Lazy Sunday

Last Sunday the weather was unheard of for being the middle of November!  It was in the low 70's!   I am definitely not complaining, because I like the random warm day, so we took advantage of it.

After church we went to my parents house, like we normally do, to drop off some recycles and just hang out a little bit.  Our weekend routine was interrupted a bit because of the orchestra concert, and Dude really wanted to see Grandma and Don again.  Side note, the kids did so well going to Sunday school today!  Dude has been such a big boy for about the past month about going into the room.  He used to get sad and cry and tell Papa that he wanted him to come too, but now he goes in and likes playing in there!  He's very funny about it, but I'm glad that he's come to grips with it... makes the transition a lot easier! And even Miss Lucy did really well this time!  She usually gets upset when we put her number bracelet on her because she knows that means I'm leaving soon... but this time she was very serious while we got our numbers and even during the hand off she did really well.  Usually she'll cling to me like a koala and just cry and say, "Mama Mama Mama!"  It's heartbreaking, it really is, but after a few minutes she does calm down.  But, she was a big girl champ today and I think it's because she's getting used to the people in the room.  :)

Anyhoo... church was great as usual.  It started out a bit strange, in my opinion, but I could see where they were going with it.  After church we decided since it was such a lovely day out that we would get some sandwiches and have a picnic outside at my parents.  :)  Dude was all about it.  Unfortunately, when we got there I was grabbing the drinks and trying to shut the door and I ended up dropping the drink and it pretty much volcanoed out the top!  The drink landed right side up, so we only lost a bit of the beverage, but that also meant that I got a shower, and so did the van, in root beer... It was really funny if you weren't the one cold and sticky, but we had a good laugh.

We picniced on the deck and enjoyed the weather until one of the kids wanted to go inside.  By that time Mom and Dad had gotten home from their errands so I could change my clothes, put them in the washer and wear some of Mom's clothes!  :)  It's funny to think that my Mom and I would share clothes, just purely for the fact that she's probably half a foot taller than me!  But, I didn't do too badly :)  I got this wild hair to have a bonfire because the weather was so nice out and they had some stuff that needed to be burned... so the kids and I went out for a little bit and enjoyed the fire.  Then, they got a little restless so my wonderful husband took them running around outside and then watched them inside while I had some quiet time to hang out by the fire, and just be.  It's was amazing.  To be outside, in the quiet, by myself.  I felt kinda bad about it actually because here I was sitting outside, enjoying myself, doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING while I knew the kids were being crazies inside with Gaetan... but he kept reassuring me that everything was good.  :)

They are to cute.  They liked sitting by the fire for awhile :)

He was watching Dad wash the car

Its so nice having such a big yard for them to play in!

Goose was pointing and showing where Momma was!

He was making a Pteranodon squawk!

What kid doesn't love being thrown way up high!?

Eventually they came out again for a little while, but it was starting to get colder, so we called it quits on the fire.  Luckily, it was after all the wood was burned down, so it was a nice closing time for it anyway.  It was in that weird in between time of if we left we knew the kids would fall asleep in the car and at 6, is WAY to early... so I quick made a grocery list and we hit up the cookie store in town before we headed home.  Luckily, by the time both kids passed out it was closer to 7:15, which is more reasonable for a bed time.

This is what the crazies were doing inside

Dude was wrapping himself up in the blanket... you can see his little tuft of hair... sort of.

We were having a good time!  Explaining why the fire works and how it needs oxygen haha

After a good day of being outside and getting good and dirty, nothing like a warm soapy bath in the sink to end the day 

We got the kids home, unloaded groceries, and just relaxed a little before this tired Momma headed to bed too.  It was such a wonderful afternoon hanging out outside and just being in nature.  :)

JVG