Wonderful Weekend

What a wonderful weekend! I had been looking forward to this weekend all week so when Friday finally came I was more than ready. 

Friday I had Mother's Day Lunch at Brode's day care. The kids are always very excited to have everyone there and I was excited for a lunch break with him. Every mom in his class came, they made flowers for the table, and finger painted cards. We had a fun lunch but little boy was very upset when I needed to leave. I told him I would be back soon and told him our plans for the night if he took a good nap. After a few more hours of work I picked him up nice and early to play.

We sidetracked and took a trip to the hardware store to add to the bird feeder collection growing in our backyard. After a popped tire mishap (ask Brode about the story, he will give EVERY detail) we weren't home until almost 5:00 and ready to get our weekend started. Brode, Dane and I played baseball outside before we packed up our things and went to the drive-in movie.

The Field of Scenes was playing The Lorax so we grabbed some blankets and snacks and drove in. We had to wait for the sun to set but luckily they have mini golf, basketball, and a concession stand to keep busy as it was a beautiful night to play outside. We got a pizza and some drinks before the movie started then got all set. Brode thought it was the coolest thing to watch from the car. He especially liked standing on our laps and looking out the sunroof. Once the movie was over we headed home and Brode was sleeping in 2 minutes.

Saturday morning we woke up to free play time. We made some breakfast then I headed to the American Cancer Society's Soleburner 5K. Brode stayed home and played with grandma and grandpa. The Soleburner had near 8,000 participants and it was a gorgeous day! I loved the course and was glad I participated. After a nice 26:19 run I headed back home for play/shower/nap time. The afternoon consisted of toys, chalk, baseball, cleaning the garage, and then golfing in the garage with all the new found space.

Saturday night Dane and I had date night to celebrate his birthday (even if he didn't let me tell the waitress). We got all dressed up and went to The Melting Pot (fondue). There were prom kids everywhere so we were glad we had reservations as it takes 2 hours to get through the 4 course meal! We had cheese fondue, salads, then an assorment of shrimp, chicken, steak, ravioli, and vegetables to cook. Finally we had the "smores" chocolate fondue to finish up the meal. Delicious is all I can say. It was such a fun meal to do, and wonderful to have the quiet time with no rush.

After our meal we headed out to meet friends for combination birthday, graduation, and going away celebrations. I felt like I hadn't seen them in forever with school, work, and children taking over our lives!

As if the weekend wasn't exciting enough Sunday came and with it was Mother's Day! We opened presents right away during breakfast because Brode had no intentions of waiting. He was so proud of the present he got me and that he picked it out all by himself:

The cupcake necklace. My mom took him shopping and she said he just kept going back to that cupcake jewelry box and necklace, along with the orange bag and paper to wrap it. I wore it right away on Sunday and he was so excited I was wearing it to show everybody! My mom opened her presents then her and my dad headed off golfing for the morning. Brode was upset he couldn't go with, but I was extremely excited to get alone time with him. We went to the park for a good hour where he ran, jumped, swang, and slid then we picked up lunch for a picnic at home. It was near 80 yesterday without a cloud in the sky and could not have been more perfect for play time outside. Before we headed out Brode and Dane surprised me with Mother's Day presents they worked on themselves including a beautiful necklace, my favorite under armour shirt, and a picture frame with a poster with pictures, stickers and handprints. After packing up the car and playing driveway hockey we were ready to go to the cottage for the afternoon.

(Watch for another post on Brode's fishing adventure)

The rest of the day was spent relaxing on the dock, fishing, playing, and eating. The beautiful weather made the day even better and it was perfect! We filled up with dinner, packed up our things and headed back home for the night.

My Mother's Day was great, I was just so thankful to get to spend so much time with Brode as it seems I'm always working and running around. He is at such a funny age and I just want all the time with him I can have!