Another great weekend.

We spent time yesterday shopping for Alex's really big boy bed. He's been using the toddler bed for awhile now, but he's getting pretty long for it. So, we shopped for a mattress yesterday so that we can convert his bed to to full-sized. He really enjoyed trying out the beds and we found a great deal on one that should last him for quite some time. It won't be in until Thursday, so we'll get it all put together next weekend. With that, we decided it's time to redecorate his room as well. The pale purple walls and Pooh border/pictures just doesn't fit him anymore. He says he wants racing stuff. So, we'll have to make a trip to Home Depot too!
Alex then went over to grandma and papa's last night for a sleepover. Wil and I realized that we hadn't been out together, just the two of us, since about April! We had dinner at Outback and then went to see Wall E. It was an okay movie, not my favorite Pixar film at all. Alex would have never gotten anything out of it and probably would not sit still through it. Despite that, it had a good message and there are plenty of people who could get something from it if they let that message sink in. We came home and had a few drinks and watched "Fool's Gold". Pretty good movie as well.
Alex got to go to Chuck E. Cheese and apparently didn't sleep much. So, Wil is now on his way to pick him up. Not sure yet what we'll do today, but it's supposed to be hot and humid, so I'm kind of hoping for a lazy day in the air conditioning!
We got Dish set up the other day (not happy with Direct TV). We now have VH1 Classics so now I can watch all the 80's stuff I want:)

Sunday night...

The weekend has come to a close and we had a wonderful time. Despite the nasty hot and humid weather on Friday, we managed to find fun things to do. We spent some time at Ikea and got a few things for the house. Then we went over to MOA so that Alex could go on rides at Nickelodeon Universe. He had such a great time and LOVES the rides, especially the roller coaster. We spent most of yesterday out and about in the jeep doing some geocaching. We went to the Hastings/Prescott area and found 5 caches. It was a beautiful day and we got a lot of sun and exercise. Today was a low key day with the family. It was nice to have a mini vacation. Even though we didn't get to camping, we found such fun things to do!

Extended weekend

I took a half day today and tomorrow off with original plans to do some camping. The weather is not cooperating, so we ended up staying home. It rained and stormed a little today, but the evening has been very nice. We took Alex to see "Kung Fu Panda" and we really enjoyed it. Cute movie. Alex did pretty well (this is the first theater movie we've taken him to). He said he really liked the movie and even developed a few kung fu moves. He needed to go to the bathroom at the very end, so I ended up missing about the last 5 minutes of the movie, but it's one we will definitely rent or buy so I'll see it at some point. Had Chipotle for dinner and came home for a walk with the dog. It's Wil's birthday today and I think he had a nice day.
Not sure what we'll do tomorrow. It's supposed to rain and storm again and be really hot (over 90). Not my idea of great camping weather, so we may just hang around town again.

Happy 4th of July weekend!

We took Alex to see fireworks last night for the first time. Jenny and Jim met up with us and we went to the Taste of Maplewood, which was basically a dinky festival with a band and some food vendors. We ate corndogs, fries, mini donuts, and ice cream and listened to the Lamont Cranston band for a little bit. The fireworks display was great and Alex absolutely loved it! He was so excited with everything going on and very intently watched the fireworks. He would clap and yell and say "Good Job!" It was such a fun night. We didn't get home until about midnight and he did just fine with that-crashed when his head hit the pillow. The rest of us stayed up until 2am playing cards. Of course, Alex woke up at his usual 7:30 so we're all a little sleepy today.
We also did some planting yesterday during the day around the tree in our back yard. We have some shrubs to put in today yet, so our plan is to work on that after dinner. It's pretty hot, so doing this when the sun is low is a better idea to me! We got the pop-up camper cleaned out today in preparation for camping next weekend. So, it's been a full weekend with a lot accomplished!
Hope everyone has had a nice weekend!!