Many a mood and a ‘tude going on this weekend and can’t say I wasn’t also to blame 😅 Props to Joey for holding strong, he’s forever our steady member of the family. Wonder how he puts up with us 🥰 All tantrums and overtired kids and dramatic proclamations aside (LOL at Dempsey laying on the ground saying he hadn’t done anything fun all weekend despite having a movie night, going to the zoo, visiting Spirit Halloween and eating a popsicle at 10 AM), it wasn’t all bad. Let’s take a look!

Friday actually started out so good, when Dempsey and I rode the bike bus to school and it was my favorite thing ever. Basically just a big group of kids and parents riding to school behind a volunteer playing music and pumping out bubbles. Dempsey was just soooo happy the whole time. We hope to do it again this Friday! Afterward, I walked to get my first PSL of the season and isn’t it ironic that the first one has to be iced because it’s too hot to even drink something warm 😂 Afterward, I worked then picked Dempsey up from school.

Joey picked up Lydia and they both picked up pizza for all of us. Ate while watching the end of Return of the Sith. Look, we’ve watched all three Star Wars prequels in the past three months and I’ve quite literally lost the plot. I can’t remember what happened when, BUT I bet seeing Vader’s mask in profile on the big screen for those who saw it when it came out was SO COOL. I thought it was cool even just in my living room! Tough to get the kids to bed afterward when they were running around with light saber pens and pretending they’d lost an arm but we finally did it then caught up on two episodes of BB. I literally don’t know what these house guests are thinking 🤦‍♀️

A Saturday of total shenanigans as both kids were on the struggle bus basically all day. It’s so amazing when your kids start school and you can do things like ride the bike bus together, hear them talk about friends they made, receive work they did in school and see how much they’re growing but sometimes it also means they’re having a tantrum about their snack bar breaking apart or how you won’t let them climb on top of your outdoor fire place or watch TV all day. You’ll see behavior you thought they grew out of two years ago, it’s wild. Anyway, both of my kids tried to bite me at some point in the day 😲 Quite literally, WTF?

Can’t say I was too sad I had to leave and go see Practical Magic 2 with my mom and sis. I thought the movie was okay but it suffers from what most legacy sequels suffer from, which is that all the stuff that moves/excites/interests me is just call backs or repeated scenes from the original and if given the choice, I would ALWAYS choose to just watch that one over any sequel. It was very reminiscent of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice to me. That being said, I thought Sandra and Nicole were still SO good together (Sandra Bullock seriously one of our most gifted comedic actresses) and everything with the aunts was so emotional. Plus, I got to see it with my mom and my sister and isn’t that really the whole point?

Back at home, I had about 20 minutes before Joey got home from the zoo with the kids, crazy man that he is! He said they mostly had fun and Dempsey walked the whole time 🙌 He made us pepper tofu for dinner and I’m sorry but I love a tofu dinner and so does my son. Got those crazies bathed/showered and into bed but I can’t say it was smooth or painless 😅 Afterward, Joey and I watched Good Fortune and I’m just a sucker for the comedy stylings of Aziz Ansari. So not only was it funny, but the way it all unfolded was pretty interesting and quite the meditation on gig culture. Would recommend! “I used to be a celestial being and now I’m a chain smoker!” is not something I expected to hear Keanu Reeves say, but I genuinely laughed out loud.

Sunday started with workouts for both adults and then I got to work on some pork green chili. Once the kids were up, we all ate breakfast then headed out to the farmers’ market. We convinced Dempsey to ride his bike which meant I had to push my daughter in this tricycle with the touchiest steering wheel of all time. We were just weaving all over the sidewalk the whole way there 😂 The kids got popsicles and sat near the performer listening to the music and I got coffee, candles, peaches (still??), a single stripey tomato and a bag of roasted green chilis that I stuck in the freezer for the future. Dempsey struggled the whole ride back, he was so hot and tired.

