Eli woke us up bright and early this morning (as he usually does; but hey, I'm not complaining, because he is sleeping long hours these days and I am loving getting in my bed at night and not getting up until morning. Hooray!!! He's been sleeping from around 7pm-7am - or 6:30 as was the case this morning, but he was ignored until 7, which is fine when he's happy and he always is after sleeping so long. Anyway, back to the blog...) So I got up and nursed Eli - we're down to morning and night here people. Times are a-changin'. Anyway, then we went in and woke Jeremy up and Eli gave him sweet snuggles and kisses. He has been giving so many snuggles lately and I love it! I hope this phase never ends. :)
Then Jeremy got ready and had to go in to work for a couple hours. So he left around 7:30 and then I made pancakes for Eli and I. I know, I should have made them for Jeremy too, but he wanted to get going and he ended up eating donuts at work, so don't feel too sorry for him. So Eli and I ate delicious oatmeal pancakes and drank apple juice and talked about what our plans were for the day. He really likes those conversations. :) Then I cleaned up and Eli played and babbled and helped me unload the dishwasher - one of his favorite activities ever. Then he helped me vacuum the house, another favorite (he actually really likes the vacuum and has no fear when it comes to that loud machine), and we played some more. Then it was time for a nap (he's still doing 2 a day most of the time, which is fine with me - whatever keeps him happy) and Jeremy called and said he was going straight to the Selden's house to help them move. I said alrighty, good plan, and I went outside to pull weeds.
After an hour or so of that, Eli woke up and shortly after Jeremy got home and we all continued pulling weeds and then Jeremy started mowing the lawn. Evidence:
We took a short break for lunch awhile later and then headed back out to finish mowing/pulling weeds. I had to teach Eli to keep his hat on and to stop putting the crab apples in his mouth. That was fun. Then I thought I should take some pictures and then he decided he was grumpy and wouldn't smile:
What, you think because you took my hat off I'd be happy? Wrong.
Then he really got grumpy, so we came back inside. Jeremy showered because he was starting to get all "sneezy", as he said, and Eli and I snuggled up on the rocking chair and read a book before it was time for nap #2. Then I got to shower and Jeremy went into the study to study (that was profound; and if you're wondering what he's studying for, I'll tell you later) and I called my choir people (every Saturday I call to remind them about choir - great technique for choir member-retention that I learned from my mother. Thanks mom!) Then I thought, "hey, maybe I'll blog."Wow. That was the longest day recap ever, and it's only 3 o'clock. But in case you were wondering how we've spent our day, now you know! Time to go though. I just heard the babe. Eli and I are going to get the Safety & Emissions test done on the car so we can renew our registration. Oh joy! Then it's homemade pizza for dinner and maybe a movie for tonight. It's been a good day. Ahh, I love Saturdays!!!
6 comments:
that sounds like a great productive saturday, much like the Saturdays I prefer to have...family work and fun. Hope you enjoy your movie. :)
What a fun day! It sounds like you have a lot of weeds :) Russ likes to help set the table from the dishwasher. Unfortunately he dropped a plate the other day. I am glad Eli is sleeping well and being a generally happy boy, even if not in pictures.
Amy - yes, we do have a lot of weeds. Actually, most of what I was pulling up was grass (obviously not in the lawn, but around the front bushes and tree). We've sprayed, but they keep coming back! So every couple weeks I've been going out to pull grass and weeds. :)
I was happy to see you guys pulling weeds on Saturday- I actually miss that sometimes. Weed-pulling was a weekly Saturday morning ritual at my house growing up. Homemade pizza, yum!
In some of the photos Eli looks a lot like Ben, and in some he looks a lot like Cooper. Very strange since they were all taken on the same day. I guess it is in his differnt expressions. Cute, cute, cute!
I love Saturdays too! Best day of the week. Okay, Sundays are great too, but I don't get to spend as much time with my family as on Saturdays.
The last picture of Eli is hilarious! The picture is missing a little bubble that says: "enough with the pictures Mom, I'm done." :D
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