Weekend Fun

Our weekend wasn't the most exciting, but it was a good one right til the end :)

And of course, any weekend with Costco is a good weekend :)

So that's what we did, we hit up costco with my mom (she's got the card), and that evening she joined me and the boys at my softball game while Josh worked. The game was great, we won, and the boys had a lot of fun playing with the other kiddos there.

Sunday was a lazy day, hanging around the house. I unfortunately didn't have the best saturday night sleep ever, and woke with a headache. Boo. And that headache only seemed to grow throughout the day. I thought I had it beat when we were on the way to the swimming pool, but once I got into the water it came back again. Such is life.

Elliott must have forgotten that he's been the pool before (and fairly recently), because he decided he was terrified and only wanted to cling to mommy. Poor kid. I warmed him up to the water after about 10 minutes and he was more comfortable, but still wanted to have my hand. He did, though, enjoy sliding down the little kids slide into the water. And Thomas had a great time playing with daddy. The pool we prefer to enjoy has big floaty canoes for the kids to play in, and Thomas really enjoyed floating around the pool in that. And of course, he thought it was hilarious when daddy played the shark.

Our evening was just as quiet as our morning, and I'm glad because my head was killing me by then. It was teetering dangerously on the edge of migraine, so I went to bed shortly after the boys did. Not sure what's causing the headaches I've been fighting for about a week now, but I'd like whatever it is to take a hike! Could be moving "stress", but I don't feel all that stressed.

Adding to my headache, yesterday I realized our van needs to go through aircare before we an reinsure it. I'm not sure how, but I completely overlooked that, and now we need to get it to pass aircare before we can do anything else. Ugh. I'm pretty sure it's going to fail. I guess I thought aircare was done already, but the aircare program doesn't end until the end of the year. Oops. We can't even start dealing with it until tomorrow, because our mechanics are closed on mondays. Hosers.

Well, it's a glorious day outside, and I think we'll try to get some boxes moved over to the new place. Fun, fun, fun!

**It must have been a pretty fun weekend for the boys, because they're both still sleeping! It's 8:15am!**

Weekends are too much fun!

Wow we sure packed a ton into this past weekend! It felt like a good pace, we didn't rush it too much, and naps were still had, so that's always a bonus. Here's what we did this weekend!

Saturday:
The Rodeo was in town, and we decided to be brave and venture out even though we were told it would rain. It most certainly did not rain, and I got a mighty good sunburn out of the day. I think I've only even gone to the Cloverdale Rodeo maybe twice back when I was a teenager, and I don't remember it all that fondly, but I was probably broke and couldn't do anything fun :P This time around, it was a blast! Both boys were really into it, and had a great time on the rides and checking out all the fun stuff. We met up with some friends who have 2 boys around the same ages as ours, and that just made it even more fun!

We bought enough tickets for Thomas and Elliott to go on 3 rides each, but Elliott only ended up going on 2 rides, as he got scared on the second and wouldn't go on any more after that. Thomas, of course, had a blast, and wanted to go on every ride he saw. His favorites were the Monster Trucks and the Motorcycles.

Sunday:
On Saturday morning Thomas asked me if it was an owl he could hear "hooting" through the night, and I told him that, yes, it was an owl. (Our house backs onto a ravine and there's definitely a lot of wildlife back there!) He was so excited by the thought that there was an owl right out back, he wanted to go see it really really badly! I had to explain to him that owls sleep during the day, and that it would be very difficult to spot one having a snooze. Lucky for Thomas, I knew of a place where we could see some owls (and other birds) up close and personal. (Well, not too personal.)

So we went to O.W.L. Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society in Delta. What a great experience! The boys might have been a touch young to really understand all that we learned there, but Josh and I had a great time and learned a lot! Thomas thought all the Owls were so cute, and really thought the Turkey Vultures were hilarious. Elliott was good at spotting the birds in their enclosures, but once he pointed them out, he wanted to move on to the next enclosure.

If you're looking for something a little different, I definitely suggest checking out O.W.L. :)

I think our next family adventure will be to the Urban Safari Rescue Society.