uncle Wayne’s, pizza night and a trip to the children’s museum and the absolute lows of our family photo shoot. Just so many coulda, woulda, shouldas running through my head today after Lydia had the biggest meltdown the entire time and I doubt we got a single usable shot of the entire group of 30 😱

Just me trying to rationalize paying to watch both Busan concerts to my husband by telling him “they’re gonna wear different outfits and Jimin’s hair will be different and they’re going to sing totally new surprise songs!” Worth it to me 😉 BTS is VERY punctual, so let me tell you how insane it was that this show started AN HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES LATE — stadium entry must’ve been a mess! — so Day 1 ended much later than anticipated and both kids got to watch the end with me 🥰

The rest of the day involved work, a car lunch salad before my manicure, finishing my very very meh audiobook and hanging with the kids until Joey got home for dinner. Dempsey asked me to do some Danny Go videos with him and I loved every single second ❤️❤️ I made us some chicken, bacon ranch burgers for dinner and man was that chicken dry 😂 The kids very much needed baths but it was so hard to drag them in from outside where the neighbors were playing. Eventually did it and got them to bed before watching some TV and putting ourselves to bed.

Day 2’s concert started much more on time and they performed “Dimple” (an absolute favorite of mine!), “DDAENG” (an absolute favorite of the entire fandom’s that they’ve never actually released and wow, the crowd was going insane) and “Magic Shop” as a third BONUS surprise song. Glad no one was awake to see my reaction to any of that 😂😂 Post-concert, I made us all ricotta pancakes with blueberry sauce and then we headed out to soccer. She did so good this week!!! Which was extra exciting since she had been telling us “I don’t want to go to soccer, I’m scared” right before we left. Played at the park then headed home and Joey took both kids on a trip to Home Depot while I took a much-needed nap! Once they were back, we all took a trip to my sis’s so Joey could install a new kitchen faucet, while the rest of us watched Wayne and Dempsey play a video game 😂 For dinner, we ordered in Blue Pan Pizza and played outside before getting the kids inside and to bed.

Up and at em Sunday for our big family photo shoot and go figure we picked a day that was cold and cloudy. Whyyyy? We were all dressed in summer clothes and Lydia was having NONE of it. There was absolutely nothing we could say or do to get her to pose for a single photo. So she’ll just be wrapped in a blanket screaming bloody murder in all of them 😫 I felt bad for her and I felt bad for everyone else. Back at home, warm and cozy, she was all smiles. Bleh, we’ll see how they turn out but I’m not hopeful at all. After lunch and some chores, we paid a visit to the children’s museum and had such a good time! Dempsey and I climbed Adventure Forest for the first time and I was so so proud of him!!! He just kept telling me “I’ll try!” at each new section up and I love that about him so much ❤️ Finished up with some art, some kinetics and some time at the park outside the museum. Got back home so Joey could cook us dinner and my kids really love some steak. Me too! Put them to bed and proceeded to be called back into their room, so our son could ask us questions and just try to stay awake 🤪 That boy! Anyway, he eventually gave in and I barely made it much longer than him!

This week is a busy but good one that will end with Dempsey’s preschool graduation, hold me! 😭 Hope you all have a good one!

Another hot but fun summer weekend in the books! We hit up two parks, the Denver Chalk Art Festival and the pool, so we were all exhausted by Sunday evening and as for Lydia’s soccer career? I don’t think that one’s happening 😅

Headed to Fire on the Mountain for dinner on Friday and only threatened to not take the kids to the park afterward like 75 times before, uh, taking them to the park 😂 Sauce of the Month is Blackberry Thai and wow was it good! We need to get back there at least one more time in June. Took the kids over to a park we’ve passed a few times recently and they’ve been asking to visit and they had a really good time. They mostly want us to chase them around pretending we’re various monsters lately 😂 Got them home and into bed before watching a bit of TV and going to bed ourselves.

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it here but I haven’t been on a run since the end of last summer. I hadn’t been enjoying it and wanted to take a break until I felt like I missed it but uh, I hadn’t missed it until recently 😂 So I went on Saturday morning and it was neither good nor bad. I did love that fresh summer morning feeling though, so I might give it another go. Afterward, sourdough waffles! Dempsey asked “Mom, did you use your bread pet for these waffles?” and I love what a good palette he has (most of the time anyway 😉). Post-breakfast, we got ourselves together and walked over to the soccer field. My girl saw all of those kids and parents and was immediately out on soccer. She didn’t even want to wear her pink jersey 😭 Got her to join in on a couple of drills but I think it’s going to be a looooong season. Dempsey ran into a classmate from last year, so the two of them had a grand old time! And he took all of those Sissy soccer photos too 🥹

Back at home, lunch, a mud pool (whyyyyyy) and we finished The Phantom Menace with Dempsey finally! He was briefly ready to bail when he realized he wasn’t sharing the experience with his sister (who was scared and watching something else on the iPad) (literally so sweet the way he kept leaning over and trying to explain the plot and characters to her) but then he dialed in. I was surprised by his sad reaction to Qui-Gon’s death, he even mentioned it a few other times this weekend. My sweet sensitive boy 🥹 Fired up some pizzas for dinner and I just love a summer dinner al fresco! Joey and I started It was Just an Accident after the kiddos went to bed but we STILL haven’t finished it so I’ll have to report back later.

A Sunday breakfast delivery from Snooze! Joey is so smart to put that all together while I rolled out of bed slowly and then got the kids up. We all really loved that Celebration Pancake! Afterward, a hot trip to the Chalk Art Festival. The kids were pretty into it at the start but the hotter and more crowded it got, the more over it they were and actually, me too 😅 We made one last stop at Kids Corner, where Dempsey and I drew some unusually-colored cherries and then we hightailed it out of there. Back at home, lunch and some chill time in the AC. Took a picture and myself and all my personal space on the couch 😂 At 3, we headed to my parents’ pool and go figure, the clouds had rolled in by then. It was fine in the water, but coming out was chilly! The kids didn’t seem to mind, they were plenty occupied by Uncle Wayne and the “poodle noodles” Grandma bought 😂 Later we got out for kiddo baths, chips and guac and dinner. My mom and I split a burger and a bratwurst, plus corn and for dessert, a lil ice cream sandwich. On the way home, I asked Dempsey what his favorite chalk drawing had been and of course he picked the one with a skull. I told him mine was a blue cherry with a green stem and the huge smile he had was worth a million hot and sweaty trips there 🥹❤️ Lydia said her favorite part was getting a popsicle 😂

I hope everyone had a nice weekend and is ready to jump into another week!