{"id":3919,"date":"2012-09-26T22:51:23","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T06:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2012-09-26T22:51:23","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T06:51:23","slug":"a-weekend-home-and-other-tidbits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puckandmary.com\/blog_mary\/2012\/09\/a-weekend-home-and-other-tidbits\/","title":{"rendered":"A Weekend Home and Other Tidbits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alex<\/a>

Fun in a lovely sandbox.<\/p><\/div>Last weekend was our first with all of us home together both days in quite some time. We played and had a relaxed day on Saturday. We read books, colored, and played with the alphabet.<\/p>\n

Sunday, we headed to our friends’ home for fencing practice and some play time. Dom and Alex had a great time playing with their friend Alex in his lovely sandbox and exploring the huge yard–especially running down the hill and climbing on some hay bales. We went out for carnitas with our friends afterward, and Alex and Dom enjoyed the restaurant. Afterward, we stopped at a store nearby and picked up a book about robots and another by the same author about aliens for the boys. They have decided that both are about robots for now, and they really enjoy reading them right now. The books have holes for the eyes of the robots\/aliens, and you can look through them–kind of like masks.<\/p>\n

By the time we got home (2 hours after the boys’ normal nap time), they were quick to fall asleep and slept until after 5 when we woke them. Surprisingly, they were tired again by the time we put them to bed around 8. Puck and I enjoyed the weekend naptimes to watch some episodes of “Justified” and play a little on the XBox. <\/p>\n

Outdoor Fun<\/h2>\n

On Monday, we headed to the park behind the Fort Natomas park, and Alex and Dom had a great time climbing up all sorts of ladders and climbing walls to go down the slides. They climbed up one metal ladder that went straight up for the first time, and they kept going back to go up it again. The only problem was that they weren’t very patient with their brother going up ahead of them. In fact, Dom tried to help Alex go up faster, but he was pushing his feet off the rungs instead of helping him up. I had the role of ladder traffic cop and fortunately prevented any major accidents. <\/p>\n

\"Dom<\/a>

Dom (left) and Alex have fun with a water hose. (Sept. 24, 2012)<\/p><\/div>We spent the afternoon in the backyard, and I took lots of photos (a little over 260). Dom and Alex ate their quesadilla snack at the table at first but then carried sliced around with them as they played on their climbing structure\/slide. They climbed, slid, and chalked. Then I turned the water hose on, and they played with the hose together–mostly swinging it in the air to watch the water. Even though both boys usually have their hands on the hose, Dom has a knack for splashing his brother in the face while avoiding having the same done to him. Poor Alex! Fortunately, he recovers quickly. Alex and Dom were excited when their dad came out to join us after work.<\/p>\n

Indoor Fun and a Date<\/h2>\n

\"Dom<\/a>

Alex shows off his blocks and fashion sense (Sept. 25, 2012)<\/p><\/div>The last couple of days we’ve mostly stayed indoors, as I’ve been a bit tired. The mornings and evenings have been pleasantly cool, and I enjoy hearing my windchime that is just outside the back door. Yesterday, Alex found one of my headbands and started wearing it on his head. He looked like an adorable hippy in Spiderman PJs, and Dom wanted to steal the coveted headband for himself. To keep the peace, I fetched another headband, and for awhile, I had two little hippies. Then, Alex got ahold of both headbands and created his own style.<\/p>\n

In the evening, I had a super-special dinner date with my three guys. We went out for Mongolian BBQ, and the weather turned cool enough that we decided to eat outdoors. Dom and Alex did a great job staying in their big-people chairs, and they ate really well. Alex even likes their egg rolls fairly well. After dinner, we headed home to put the little guys to bed, and then we had a private showing of “The Avengers.” I enjoyed the movie and was surprised at what a great job they did balancing so many different personalities. All-in-all, a very enjoyable date night.<\/p>\n

Haircuts, Laundry, and Cushions<\/h2>\n

This morning I pulled all the cushions off the couches and made a stack in the middle of the living room with cushions and pillows around it. Alex and Dom had lots of fun climbing all over the new terrain, and later, we made a tunnel between a couch and stack of cushions and then slides they could role down from the couches into the cushion below. Puck popped in for coffee and even got to tease the boys a bit as they climbed through their cushion tunnel (that they also enjoyed climbing on top of to collapse the structure). <\/p>\n

\"Dom<\/a>

Dom lost his long locks this morning. (Sept. 26, 2012)<\/p><\/div>In the late morning, I set us up for Dom’s haircut. He didn’t really want me brushing his hair again, but when he had a comb of his own to hold, he at least let me start brushing and cutting. He wasn’t the happy camper he used to be, but we did manage to get through the haircut without too much drama. They both enjoyed watching “Cars” while eating snacks and coloring a picture of a car–though Dom started eating a purple crayon when I was paying too much attention to the back of his hair. <\/p>\n

After their nap, I had the laundry sorted and arranged so that the boys could help with it. First, Alex and Dom carried the towels form the dryer to the couch. Then, they helped push the washed clothes into the dryer, and finally, they put all the clothes in the basket into the washer–a more difficult job because they have to go on their tippy-toes to push the clothes over the edge into washing machine. They did a great job!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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