It’s Dempsey’s first day of school, hold me 😭 But for real, no tears were shed by either him or me at drop-off this morning and I’m so excited for him. I think he will have a fun fun time! We tried to send him out with a bang this weekend, by going to a Rockies game, grabbing Saturday night ice cream, celebrating our best friend’s birthday and making pizza 🎉 I love that little boy so much and I hope he felt it!

I had a Friday morning mani scheduled and Dempsey told me to get “bright blue, not that white color, like last time!” 😂😂 Lori and Chad took the three kiddos to a bubble exhibit and it looked like they had the best time. I watched an episode of Jimin and JK’s travel show, so I was having the best time too. Lori also sent me a photo of their newest inflatable, a Bluey-dressed-as-Janet-the-grannie and I think it’s safe to say Dempsey is in love!

The Rockies had reached out and offered us seats inside of the suites and how could we say no?? It was really nice in there and I love how family friendly the organization feels. The staff is so good with the kids and made sure we knew Dinger would be coming to visit later on. We grabbed something to eat then went out to our seats, where I paid zero attention to the game but had a fun time anyway 💜 Dinger did come visit later on, accompanied by Grimace and The Hamburglar. Dempsey saw Grimace and said “I don’t wanna see that potato man!” 🤣🤣🤣 I thought Lydi might be scared but when we zoomed in on the picture later, we noticed she was holding Dinger’s hand 😍🥺 It also happened to be Todd Helton Weekend and they were doing a drone show tribute after the game. I didn’t know if I was up for staying till the very end of the game, plus the time it would take to walk down onto the field and back to the car but then Dempsey was SO EXCITED about it that, again, how could we say no?? He was beside himself getting to go down on the field again and clapped every time they set fireworks off. It was seriously the sweetest and I’m so glad we stayed. Got those babies home and in bed then got into bed ourselves. What a fun night!

Saturday was my favorite kind of day, where you have nothing planned and end up being both productive and spontaneous. We started with pancakes then cleaned out the kids’ closets because it’s a change of sizes AND seasons soon. Lydia chose her outfit during 😂 Dempsey and Joey both got haircuts and we spent the rest of the day playing, making pizza dough, Dempsey filled out his first day of school board 😂 and I cooked us dinner. Then we walked up to Tennyson to get ice cream. Dempsey turned down sprinkles and told me he was done with two bites left. His self control is something else! Once we got the kids home, bathed and off to bed, we started Furiosa and though we didn’t make it far, I’m liking it!

Happy Birthday, Henry! I can’t believe Dempsey’s little bestie is FOUR. The kids played, the adults wore cat ears, everyone ate cake and Lydia kept yelling out “Happy Birthday to you!” which is the absolute cutest. Dempsey was sad to leave. Nothing better than someone else’s toys, right? We got Lydia home for a nap then knocked out chores while Dempsey had some quiet time. Later on, Joey climbed on the roof to check something out then sat up there for ten minutes trying to figure out how to get back down. Never again! And then I made us some pizza. The second go in the pizza oven went much smoother. I think it all turned out pretty good! We went inside afterward to pack Dempsey’s backpack but he was less interested in that and more interested in his sister wrapping herself up burrito-style in a blanket. He laughed so hard! We got them to bed and fired up Big Brother and now here we are in a new phase of Mondays. I can’t wait to hear about his day (or not because that’s how kids are 😂) 🤍