Weekend Recap

I was sooo looking forward to this weekend.  Our anniversary was last Monday, but we took this weekend to celebrate.  My mom watched the kids and we had a little "freedom."  It's so rare that we have a day sans kids that it feels so strange and we never know what to do with ourselves. 

Mark has had trouble seeing while driving for a while now and he finally went to the eye doctor and got a prescription for glasses.  That was a year ago.  So, since we had no kids to distract us, we spent most of our "free" day driving around shopping for glasses.  As I write this I'm realizing how pathetic this sounds and also how old we are getting.  Four hours after our hunt began, he finally settled on a pair and got them ordered.  I had a list a mile long of things I wanted to accomplish while I didn't have little ones under my feet, but a lot of that didn't happen.  It's okay, really, because I'm glad Mark will be able to see when he drives us home in the dark next weekend from his Grandma's house.

We had reservations at Brio at 6:45 and after that we spent the evening walking around to shops and stocking up on kids clothes at Carter's $6 sale.  Even without the kids, we always end up doing kid-related things.  It was so nice not to worry about what time we got home or how early we had to get up in the morning. 

Meanwhile, my mom and nana took the kids to build-a-bear.  Honestly, I'm kinda glad I wasn't there for that.  The kids seemed to have had a really good time although I heard that each took a turn in the meltdown department.  They are only 2 and 4, so it's to be expected.  Apparently, there was also a bruhaha over a bear stroller that resulted in Gram having to buy two in order to stave off bloodshed.  Did I mention I was glad I wasn't there?

Anyway, their bears are adorable and they spent most of Sunday pushing them around in aforementioned strollers.  Here they are:

Notice the blue painter's tape on Jack's stroller.  God forbid they get mixed up.

Claire thinks the sunglasses are for her and has worn them constantly since coming home.

I have no clue why Jack's aviator-sunglass-wearing camo bear needed a girly pink polka dot stroller.  I'm sure the bear is thrilled.

Oh, and he also insisted the bear have cowboy boots just like his.

I enjoy a little relaxation time away from the kids, but I'm also glad when they come home too.