My weekend started on Thursday. My {former} stepdaughter Ash came to town from Washington with her husband Jordan and their absolutely adorable baby boy. They had tickets to the Celtics/Blazers game on Thursday, and I told them I would watch the baby while they went to the game, and that they could stay with us. Jordan is in the Navy, and Ash just completed her schooling for her CNA. They had a nice date night, and I got to play with the most adorable baby!
My J was really trying to wrap her head around the relationships. Ash is K's sister (my teenager), and since K is their brother, J finally said 'Oh! So you're our sister too!' It was so cute. Before I could even correct her, Ashlee just said 'sure! You can think of me as a big sister.' Made me want to cry. I thought it was SO big of her heart to say that.
Let me just tell you that their baby is SO good. Even Chris was amazed at how good he is. Smiling, laughing, sitting on the rug surrounded by toys, there isn't much that upsets this kid! He's a good boy and they are truly blessed to have him.
Friday the kids had no school so I took a PTO day and made breakfast for everyone. We got cleaned up and headed to the mall to walk around. We ate lunch, and headed home. I was making a nice family dinner for us of cesar salad, lasagna and garlic bread, and had left the sauce simmering while we were gone. We came home to the most unbelieveable smells! Delish!
W had a birthday party to attend, so daddy took him to that while Ash and Jordan went back to the mall for some things they decided to get. I kept the baby, and J was outside playing with her friends.
Unfortunately, Ash and Jordan had to leave early Saturday, as Jordan had to report back for duty. After they left, the kids woke up and we fed them and they headed outside. If there's one thing those two love to do, it's play outside. Which is great, because we've really had some great weather lately!
We gathered them up around 10:45 to head out and get some errands done. We went to the Woodburn Outlets and bought them up some clothes. Little Miss J scored at the Aeropostale store, while I hooked W up at the Gap. I got some stuff at Tommy (my fave) and the whole family got matching shoes at Converse!
On the way home, we stopped at Famous Dave's BBQ for lunch. Once we got home, the kids went outside to play for the rest of the afternoon. When they came back in, we tucked them downstairs with the next Harry Potter installment (they've been watching the series) and let them watch that.
Sunday, we headed to church. W was so excited about his spiffy new clothes. He does like to dress up! After church, we came home and dad went outside with the kids to do some yard work and I started laundry.
Chris and I have been discussing the need for a larger family vehicle, now that we have three kids (one being a 6' tall teenager). We've been looking and keeping an eye out, and yesterday we found something. After about three hours at the dealership, we drove home in a Pre-Owned Lincoln Navigator. We got a screaming deal, WELL below Blue Book, and this car has EVERYTHING. DVD Player, Navigation, heated and cooled seats, power everything. It's honestly the nicest car we've ever owned. We like it.
The kids were excited about the DVD player, and when we explained to them that it is NOT for trips to the grocery store, but for road trips, they were fine with it.
I have to say, overall, we have some pretty good kids.
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