A Great Weekend!

As you know, I love family-filled weekends.  We are blessed to have them VERY often.  I try to avoid spending the weekends running errands or getting housework done.  As far as I'm concerned, I can work around the house during weekday naps, but weekends are the time for us to enjoy each other and our friends.

This weekend we got to visit with so many of our friends, it was great.  We started off on Saturday morning having brunch at The Flying Biscuit with our friends, The Arnolds.  Kristin and Todd have a sweet little girl, Virginia.  Kristin is the first friend I made here in Charlotte.  It had been a few months since we'd gotten our families together, but the boys were THRILLED to see "Baby" Virginia, as they call her.

After naps (for all of us!), we headed over to the Parkers for an evening BBQ.  The Parkers have a beautiful backyard, filled with toddler-appropriate toys and fantastic landscape.  The combination of the location and the boys' great friends, Ella and Aidan, made for a great night.   Gill and I are very lucky that not only do the children play so well together, but the parents do as well!!  

Mommy on the swing with my boys!

Patrick and Aidan playing on the swing:

Patrick showed Gill a new trick, taking his diaper off while playing!  (Check out his right ankle!)

The kids ate dinner at their table.  Actually, Patrick ate dinner on my lap, 

but, Ella, Aidan and Finnegan made a valiant effort to sit and eat like big kids!

As if the weekend wasn't fun enough, Sunday was great as well.  In the morning, we went to the neighborhood pool.  The boys really enjoyed the water, and had even more fun because we went with Johanna.  

The afternoon was filled with a birthday celebration for Gabriella and Jason.  The theme of the party was music, and the boys had fun playing with all the musical instruments while all the parents enjoyed the dance music.  It was a great afternoon and we were thrilled to enjoy another weekend with some great families.