Weekend Recap: Safety & Party Time!

I'm late again but I am oh so happy that tomorrow is Friday!  It has felt like Friday since Tuesday, so it's about time that it actually is (almost) Friday!  And it's a 3-day weekend so that makes it even better.  And it is supposed to be beautiful.  Ahh!  SO excited!  I can't forget to mention last weekend though, because it was definitely a good one!  (Aren't they all?!)  After music class, we went to a safety fair.  Since safety is my middle name, I was all over this!  We fueled Ben with some fries and chocolate milk from Culver's--his favorite!  I'm pretty sure we all had an equal amount (a lot) of fun at the fair.   We got to watch firemen tear apart a car that had been in a(n) (pretend) accident.  They were literally cutting a car apart as people watched.  Of course that didn't seem very safe to me as pieces were cracking apart left and right, but it was still pretty cool to see how they get people out of cars after an accident.  Scary, but cool.

After the fair, we rested up before it was time for my friend Christine's 30th birthday party.  Again, we all had a ton of fun!  Christine and her hubby moved out of state last year, so we don't get to see them nearly as much as we'd like.  Ben had such a great time that he still says, "Party!  Fun!  Balls!" approximately every day, ten times per day.  Ben loves being around other kids and he was pretty much in heaven that he got to play with all sorts of balls outside for hours.  I was perfectly content catching up with my old college roomies--miss them!  Andy kept busy keeping an eye on Ben and chatting with the guys.  I'm wishing I would have gotten a picture of Andy with the guys because they were almost all college/NBA players and totally towered over our little family.  Such great people though!  :)  Thanks for a great party, Christine!  We hope you had a happy birthday!!

Andy had to catch an early flight on Sunday morning, so he was up by 4:00.  For some unfortunate reason, I was up at 3:30 and never fell back to sleep.  As per usual, Ben was up with the sun around 5:00, so it was an exhausting day right off the bat!  I'm sure I've said it before, but the house turns into a disaster when Andy is gone.  I don't consider myself a slob, but I was too tired to keep up with the mess on Sunday!  Thankfully, Grandpa came over so I could head to my Love and Logic class before heading to my mom's for a baby shower for my cousin's wife.  As always, my mom did a great job with everything at the shower!  Can't wait to meet that baby girl in about a month!

After the shower, I was beat, but of course Ben had taken a nearly 2 hour nap outside in his stroller, so he was ready to play!  I somehow managed to entertain him before we went to dinner with my mom, sister, and brother.  Too tired to cook, so it was off to our favorite restaurant!  Ben had fries.  Surprise!

Although my bed was SCREAMING my name, we made a quick Target/Trader Joe's stop since I realized we had zero food and Ben needed a lunch for his last day of school plus a gift for his teachers.  We came home and face-timed with daddy (for the 5th time that day??) before heading off to bed.  Poor Ben didn't quite understand where daddy was, but he sure missed him!  He would ask for daddy every morning and every night and every couple of hours in between.  He thought Andy was running.  Yep, running for 3 days straight! ;)

Monday was Ben's last day of school.  I am so very happy to report that he had a fantastic day!  He did not cry at all for the drop off, and was so excited to run in with the gifts for his teachers.  I snuck away from work in the afternoon to pick him up.  I love seeing him interact with the other kids!  He was sure to tell me everyone's name when I got there.  SO CUTE.  Since I never really get to talk to the teachers, it was great to get a little report on Ben.  I apologize for the bragging that I am about to do, but they could not say enough good things about him!  They are so happy he was in their class and they are just amazed by him.  They said his fine and gross motor skills are so advanced for his age and that he talks a lot better than kids who are much older than him.  They are so pleased with the progress he has made and they think he is a pretty special little guy.  I couldn't agree more!  I can't quite believe he is getting so big, but I am beyond proud of him.  He is such a tough little sweetie pie.  I love him SO much!!!