Saturday... oh Saturday

Because we went to Grand Rapids on Friday night to see our friends play we stayed the entire weekend at my parents.  The kids were super stoked about it, and it's nice because we know we have a place to sleep but it never has to be a big show or charade.  In fact, if it was I don't think that my Mom would let us stay there as often.  :)  We're comfortable enough around each other there doesn't have to be a hostess or we don't have to be constantly entertained... in fact, I think that it would make it more awkward that way.

Saturday my Mom had her quilting class that she was going to teach so we had the entire house/day to do whatever we wanted!  Since the weather said it was going to be warmer in the day we thought we would hit up the CM early in the morning.  I mean, we're already in GR and we have a pass so we might as well go!  The kids had a lot of fun as always... and we ended up having to go because Goose got hungry.  I know, it's a surprise... but she wanted to eat some lunch, and in her defense it was lunch time, but he just wanted to keep playing!  I was craving Pho for some reason... I've never even had it, but apparently Norah wanted it, so we found this Vietnamese place not to far away.  Lucy looked like she was going to fall asleep on the way there, but somehow we kept her up!

Tristan loading up his grocery cart

All his $$ he got from the ATM to pay for the groceries... haha

The prices were great at this place and the food was really good!  For those in the GR area I would highly recommend Lai Thai Kitchen.  Tristan wanted to order his own soup, which he devoured, we got an appetizer, some Pho and Vietnamese sandwiches.  The sandwiches were FABULOUS.  I would go back there just for those!  They had some pickled carrots on there that I could've probably eaten a gallon off... it had just enough acidity and crunch that made it oh so pregnant-craving satisfying!  After we had stuffed ourselves silly we went back to my parents hoping that the kids would sleep... and I needed to sleep off lunch.  :)  Well, half of that statement actually came true.  I passed out downstairs and the kids did not.  In fact, Lucy had figured out how to open the door in her room and she would go and knock on Tristan's door and they would laugh and play... so they didn't nap.  Which proved to be a regret for them a few hours later, but that's another story.

The soup that Tristan ordered specifically

Dude liked the Pho broth so much he just put his straw in it! haha

After I woke up from my hibernation I took the kids outside.  Gaetan looked like he needed some down time and the kids were driving him crazy... and we did bring Tristan's bike so that he could ride it at Grandma and Don's.  So, we hopped in the car and went to some trails close by.  He was so excited about riding his bike and Lu was all about walking the trails too.  They did a really good job until they decided that they didn't want to go in the same direction.  I told Dude that he could ride his bike in the empty parking lot, and showed him the boundaries.  Then, Lucy was off trying to open some door, so while I was collecting Lucy in the distance I saw him getting farther and farther away.  I called out to him for him to stop and I knew that he could hear me but he kept going.  Then, he turned the corner and I couldn't see him anymore.  Based on where we were riding bikes and the time of day I wasn't necessarily worried that somebody was going to take him, but there was the factor that he might tip over and hurt himself and it was going to be a little bit til I got to him.  Then, I heard his little voice in the distance asking for help because he couldn't turn his bike around.  Honestly, I was pretty furious.  He knew where he could ride his bike and he usually honors it without a doubt.  But this time he was just doing what he wanted and it wasn't OK.  After we got reunited, we had a talk about what he and how it was wrong to disobey and then we turned around and went home.  He was pretty unhappy about that, but he understood why.

She was being silly and wanted to lay down in the stroller.  She normally rides  in the front but wanted to do this this time 

Dude rode all the way up this hill on the ride back

Her favorite part was riding and looking over at Dude while he rode.

Basically the kids were falling apart around 5:30.  I think the reason why he was pretty good with going home was because it was also getting dark out and he wasn't about that!  It was going to be interesting to see how we were going to keep the kids up until their bed time, because the way they were acting I was all ready to put them to sleep at 6:30, which is WAY early!  They somehow did manage to make it to 7:30, which was nice so that meant they weren't going to be up at the butt-crack of dawn.  All in all I had a really good time with the kids.  It was a day that was a lot busier than I had anticipated but I know they had fun too.  I liked getting the fresh air and spending time with them.  It is also reassuring to know that I can still take them both out, solo, and handle it fairly well :)

JVG