We've had a pretty good couple of days...

Sug was home all day on Friday and devoted the entire day to hanging out with us. IT WAS AWESOME! We went to the Library downtown which is an event in itself. The building is beautiful. BUT, the reason we went was to take Oliver to see the Cinderella marionette show. It was an amazing production. The soundtrack was witty and entertaining. The library staff who manned the marionettes behind the set nailed it. The audience was enthralled the entire time. I've told all of my friends and there is a good chance I'm going to go back with them before too long. I'm sure there will be all new productions of things when the Clarke's come over around PD's birthday. Sug had such a great time and commented several times on how the outing was right up Cas's ally so we're totally taking her when she comes to visit. We went to the puppet show then to Provence (a bakery downtown) and had a coffee. Then walked to the arcade a couple of blocks away and got a chocolate soft-serve cone. It's so hard to find chocolate soft-serve these days. I got them all of the time when I was pregnant and working at curves. Until I found out I had gestational diabetes, that is.

The plan Friday was to dash home after storytime and let PD have a nap then take him to the Zoo and wear him out because Eller had offered to keep him while we went to see Harry Potter. Unfortunately, he didn't feel like taking a nap for quite a while after we got home so we never made it to the zoo. We'll do it as a family soon, though. Maybe when Sug gets home from the west coast.

We took him to Eller's around 6:00 and experience the "Cry because mommy is leaving" for the first time. Needless to say I felt like crap and totally contradicted myself. I've always said that if my kid ever started crying because I was leaving him with some one I would just leave anyway and let him deal with it. I TOTALLY CAVED. I snatched him right back out of Alfred's arms to have myself a little cuddle at which point he stopped crying and cuddled into me. (Oliver, much like his mummy, isn't a cuddler unless he's sleepy) I was at a total loss at what to do and on the brink of cancelling the entire outing but Eller was very reassuring and turned on some kiddie show and pulled out some toys and Oliver totally forgot that we were there so we snuck out. Apparently, he was cool the rest of the evening. He went right back to being his normal chuckling, giggling self until he had to go to bed. We all know that no matter where you lay him he acts like it's on a bed of nails. Still, Eller handled it just fine and I'm ever so grateful!

By the time we got back to pic Oliver up around 10 he had been sleeping like a log for ages. I joined Eller for glass (or 3) of wine while Sug and Alfred talked about canoeing or hiking or whatever it is guys talk about. I'm sure we totally outstayed our welcome as we didn't end up leaving until around 1 and Oliver did not appreciate being woken up. He stayed awake the whole car-ride home and was reluctant to be laid down into his own bed. In the end, he slept really well that night as did Sug and I. :-D

Yesterday was our big "Mom's Group" BBQ. Sug cut the grass and set up a tent outside and got the place looking really nice then we stay inside and let the babies play with the toys in the recroom the whole time. lol I had 3 cancellations the day of and 3 no-shows. I was upset and totally about to put a nasty message on the group message board about it but Maurisa talked me down. I'm still chafed and still want her to kick them all out of the group but she won't do it cuz she's nicer than me. :-D

I did have a great time with the people who did show-up though. The food was great and the babies had a really good time plus the other mom's got to get out of the house and have some grown-up conversation which is sometimes a rarity. So all-in-all I'd call it a success.

Still no camera - maybe Monday??