Quiet weekend

We had very little on our calendar this weekend, and it was fantastic. Saturday we hung out at home. Kevin had been putting off installing a baby gate at the bottom of our first floor stairs for weeks, and when he finally decided it was time, I think you can guess what he did. He called his brother. As usual, Dave kindly came over to help with our latest home improvement in exchange for food, and (also as usual) he and Kevin put off starting their project as long as they possibly could. In this case, about 3 hours after Dave's arrival they actually started working. David loves figuring out how things work, and he was very interested in the tool box (totally safe for a 17 month old) and in what uncle Dave was doing. After the gate went up, we enjoyed the beautiful evening and let David run around outside with all the other kids on the block.
Today Kevin and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary by attending a Thomas the train birthday party for David's friend Nick. There were sprinklers and sand and delicious cake. It was so much fun that David forgot himself and walked barefoot on the grass. I should mention that both the dogs and David gave us the gift of sleep for our anniversary. Pete didn't sit on me until 7:20, and David slept until almost 8:00.
The week ahead is a big one chez Maas. I go back to work on Thursday. Our nanny Alma will being coming for half days Monday through Wednesday to help David make this next big transition. I'm sure this is going to be much easier for him than it is for me. I anticipate he'll be happy as he can be playing with all the kids on our street all day long, sharing their fruit snacks and stealing their toys while I worry unnecessarily.

Who needs a spoon? Snoopy and Pete demonstrate why all our furniture is ruined.



Supervising Dad and uncle Dave. Playing with Fiona (and her worm). Dave attempts to read Pete a story.


We would like to give the monster hooded towel equal space on the blog.