After two very busy weekends and some super windy weather last weekend, we finally had a weekend with no plans and beautiful weather 🥰🥰 It was just the four of us all weekend, which had me feeling equal parts fulfilled and exhausted come Sunday night 😂

Dempsey asked me to take a photo of him and his sis on Friday morning but Lyds was too intent on holding her toothbrush under the water to be bothered with posing for a picture 😅 They went to Grandma’s, I had my yearly eye exam then went home to work and later on, Joey picked them up then me and we headed to dinner at Kiké’s Red Tacos. Never again, you guys! Just kidding, but both of them were actually truly insane at this dinner. Dempsey’s new thing is to think chasing him around public places is a fun game and Lydia is just never still and never not grabbing everything on the table 🤪 That being said, those tacos were very good! Got them home, bathed and to bed before firing up Top Chef and this season is feeling a bit lacking right now 😬

I can’t believe how I literally cannot remember how any of us slept on any given night. Does that mean my brain is broken or just that none of it is worth worrying about? Who’s to say! I think Joey and… one of the kids was up earlier than me and the other one so he had pancake ingredients set out already when I came down. Sissy helped me mix up the batter (aka eating the batter from the spatula and crying every time she wanted more 😂) and then we all sat down and ate them. A little doughy for my liking but they had almond butter in them because: Lydia passed her almond food challenge last week!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 I honestly had been preparing my heart for her to have an immediate reaction to it, but she had absolutely no issues and seemed to love eating it too! I’m so happy. She can have almond butter & jelly sandwiches, almond milk, almond yogurt, almond flour, almond anything now!

After breakfast, I loaded them both up in the stroller and walked to the park so Joey could have some time alone to work in our back yard. I can’t remember if I mentioned this, but we are removing our veggie garden (three years and we just can’t get anything to grow back there) and making more room for the kids’ toys. They were so fun at the park. Dempsey was/is so cautious but is finally going down all the slides and up most ladders/stairs, while his sister is ready to just walk straight down any slide and off any drop 😬😅 He loves going down the slides with her on his lap 🥺 And after they were so well-behaved at the park, I attempted to take them to the coffee shop but after a game of chase that was fun for one of us and embarrassing for the other, I bailed and took them (kicking and screaming, in Dempsey’s case) home. Lunch for all, nap for Sis, quiet time for Dad and Demps and reading/alone time for me before I made us all dinner and we ate AL FRESCO! Dempsey was so excited to eat out there “like we used to do!” 🤍 Post-dinner playtime before they both went up to bed and then Joey and I watched TV. Caught half of SNL and Ryan Gosling is simply the best!

Dempsey and I slept in on Sunday, so Joey and Lyds went and picked us up breakfast at Rise & Shine. The everything biscuit hit the spot! We just scheduled a baked milk food challenge for Lydia mid-May so maybe she could be eating a biscuit in the near future too?? A little bit later, Joey and I each went on a run then took the kids to the park, so by noon, we were both done for 😂 Lydia took a 3-hour nap, so I guess she was exhausted too! I rallied and made salads, watched Detective Pikachu with Dempsey and cooked a dinner that neither of my kids wanted 😣 Joey and I liked it. After dinner, we played Hide & Seek (this is Dempsey’s favorite thing right now and he likes to tell me we should hide together and “find ourselves,” so it’s my favorite too!) then both kids got a bath and went to bed. We finished up SNL, almost finished up The Amazing Race and went upstairs to read. Happy Monday, everyone!

Wow, we had such a good week/weekend, celebrating Joey’s birthday and Opening Day for the Rockies! Good weather, good food and just a lot of time with family. It was the best 🥰 But it has been a BUSY ten days and I’m so ready for a normal week and a boring weekend. I think the kids and I will be recovering for at least a few days (especially Miss Lydi, who came down with a little spring cold late last week and is just starting to feel better)!

My mother-in-law was so kind and offered to still take the kids Friday morning before we headed out to the game, but Joey and I decided to just work from home to save everyone some drive time. I didn’t have much work to do anyway, so we walked to the coffee shop and it was much chillier than I had anticipated! Warmed up for game time though and it was actually HOT in our seats in the sun. Having four children under four at a baseball game means no one is actually in their seats at the same time but we still made it through the 7th inning stretch, so I call it a success! I took Dempsey over to the little playground and had the hardest time dragging him away. I’m bummed we didn’t get a group photo before Adam, Lauren and Landon left, but we managed to get one of the rest of the great grandkids with Grandpa Dave at least 🥺😍 Back at home, we were all SWEATY AND TIRED. I dashed out to pick up dinner and missed the walk off grand slam!!!! The kids were too tired to even eat dinner and Lydi was literally in bed by 6:15, but what a fun day!

That poor girl slept to badly because she was all congested, but we still got up and made waffles. The kids kept coming into the kitchen to grab a bite of waffle then didn’t want any once we sat down at the table 😤 Lori and Lauren picked Lydi and I up at 10, so we could head to Courtney’s bridal shower. Lyds fell asleep in the car but then rallied for the shower and had all kinds of fun wandering around, holding hands with Amelia and “helping” open presents. It was a very nice shower and I’m excited to celebrate Courtney and Philip’s wedding next month 🤍

Back at home, the boys had been crafting at Home Depot and lunching at Chick-fil-A and were at home playing. Joey went downstairs to run on the treadmill and both kids were literally crawling all over me while he was down there 😑 By the time he came up, Dempsey was throwing himself on the ground and saying I was “a mean girl” because I wouldn’t let him slide down my leg anymore. He took them upstairs so I could be free to start dinner and then when I went upstairs to visit them, Lydi fell asleep in my arms and it was about this point that I decided all her sneezing and stuffiness was a cold and not allergies 😢 Sloppy Joes for dinner and a picture of Dempsey crying because I “didn’t make a good dinner,” even though he went on to eat the entire thing 🤪 Got those babies to bed and watched The Amazing Race and the beginning of SNL before getting into bed ourselves.

Another super restless night for Lydi but up and at em for one last birthday celebration for Joey! My mom made a really good breakfast spread (plus fruit salad by my sis). He got a ski gear bag and a pizza oven, the latter of which I’m really excited to use myself 😋 Joey (and Wayne) left with the kids and my mom, my sis and I headed out to do some serious shoe shopping. I almost bailed because Lydia had been having a hard time sleeping without someone holding her and I knew Joey would be on his own with both kids, but I’m so glad I went. Not only did I leave with a whole bag of shoes, but it was really nice spending some time, just us ladies. My mental health felt revived by it 🥰🥰 Back at home, Dempsey and I did a puzzle, Lydi took a nap and then Demps helped me cook dinner. He’s my best sous chef, for real! And dinner turned out really good. Thai yellow curry with beef and potatoes that all four of us chowed down on. Got the kids to bed and watched the series finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Joey foresaw the ending, but not quite. We laughed a lot! Happy Monday, to you all 😄