So it's definitely Friday afternoon and I'm just posting about last weekend.
It's been a little busy at our house since Bennett turned 3 on Tuesday and I decided to seperate the friends and family birthday parties this year. Two parties in one week = a lot to do!
Onto last weekend...
Friday night Chris and I had date night. Right as we parked our car downtown we noticed a bunch of smoke down the street. At first we didn't think anything of it but we quickly realized that a car was on fire and a crowd began to form and watch the action. It seemed like it took forever for the fire department to get there, but they arrived just in time...the car seemed like it was going to blow up!
On Saturday Bennett picked plums from our plum tree.
We have a massive amount this year and I'm not really ever sure what to do with them, but we gave a ton away to family and friends.
Saturday afternoon we went to visit my great aunt Lena for her birthday.
She turned 95 and is the spunkiest old lady I've ever met.
Unfortunatley she has cancer (for the 2nd time) and is on hospice, so it was great for her to be able to meet Buckley.
Speaking of Buckley, when he's in his car seat, the head rest pushes his ears forward like this:
(and it's the cutest thing ever)
Since last weekend was Labor Day, we had Chris home on Monday and decided to celebrate Bennett's birthday as a family a day early.
And I made B take a ton of pictures on the wall across the street:
(they recently started selling ice cream and it's pretty tasty) (and yes he did nap that day)
We had Bennett's family birthday party Tuesday night.
It turned out pretty cute for only working on it the day beforehand.
(I'm planning on doing a full party post, don't worry)
B woke up on his birthday and sang Happy Birthday to Buckley:
He got this circus tent for his birthday from my sister and wanted to sleep in it that night:
(This is the face I get when I ask him to smile for the camera. Little stinker.)
He got a set of 8 Thomas puzzles which have been keeping him busy.
(he can do them all himself!)
and we got him a balance bike, which he loves.
In other big news, Buckley decided to roll over last night for the first time!
(a whole month earlier than Bennett rolled over!)
Happy Friday Friends!
Have a great weekend!
We finally got a little vacation last weekend.
We go down to Medford and stay with family friends every summer, though this time wasn't quite as relaxing as it was in the past with a baby and a very busy (almost) 3 year old running around.
It was actually a little nutso but nice to get away nonetheless.
We left Friday morning right before nap time, hoping they'd sleep a few hours in the car:
The boys only slept for 40 minutes but I was prepared with tons of books/books on cd/my moms ipad.
Bennett stayed busy and was able to let Buckly nap at least a little bit.
Once we got there, the salt water pool welcomed us as always:
Bennett loves the water and this was the first year he could actually got around all by himself with the help of his floatie thing. He was kicking his legs like a mad man to get around to shoot everyone with his squirty toy:
Enjoying the not-too-hot hot tub:
(Such good cheese! I lived in Medford for 11 years and never even knew it existed.)
Winery Shminery, I could sample cheese all day:
(Chris was about to try a sample with a ghost chile in it...SO hot that it needed 3 warning signs incase you didn't see the first two)
He didn't see what the big deal was:
We both got a dark chocolate truffle:
(so good)
On Sunday, Bennett got to ride on "Thomas" at Raildroad Park:
(every 3 year old boy's dream)
Though it was pretty dorky, they had an impressive model train setup:
and we got to go on a lot of out-of-comission cars:
I'm pretty sure this was the only time B sat still all weekend:
and of course we had more pool time:
Monday afternoon we came home to a few fun packages including this awesome banner I ordered for Bennett's birthday which is next week!
All in all it was a pretty good weekend!
Happy Wednesday Friends!
This weekend felt like a long weekend, which is always nice...
Bennett and I hung out on the hammock:
Bennett went to the Children's museum with his friends Lucy and Pearl.
He especially loved playing the bucket drums:
(his name Bennett Tabor means "blessed drummer"...how cool would it be if he actually became a drummer?!)
He also did some shopping in their little market:
(Chris didn't approve of his coffee choice)
He played with the giant lite brite:
(he had crazy hair all day, but I didn't bother to fix it for some reason)
Thursday for date night Chris and I went to the Cornelius Pass McMenamins.
They have tons of outdoor seating that is pretty much in a forest lit up with strands of lights.
I could spend so much time out there:
Friday night we walked up to the park to swing before bed and some nice old ladies invited us into the community garden and let Bennett pick a bunch of their fruits and veggies:
(Proud of his onions. The little stinker always closes his eyes on purpose when I ask him to smile for a picture.)
His bounty:
Saturday morning snuggles while Chris was on a run:
Chris' awesome brother
(who helped build the nursery) came to help install windows in/put up the new door.
(we finally got rid of the original door which was a hollow-core without a deadbolt...yes this house pretty much had an interior door for the front door for 60 years...that's safe right?)
Bennett went with my mom to her company picnic and came back with Cookie Monster and Elmo painted on his face:
Sunday morning we made zucchini bread pancakes:
And Chris' dad came over to help cut down the fallen apple tree limb:
And also helped redo some of the siding:
We finally got our front light fixture:
(The house isn't painted yet, I was just holding the light up against the swatch we painted to get the full effect. Me likey.)
(Imagine this with a red door next to it...pretty sweet huh?)
And that was our weekend.
Looking out our kitchen window Friday morning, I said to Chris "it looks like a branch fell down or something"...then we looked a little farther and an entire limb (1/4 of the tree) had in fact fallen down. Right where it snapped, we saw that it had been filled with cement.
Weird right?
Apparently people used to fill parts of trees with cement in order to keep it from rotting any farther.
Cool, now we get to figure out what to do with it...
the joys of home ownership.
Friday night we went to my cousin's wedding.
Buck wasn't really into it:
He pretty much slept the whole time:
We tried to get a decent picture of us:
and my grandpa photobombed us:
Saturday morning Buck had a dance party:
(the sprinkler is his favorite move)
and we went to
Rejuvination to check out exterior lighting options.
They have the coolest stuff ever:
In the afternoon we went to our niece's birthday party.
Bennett soaked his clothes and then wanted to change into his swim stuff:
(naturally)
and he had a cupcake:
(more like shoved a cupcake)
Bennett made Buck giggle for the first time. It was so sweet.
Love that sound. So far I've been unsucessful at trying to get him to giggle, no matter how goofy I look, he doesn't want to laugh at me.
and Sunday after church Bennett said "Hey mama I grew a smushtache":
(it took me a while to figure out what he meant...sunglasses = mushtache)
Hoping to fit a nap in this afternoon!
Happy Thursday Friends!