We let them rest for a while when we got back, then, after lunch, Dempsey and I snuck out to buy him some new shoes (Spoiler Alert: Joey had to drive back home not once but twice this morning on the way to school because both pairs were suddenly “too tight”🫠). We popped into Spirit Halloween too since it was right next door. Back at home, everyone played outside and then we ate our green chili for dinner and it was so good, even the kids ate it! Another hellish bedtime and then we watched Industry before our own bedtime. We only have one episode left!

Here’s to a less chaotic week ahead, please! Happy Monday 😀

Happy to report Dempsey’s second week of kindergarten was MUUUUUCH better than the first 😮‍💨 He already made a friend and I think that has helped immensely! And my Lydi Bitty loves school and just dove right in without a hitch 🥹 So, our Labor Day Weekend started out on a celebratory note and was actually pretty celebratory all around! Joey and I rang in 12 years married, the Rockies won on Saturday night, we attended a wedding and we all got together to swim in my parents’ pool one last time and commemorate a very fun and productive summer of water activities 🙌

I’m on Dempsey drop off and pick up duty on Fridays, so I grabbed him that afternoon and we headed out for ice cream as A) a congratulations on doing so well in school that week and B) because his sister was gloating that she got ice cream on Wednesday 😅 It was a good time but this kid is also wiped at the end of the school week and was mostly just making fart noises directly into my ear. Joey picked up Lydia and dinner on his way home and then we all watched The Pout-Pour Fish, which was fine, but for the record, my vote was for Spy Kids. Got those kiddos to bed then fired up BB.

A very chill start to Saturday. Dempsey was up before his sister and made the three of us egg sandwiches. He’s gotten so good at this but he did accidentally burn both of his arms on the pan and I think it’s scared him off of cooking for a bit. Mid-morning, both kids headed over to Chad and Lori’s to work on Halloween stuff. My daughter had been over there all day on Friday but when we asked if she wanted to stay or hang out with just Mom and Dad, she wanted to stay 🙃 Got some chores done while they were gone then picked them up and we all headed to the Rockies game with my sis that night. We sat in Club Level and the view (plus the nice clean not-busy bathrooms) were so nice but why was it so loud up there?? I also paid $16 for a brisket sandwich that was inedible 😑 But we all had fun anyway and this was the longest we’ve stayed all season! Got my sis home, the kids to bed and then went to bed ourselves.

Sunday was Joey and I’s anniversary! I got up and worked out before exchanging gifts (I’m still mad that he got me stuff when I didn’t think we were doing gifts!) and showering. Once the kids were up, we all ate breakfast then got ourselves ready and headed to Cheesman Park (with my sis again ❤️) to take our usual anniversary picture. This was the most well-behaved our kids have been taking this photo, it took us no time at at all! And they walked their own two legs over to the pavilion?! It’s like they’re getting older or something. We all went to the park afterward and had a great time then we headed home to rest, finish chores and get ready before my mom showed up and Joey and I headed out to check into our hotel room and get ready for the wedding. The ceremony was so nice and timed perfectly on the outdoor deck before the rain came down. Joey and I stayed until 9:30ish when we realized we didn’t know ANY of the music being played and we were probably too old to be there 😅😂

Can’t say our hotel gave us the best night’s sleep because why is the highway so close and so loud?? But we made up for it with breakfast at Snooze before heading home to the kids. They had put my mom through the ringer at bedtime and then Lydia had woken up three times in the night asking for a tissue but everyone still seemed to be in good spirits. The kids and I walked with my parents to get coffee/steamers then they headed home and Joey headed out for his fantasy football draft. The kids and I went to the park then went home to rest for a bit before heading to my parents’. We were worried it wouldn’t be good pool weather but it actually turned out to be nice! My dad and I swam with the kids and had a really good time. Then Joey turned up! We got out shortly before 4 and had an early dinner with everyone, plus my sister and Wayne. Between trips to the pool, visiting different splash pads, vacationing in Glenwood and going to Water World, it’s been a very water-filled summer and it’s made me so happy. Dempsey has come such a long way!

We got home around 7 and a very tired Lydia had a pretty tearful bedtime, but once they were down, they were DOWN. Joey and I watched Monday’s episode of BB then went up to bed. Here’s to a smooth rest of the week and maybe some fall weather this September??