weekend update

a friend at work asked mommy how her weekend was. "busy, but i didn't get anything done," was mommy's oxymoronic reply. "ah," she said, "those are the best kind." and she's right ... it was a good weekend, indeed.

saturday found mommy and jack on a 5+ mile walk ... stopping midway at a never-before-visited playground to eat a snack (grapes and banana) and play on the swingsets. daddy, meanwhile, was toiling in the backyard, fighting an unwinnable war against the neighbor's bamboo (note to self: get panda!).

at the playground, jack tried to pick up some chicks, natch. the first girl who caught his eye was just a young "kitten" ... 14 months old ... and toddling around in shoes that made a squeaky sound with every step (no *that's* not annoying!). but later, the preschool-aged "cougar" swooped in. jack was blocking her way on the tunnel slide. "it's okay," declared the older woman, "he's cute!" typical jack ... always the ladies' man.

later on, jack's nana arrived to let mommy and daddy go out to dinner ... and she and jack had a grand old time eating a messy repast of peas, pasta with tomato sauce, and avocado. yum! jack is getting more and more insistent on feeding himself. and while he's getting better, he's still fairly sloppy ... exhibit a:

soon it was time for bed and bottle and jack was a happy camper. he's down to only one bottle a day, before bed. the rest of the time it's a sippy cup for our big boy! nana commented that jack seemed to be much older than the last time she saw him ... just two weekends ago for a trip to the zoo. we are chalking it up to much steadier walking and his new haircut.



sunday was daddy's morning to get up early with jack while mommy slept in a bit, so ... no idea about what happened in the morning. but the afternoon brought us to a birthday party for jack's friends, grace and garrett, the twins.

although clearly the smallest kid amid all the rising first-graders, jack held his own and ran around their backyard having a great time. and running was something of a feat ... jack was wearing new shoes with a firm sole -- big boy shoes would only be appropriate with his big boy haircut and bottle habits, after all. and although he had some trouble with them at first, he soon became accustomed to them and was racing around like always.

in fact, he was still racing when we got home. that might have had something to do with the birthday cake he ate ... but soon enough jack ate dinner, bathed, drank his milk (from his cup!), read some stories with mommy, and laid down in his crib. the weekend over.

busy ... and "nothing" done.