Weekend

What a weekend! Today was meant to be a lazy, stay at home and veg on the couch with a book or movie kind of day, but it just didn't happen that way.

We got up early because the local fire department was hosting a pancake breakfast, and while pancakes aren't my favorite food, I do very much enjoy having my nreakfast prepared for me. Visiting with what seems like the rest of the town while I eat isn't too bad, either, and my parents came as well, which meant tons more people stopping by our table to say hello and chat a minute. The food was good, but then, how can you screw up pancakes, eggs, and sausage? The children were amazingly well behaved, and all in all, it was worth rolling out of bed at oh dark thirty on a Sunday.

After breakfast, we went to visit the outlaws, and ended up staying for longer than I thought we would, but it was a pleasant visit. Even at their house and on the ride, the children behaved better than I thought they would. I remember asking them if they were feeling ok once in the car because they were being cooperative and sharing (gasp!) without prompting.

After the visit, we drove around several car lots looking for trucks for the man. We saw several dealerships that had a truck that would probably be suitable (to my mind), but he's fussier and more knowledgeable about such things than I am. I can look at a truck and think "Well, it's a green dodge with four doors and four wheel drive, looks good to me", whereas he's thinking, "Look at the rust by that door panel, and the gas mileage on this is something else, and a 5.7 versus a 4.8 liter is something I have to take into consideration. All in all, it would need some work and has high miles. Next." So obviously he won't be asking me to buy him a truck without him seeing it first, but the driving around did give us a chance to see smaller dealerships' offerings, and once over anything he thought was worth a closer look without any sales pitches.

We stopped at Long John Silver's for lunch, which was a special treat for the kids because we typically don't go out to eat twice in the same day. They were reasonably well behaved then, too, so maybe I've kept them busy enough this weekend to not have the energy to fight with one another.

On the drive home, the girl child was getting tired and whiny, but it's to be expected, I suppose. When we got home, my newest nephew was visiting my parents at their house (along with his parents, my brother and sister in law), so we all walked up to see him. It was fun watching how enamored my kids were with the tiny baby, and they both enjoyed holding him. He's sweet and small, and not yet old enough to roll his eyes at me, so he's all right for now.

All in all, this weekend was wonderful- a dog show, the maple fest, and then the lazy day where we ended up getting things done but were in no hurry to do it.

The next weekend the man has off isn't until Easter, so I know we'll be busy then too, with family dinners and egg hunts and the like.