A better weekend + Denver bound

I’m happy to report that last weekend was much better than the last several. Better weather makes a huge difference. Will in particular LOVES to be outside. He literally wakes up and goes to bed asking to go outside! 

Will still primarily communicates by whining but hopefully this stage ends soon. I’ve tried saying I can’t understand him when he whines (excellent tip, Suzanne!) but I think he’s too young to quite grasp that. But I am definitely using that for Paul who IS old enough to grasp that and I will keep trying with Will until he understands. 

The weather wasn’t great on Saturday as we had a lot of rain but the morning was decent so I ran with my neighbor (which was probably our last run before she moves - sob!). Paul woke up with a rash which we think is an allergic reaction to something so we skipped the library and gymnastics that morning as the optics of bringing a rashy kid didn’t feel right. 

Sad rashy kiddo

So instead we went to a local park while Phil went grocery shopping. It was wet but another mom at the park had a towel with and wiped lots of stuff off. 

Paul looked better that afternoon after taking some Claritin so we went to the library after quiet time. They had swapped out the toys for space-themed toys and there was a planet search and find. Paul is very into space so he was THRILLED!!

We spent sooo much time outside on Sunday. It was a gorgeous, sunny day. Finally!! We had Paul’s party at a park in the morning. I took no pictures as we were busy corralling Will and talking to parents. It was a really fun morning! We brought donuts and juice boxes - not healthy, but it is a birthday party so we figured some sugar was fine. 

Phil went to his mom’s with Paul after quiet time on Sunday so I was on Will duty for the rest of the day. Right when he woke from his nap, we headed out for a walk. And on that walk, we finally met the couple that lives in the house with the costumed geese, which longer term readers will know all about! They switch out the costumes probably every 2 months or so. The wife was delighted to hear how much joy her geese bring us. They also have lots of toys out along their sidewalks for kids to play with. I’m usually on a mission to get a fast walk in so we usually don’t stop to play but this time we did. We were there for 40 minutes and it took a lot of cajoling to get Will back into the stroller! 

A fisherman and a shark!

Rawr!!

We were basically outside until dinner time which made the day more enjoyable than recent weekends when we were cooped up inside. 

Tomorrow I head to Denver. I’ll be there through Thursday doing meetings with 2 different sales reps and will also spend a half day in our Denver sales office. The week is going to fly by! Hopefully the market volatility calms down so I don’t have too much work to do when I get back to the hotel each day. 

How was your weekend?