Weekend – Part 2: There's never enough time!

Later in the afternoon we (sans mom and Jake) went for a boat ride to the other end of the lake about 20 minutes away. Katie was having a great time but close to mid-point in our ride her head started bobbing with the boat. Eventually she decided that it would be better for Mommy to hold her so I switched seats and cuddled her. She got antsy and demanded that I “hold her like a baby” which was just the tiniest bit confusing. Till I figured out that it meant that she wanted to face me and put her head on my shoulder. A little tough when she’s wearing her Barbie life vest. But we made it work and she fell asleep.

Got back and went in to see what Jake was up to and he and mom were sleeping. I don’t remember what else we did… and it was only a day ago. Is my memory getting that bad?

Anyway, we ate dinner at some point (hot dogs on the fire) and watched Marley & Me. It was cute. Katie wanted to see the “bad dog” and I had to let her know that the dog wasn’t bad… it just had bad manners. So then she wanted to see the “bad manners dog.” I carried her to bed when the movie ended and went to sleep with Jake. He did not sleep as well as he did on Friday night. I think he had “tummy issues” alllll night. Finally he fell asleep at about 8 a.m. – we were rocking in the bedroom, I fell asleep too. Till about 10:30 a.m. when I heard Katie calling me. Loudly and repeatedly. I laid Jake down and went to see what disaster I could hopefully avert. At first I heard her say that she threw up in her bed… but when I saw her she looked fine and then she said that she had to go potty. I asked her if she threw up and she said “No, I got to go potty BAD” so we headed to the potty with more energy than I usually have when I first wake up. Usually she points at the door and says “Go away mama, I need private time” but she wanted me to stay this time which was sweet but I really had to go too. Worked it all out and everything was hunkey dory. Till after breakfast. When I heard a thump from the sun room where you-know-who just happened to be playing. Where Grandma has a collection of bears, some soft cuddly bears and some very breakable bears.

I went in (rushed in actually) to find Katie holding two pieces of what used to be a one piece seesaw with a bear on each side. She looked at me and started to cry. I told her that when grandma and grandpa got home, she would have to apologize for breaking the bear. She did not want to apologize. “You do it” were the words she used. I gently explained that since mommy did not break the bear, mommy did not apologize. She stopped crying after a little cuddle but did not want to say sorry when gramma and umpa came home. She did show them what happened and sat with them for a bit. Then gramma went into the other room and Katie told us she was going to say sorry to gamma. But not umpa. And off she went.

Mom, dad and the kids went outside while I got ready for the day. Then Lori started cooking her spaghetti. It was a hit! We sat down for lunch everyone ate a lot. We didn’t even have room for the cake we were going to eat because we were so full. I was so tired I took a nap with Jake. Katie had to go potty and gramma tried to help her but I guess I was the only person she wanted to see… until she decided that umpa could help her instead. So the yelling for mama and the knocking on the door finally ended and I got back to sleep. Me and Jake (Jake) woke up just in time to see everyone in the boat heading out for a ride. We (me) watched a little TV and Jake had a bottle. After everyone got back we made BLTs. Katie was in mom and dads room and she said she didn’t want to eat so I checked on her to see what she was doing (mom’s laptop was sitting on the floor so I hoped she was ignoring it like she ignores John’s laptop at home) and she had her back to me and was looking in grandma’s work bag. I surprised her when I said “Katie, what are you doing?” She turned around, pointed her finger out the door and said “Mama, you go away. Go and eat your food.” It was very funny, ahem, very not good manners I mean. She eventually joined us for a very delicious dinner of pickles and toast with jelly.

We watched Nim’s Island while we ate and once that was over, we packed up and headed out. The kids were asleep 5 minutes into the trip so it was a very relaxing drive back home. Well, it was very relaxing till we stopped to get gas. At that point, Jake woke up and was crying. Lori fed him the rest of his bottle (about 2 oz) and Katie woke up, bleary eyed and wondering what was going on. Got gas, headed to Lori’s to drop her off, listened to Jake cry the whole 5 minutes to Lori’s apartment. Made my first bottle on the go – standing at the back of the car, pouring the water from Katie’s sippy cup into Jakes bottle, mixing it up, sitting in the back seat to feed, burp, and cuddle. Not my idea of fun. Finally Jake felt better and went to sleep pretty much right away. Katie stayed asleep (whew!) and I got to bed about midnight. Finally!

