Weekend Recap

Friday night our neighborhood had a block party down by our community pool.  We've lived in our neighborhood for over 5 years and we hardly know any of our neighbors.  This is the first time they have really advertised an event, so we decided to go.  It was a ton of fun.  We ate dinner and listened to some music.  They even had a fire truck, police car and ambulance come so the kids could climb inside them.  I think Shawn might have had just as much fun as the kids when checking out the fire truck. . haha.  Unfortunately, we didn't really meet any neighbors, but we did have a fun evening.  We stayed about an hour as both kids started to get tired and cranky!

Saturday morning Shawn and I split up with kids.  I took Em to get her soccer pics taken and Shawn took Evan to get his flu shot.  I think I got the better end of the deal there!  Shawn and Evan met us at the soccer fields for Em's 3rd soccer game.  It was overcast and we were really worried about it raining, but luckily it held off until just after Em's game.  Em played great and scored a goal!  Courtney and Grace were kind enough to come up and watch the end of Em's game.  After her game, we went out to lunch with the Gists at Scotty P's.  Our kids were getting a little fussy by then, so we had a quick meal before heading home.  I thought for sure both kids would take long naps after our busy morning, but that's not how it worked out.  :(  Neither of them took a nap.  Boo! 

 

 

We had hoped to make it to Oktoberfest in McKinney Saturday afternoon, but instead we got some rain and it was predicted to continue all night.  So instead we asked Courtney and Grant if they wanted to come over for dinner, assuming they weren't tired of us yet.  :)  They came over around 5:00 and we ate some BBQ and the kids enjoyed playing.  Evan seemed to really enjoy having a playmate that was his own size.   I think Evan might have even taught Grace a bad habit or 2 (ie. climbing on tables and chairs. . haha).

It ended up not raining at all Saturday night and we woke up to beautiful weather Sunday morning.  Shawn went grocery shopping and I took the kids to the park to burn some energy.  After lunch, Em and I headed out for yet another soccer game.  Her game last Saturday was rained out, so today was the makeup game.  After Em's game yesterday, she was a little burned out and not really wanting to play much.  However, after a quick promise of a cupcake if she went in and played, she was all smiles and even scored a goal.  She's now scored a goal in each of her 4 games.  So proud of her!  Even though she's pretty good at soccer, her love of the game is still questionable.  We haven't yet made a decision if we'll sign her up for spring soccer or will take some time off. 

Shawn stayed home so Evan could nap (Em's game was right in the middle of naptime) and we found them enjoying the Cowboys game together when we got home.  I dropped Em off and grabbed Evan and off we went to run a few errands before coming back home for good.  Me and Em spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning out her closet and hanging fall clothes up.  If you have ever seen Em's closet and the amount of clothes this girl has, you will realize that this is quite the chore!