Weekend Report
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lydamorehouseThe weekend was very busy. The grandparents (my folks) came for a visit on Friday, which was great, especially as Mason got to play in their hotel pool. I got caught up on all the family news, etc., and, on Saturday morning, Mason weaseled a doughnut run out of my folks as well as got to "show" grandpa all the new games on the PC.
After lunch, my folks headed home and we headed off to a birthday party in Oakdale (?) at "Pump it Up" for one of Mason's buddies. This one was not optional drop off. The facility makes you sign a waiver and stay and watch over your little nipper. I can kind of understand it, if only because the place is full of bouncy house "rides" and gets pretty crazy, even with all the adults AND two staff persons running interference.
But it made me tired, and I was really happy that, once we got home, Mason's neighborhood friends were out and he asked to go over and play. He was completely absorbed over there and, thus, Mama and I had several quiet hours and ordered Red Savoy's pizza. (Mason ended up eating his cold, which he discovered was really awesome, because we let him play until the sun went down.)
Sunday, Mason was really low energy, as were the rest of us, but we managed a trip to Menards to get a new toliet seat (whoot! our old one had cracked -- no fat jokes, please --) and I picked up some new plants for the yard. Our grass has, once again, died. I'm just not willing to fertilize or fuss. I'll throw a few seeds down, but after that I'm done. It's no surprise we have dirt, but it sort of disheartinging/ugly. Shawn and I have decided to hell with it. We're going to make the front yard into a shade garden. I WILL fuss over plants, and, as a bonus, I can buy native, which actually may have a chance of surviving.
Of course, all that is expensive, so it'll probably be a very slow process.
After lunch, my folks headed home and we headed off to a birthday party in Oakdale (?) at "Pump it Up" for one of Mason's buddies. This one was not optional drop off. The facility makes you sign a waiver and stay and watch over your little nipper. I can kind of understand it, if only because the place is full of bouncy house "rides" and gets pretty crazy, even with all the adults AND two staff persons running interference.
But it made me tired, and I was really happy that, once we got home, Mason's neighborhood friends were out and he asked to go over and play. He was completely absorbed over there and, thus, Mama and I had several quiet hours and ordered Red Savoy's pizza. (Mason ended up eating his cold, which he discovered was really awesome, because we let him play until the sun went down.)
Sunday, Mason was really low energy, as were the rest of us, but we managed a trip to Menards to get a new toliet seat (whoot! our old one had cracked -- no fat jokes, please --) and I picked up some new plants for the yard. Our grass has, once again, died. I'm just not willing to fertilize or fuss. I'll throw a few seeds down, but after that I'm done. It's no surprise we have dirt, but it sort of disheartinging/ugly. Shawn and I have decided to hell with it. We're going to make the front yard into a shade garden. I WILL fuss over plants, and, as a bonus, I can buy native, which actually may have a chance of surviving.
Of course, all that is expensive, so it'll probably be a very slow process.
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