It's only Saturday and already our weekend has been full!

Wow, what a great weekend. Last night, me and the kids picked up Lori from her place and headed to the lake. We had to stop and eat on the way so we picked IHOP. Yum. Lori and I shared an omlet and pancakes and Katie had her own meal - mac and cheese and fries (with chocolate milk). Now, on the menu this meal looks like it's enough to feed a hungry toddler but when our food came, the bowl was about 1/3 full and there was a scattering of fries. I asked how much this cost (because there were no prices in the kids menu) and it was $4.99! I was shocked! Then the waitress told me that Friday's were "kids eat free" nights. What a relief. I was about to get maaaad and I didn't have to. The food we did get was good so that's a relief.

After we got done eating, I fed Jacob his bottle and Katie drew on a napkin with the waitress' pen. She drew a face with eyes and a mouth and nose, then stick arms and body. She told me that it was Jesus. Then she said, "I'll give him feet" and she drew feet. Then she drew a circle and said it was the stone. I asked her if it was the stone that was rolled in front of the tomb and she said yes. Then she drew a bad guy (I think she meant a guard). Very intent on what she was doing the whole time.

Jake burped, we packed up and headed out.

Got to the lake, unloaded, waited for mom and dad to arrive. I was in the bathroom and heard Katie tell Lori "No gamma, no umpa, nobody here!"

Mom and dad arrived about an hour later and mom cuddled Jake. I got bottles ready and Katie ready for bed and grandpa set up a tent... in the sunroom! Yes, that's right. A three person tent in the sunroom so he and Katie could "camp". Mom brought some flashlights over so I guess Katie played with hers for a loooong time before she fell asleep. She had so much fun with the tent and she was so excited to be able to sleep in it. She told grandpa to zip up the door and boy, she was ready to enjoy the experience.

Jake had a bottle at about 11:30 so he was ready to go to sleep when mom took him to cuddle. He fell asleep and I took him at about 12:00. I laid him in bed and he was out... till 5:30 this morning!!! I was surprised when I heard him moving around and woke up and realized that he had slept for 6 hours! He usually wakes up twice at night between those times. I was happy... and well rested!

We woke up at about 7:30 (Jake fell asleep at 6 and woke up about 7:30) and Jake talked to himself till 8. Ate breakfast at about 10 a.m. and then went to Walmart... JUST me and Lori! Katie decided she didn't want to go and Jake didn't have any opinion either way so Mom stayed home with the kids and we took off. Went to the clothing store where I usually find cute stuff for Katie but I didn't buy anything because she wasn't with me... and I worried that she wouldn't want to wear what I picked out. She's quite vocal about her outfits.

Then we stopped at a consignment shop and looked around. Didn't buy anything there.

Then we were off to Walmart. Got stuff on the list to make some meals and then went to the baby area to pick up some butt paste (A&D if you want to be specific but we've always called it butt paste as in "Katie, will you bring me the butt paste for Jake's diaper change please" or "Katie, why are you putting butt paste all over your baby doll!" or "Katie, why do you have butt paste all over your face and arms?" - and just one arm... she must have used one hand to squeeze it out, the other to rub it in) when I showed Lori the bedding set I really wanted for Jake's crib but it was almost $50 last time we were here a week ago. I was kind of bummed when I didn't see it on the shelf - I guessed that they were just sold and that was that. We got closer to the formula area and saw a clearance shelf with, you guessed it, the crib set! I told Lori it was too expensive and she said that it was $21 now. I was so excited! I thought about it for two seconds and decided that I needed that crib set... so I bought it... along with $50 worth of other stuff.

Got home, put stuff away, had soup and bread and watermelon for lunch and went on a boat ride.

Now we're home and Dad is holding Jake and Mom is outside with Katie and Lori just finished some water and is probably heading back out. Me? I'm heading for the living room and the tv and my Jakey. We've got a date with a bottle.

I know, I'm slow to post pictures... here's how you can help!

We keep them online and I'm just not very good at pulling them and adding them to the blog.

Soooo, if you know me personally, send an email to thetiessenticket@yahoo.com and I'll send you the link. You can peruse our pics at your leisure... maybe even suggest some you think would go with past posts. See, my problem is that 1) it takes me forever to get the stupid things into the blog and 2) I can't always decide which pic would be cutest... so I don't put any.

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K