WONDERFUL Weekend

We had such an awesome weekend with the boys...and I needed it after Friday. Eric had his social skills group on Saturday morning. Last week taking him there was a complete disaster. I figured it was because Rob was there with me dropping him off and Daddy is fun and, well fun, and Eric doesn't have to do not-fun stuff with Daddy. (As a matter of fact, lately, when Eric gets in trouble with me he asks for Daddy--even when Rob isn't around. I'm trying to find the humor in that.) So today, I took him by myself and he went in no problems. I'm the mean one, making him do un-fun stuff and he's OK with that (and at times when he does things I know are good for him and he doesn't fight it, I'm ecstatic about being the not-fun one--the rest of the time it sucks!). Rob is uber lucky in that regard.

We hung out at the house the better part of Saturday afternoon doing regular weekend crap. Then we took the boys to the YMCA in Cranberry to go swimming. Eric LOVES the pool. Capital LOVE doesn't even begin to describe how much the kid loves the water. Evan didn't last too long so he and I went to run errands while Rob and Eric stayed and played. Then we hit DQ for dinner on the way home. The boys were just so awesomely well behaved. We should have passed on DQ and headed for a 5-star restaurant like Applebees :-)

Today, we went down to the Waterfront to see Madagascar 2. Eric has been to the movies before and has really enjoyed it. Evan has never been to the movies, so this was a new adventure for him and me (I don't think I have been to the movies since Castaway--yeah, 2000--I'm trying to set the Guinness Book of World Records for longest time not going to the movies!). The boys did OK. Eric lasted much longer than Evan--almost to the end of the movie.

Another week of work/therapy/life and then we have some time off for Thanksgiving. A much needed (and might I say well-deserved) break from the daily grind!