A weekend in review

I think some of my favorite weekends are the ones that start out unplanned. We had absolutely zero plans for this weekend on Friday afternoon; as I sit here writing this while Scott, Zach and Koskie are out running (yes, it makes me feel lazy), I think it turned out to be a great weekend.

Friday night found us, as it often does, at the Bergums playing pinochle. Just one more example of what a great kid we have; he lets us take him over to Ben and Kirsten's, put him to bed in their crib, wake him up hours later, put him in the car, drive him home, and put him back to bed in his own crib. And he just goes to sleep - in both places!

Saturday Scott and our two boys did their usual trip to the dog park while I got a few more boxes packed. Then I went to a movie with Cindy (review below) - I love afternoon movies, when you come out of the theater and have to blink in response to the sunlight. Saturday night we went over to the Brodd's for dinner, a somewhat impromptu invitation for a yummy meal, despite the rain. Zach and Sylvia were fairly cooperative, so we were able to eat without inhaling our food or taking turns eating, for the most part anyway! We will miss the last-minute invitations to BBQ once we are no longer a 5 minute drive from our friends...

And today, not much. It is, of course, the beginning of the regular NFL season, so you can guess what Scott did most of the day. Don't forget it's still baseball season too... so the poor guy had to flip back and forth, the channels on the tv as well as various windows of the internet, so he could keep track of all his fantasy teams. Fortunately, he can multi-task - he can manage all that, plus doing the laundry and reading or playing catch with Zach, so it works out for all of us. :)

So... a weekend filled with friends and family time - what could be better?

While I don't have a picture to include for this blog, I did want to share a new favorite thing Zach has started doing... when he falls down, he instantly says "okay!" He's reassuring us that he's ok before we can even ask. :)

Movie review: Vicky Christina Barcelona
Knowing that I have a very diverse audience reading this... it's a little tough to review this movie. First of all, it's a Woody Allen, so if you don't like him, skip the rest. Secondly, it's about whatever you would call a love triangle when it involves 4 people instead of 3 (a square??). And those 4 people are 1 man and 3 women. And yes, that means what you think it may mean. It involved people talking about the meaning of love and life, and lots of bohemian artists believing they know more about both of those things than those of us without an artistic bone in our body. So yes, a little pretentious at times, but also a fun story about friendship and relationships. And, like all good movies, a chance to imagine what it would be like to live in a manner totally different from the way you do. So if you choose to see it, just keep an open mind. :)