First "Normal" Weekend

This past weekend was our first "normal" weekend since early December. As much as I love the holidays, I am a person who craves routines so it felt good to get back to normal! 

On Friday afternoon I had my post-op follow-up appointment. It was good to talk to my doctor about what they found. She didn't think I had polyps based on what she saw during the surgery but the lab reports showed that at least some of what she removed were polyps. They were benign as expected and she doesn't think they will come back. Fingers crossed that is the case! 

On Friday night, we had take and bake pizzas which is a rare meal that everyone loves! Phil and I finished the last episode of "Fleishman is in Trouble." I had read and liked the book years ago. I liked the show more than Phil did. It was a bit too navel gazy for him. 

Saturday was Phil's morning to sleep in. Will was awake at 5:15 but I left him in his crib until 6 (which is what our pediatrician has instructed us to do!) His 4th 2y molar broke through so I am guessing that is why he's been waking early lately. We FaceTimed with my parents after breakfast and then had our usual combo of the library followed by gymnastics. 

Unfortunately Will took a short 1 hour nap that afternoon - which was the theme of the weekend. Since Phil slept in, I got naptime to myself. But Will was in such a HORRIFIC mood upon waking that I went down to help out. The moment I picked up Will, he went from screaming to snuggling into me. Phil was so annoyed since he had tried everything to calm him down. Toddlers! Once he was in a better mood and willing to sit down for a snack, I headed out for a 3 mile run. I wear my garmin but do not pay attention to the pace because it is slow going out there on these snow-packed and at times icy trails. But it was pretty and the temps were around 18F so pretty nice for Minnesota in January.

We had leftovers for dinner that night. I worked on a lego set with Paul - I'm loving the lego set stage! After Paul went to bed, we watched the first half of Glass Onion while I worked on a puzzle I got for Christmas. 

It was my turn to sleep in on Sunday but I was up around 6:45 as I felt pretty rested - which is a wonderful but rare feeling! The boys and I had a play date with a running club friend, Taya, and her kids at an indoor playground called Inner Active. Her kids are 18 months and 3.5 years, so pretty close in age to mine. Taya has taken an interest in photography so she got some great pics of my kids - plus one of me with the boys! I'm not wearing make-up and haven't showered, but I don't really care because that is how I look 85% of the time (I only wear make-up when I go into the office!). The indoor playground was AMAZING! I wish it was closer as it's the kind of place we'd go to often in the winter! It's 30 minutes away from us, so not close. We were there for 2 hours and could have stayed longer but I didn't want to risk Will falling asleep on the drive home.

I worked out during nap/quiet time - I'm on week 4 of the LIIFT4 beach body program which I am really liking. At most, I do 2 strength training workouts/week so it's taking me a long time to get through the program but oh well. Will took another 1 hour nap so he woke up right after I finished my workout. Womp womp. But at least he was in a better mood. He was happy to sit on the couch and eat popcorn while we watched the rest of the Vikings game. They won our division so play at home next week! Woo hoo!

After the game, we headed to the sledding hill that is 1.5 blocks from our house. Will initially liked sledding when he tried it a few weeks ago but his interest has waned. So I pulled him around in his sled while Phil and Paul enjoyed the sledding hill. 

Waving to a snowman on our street. He calls him Frosty!

For dinner, I made picadillo in the instant pot which I served with rice and black beans. Will, Phil and I loved it; Paul wouldn't eat any of it, even though we KNOW he eats beans at school. Le sigh. 

After the boys were in bed, Phil watched the Packers/Lions game and I worked on my puzzle before heading up to bed to read my book (Solito - a sobering memoir about a 9 year old El Salvadorian boy that crosses the border to join his parents in the US). 

And that was a wrap! Overall, it was a really good weekend. One thing that kind of annoyed me was how Paul would say "now what are we going to do?" when we got done with each fun activity. Like I'm just a 24/7 entertainer/purveyor of fun experiences! I know it's unrealistic for me to expect a 4.5 year old to think - 'gosh, I am so lucky that my parents do so many fun things with us!' But I hope he gets to that point when he has more maturity and the ability to reflect on his childhood. :) All that said, weekends ARE more enjoyable when we are out doing things. I'm just looking forward to a time when my kids are able to recognize how lucky they are that they get to do cool, fun things. 

How was your weekend?