Lovely Time

This weekend started out pretty normal, but unfortunately without Joe, who headed to Cincinnati to watch a Reds game with some buddies, an annual trek. We missed him, but I think he had a really good time.

Fridays I like to "splurge" on a maybe-not-perfectly-nutritional meal that the girls will consider a treat. This time it was a picnic in the front yard with chicken nuggets (veggie, of course), tater tots (one of my favorites, I must admit) and peaches.

Eva loves "kackup" so much, that at the sight of the red pile on the platter, she gleefully ran toward the picnic, tripped on her blanket ("ganky") and landed in the ketchup. Luckily, we have more than one ganky, so I was able to replace it and they continued with their meal.

Please excuse the poor quality of some of these photos, I'm still adjusting to our new camera.

Anyway, Grace's dad and stepmom babysat the girls Saturday afternoon so I could go see Sex and The City. I know some reviewers have panned it, considering it too shallow, but I didn't take it that seriously and enjoyed it immensely. Took myself out for a little dinner, then retrieved Eva in time for bedtime. I picked up Grace the following morning.

Sunday was my usual furious cooking in an attempt to get ready for the week. I had so many leftover veggies I decided to attempt to make my own vegetable stock. Not sure how it turned out.

The weather was beautiful most of the weekend, with the exception of a quick Sunday afternoon storm. Rain poured for about 15 minutes and then hail.

A little shopping at the mall, then Joe met us for dinner at Chili's. I was determined I was going to have dinner at an outdoor table, so that meant a wait with a cranky Eva and bored Grace, but in the end it was very nice.