Last night, Joey said to me "if you ignore the sleep part, this was a Top 10 weekend!" He's right because even though we are up something like four times a night between the two kids and right now, I'm so tired I could cry, we otherwise had a really amazing weekend! Some time to ourselves, wings with Chad and Lori, amazing weather and trips to two different parks, the SAG Awards and dinner at my parents' to end the weekend. I'm so ready for spring now!
Lydia and I started Friday at the allergist, being tested for the other tree nuts. I was ready to hear she was allergic to all of them, so I was pleasantly surprised when she got a zero for almonds and pecans and only a mild reaction to coconut. There's hope for her yet! She has a baked egg food challenge this week, so wish us luck 🤞 Work-wise, Joey and I took a half day so we could go see the Oscar-Nominated Shorts. Grabbed a beer in between! I thought they were good and depressing in the usual way. Wish there had been a few funnier ones in there, but what can you do? Afterward, Chad and Lori brought the kids home and stayed to eat wings with us 🥰
Up bright and early for waffles and a fort! Joey made us some whole wheat & oatmeal waffles and I thought there were so good. And he made a fort for Dempsey that I later maybe took my cup of coffee into and enjoyed a moment of peace 😂 Before Lydi's nap, we played outside and I spotted a first sign of spring when I noticed a tulip coming up! We took the kids to a new park that afternoon and though it was busy, they had a really good time. There was even a hill for rolling down and Dempsey had fun with that. Made cast-iron skillet pizza for dinner -- how cute is the mini skillet for Lydia's mini pizza?? -- and "watched" the SAG Awards. The thing about watching an award show while your kids are awake and in the room and that you don't really take in much of it, but I did see Steven Yeun's win, Pedro Pascal's speech and Lily Gladstone's little head pat on her trophy and loved all of it. I'm still trying to figure out why Christopher Nolan was there though 🤔
Picked up breakfast from Sunny's on Sunday morning and even though I was originally disappointed by how little green chili there was on my skillet, it actually tasted really good. Joey took the kids and Dempsey's motorized car across the street to play and I knocked out salads for the week all before Lydia's first nap! While she was down, Dempsey and I took a walk to the Cottage Bakery for croissants then ate them outside with the neighbor kids, who are always good enough to include Dempsey even though they are both older than him. After lunch, we took the kids to another busy park. Dempsey was so brave and wanted to ride the zip line. By the time we left, he was flying across all by himself and loving it! We headed over to my parents' that evening for dinner. My uncle had shipped fresh crawfish meat and my mom used it to make étoufée. It was a little spicy for the kids, but I thought it was really good! We had dessert then headed home, but it was a really nice night 🤍 Got both kids to bed -- Lydi has been STRUGGLING at bedtime the past week or so (because of teething I think!) but she finally went down easy -- and then we worked on our Dune re-watch. Dune 2 this Friday!!!!! Wishing you all a happy week 😊
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