Weekend Update

We had another fun and busy weekend! Quick recap...

FRIDAY

Eddie has been wanting/needing some new clothes and I told him he should go to the outlets in Mebane... so, he came home early on Friday and we loaded up the car and headed to the outlets! They are only about 20 minutes away, but we hit some traffic.  Andy couldn't keep his eyes open.  He crashed hard...and drooled like crazy on the way there!

Before we shopped, we stopped at Blue Ribbon Diner for some early dinner.  This place is yummy-- the boys loved it! The two of them both wanted to sit by me-- not complaining! I love it! (however there wasn't a ton of room for all three of us........haha)

I brought the double stroller for the boys and tried hard to keep them entertained in the first store while Eddie shopped. We made faces in the mirror...

These outlets are great because there are little play places throughout the shops for the kids.   The boys got to play here for a while and they were happy!

 To reward their good behavior (and because Eddie was craving one!), we stopped and got the kids (and Eddie!) a milkshake. 

SATURDAY:

Saturday morning was the swim meet! See post about that HERE.  While Cal and I got up pretty early, Andy managed to sleep (on the floor) until 9:20.  Eddie had the perfect morning! ha!

 Saturday night, we went to dinner with a group of friends-- 3 couples-- at this restaurant we've all been wanting to try.  It was SO SO SO good and we had a great time together! We had an early reservation so it wasn't too late of a night...thankfully!

We got no pics with the hubbies... whoops!

SUNDAY:

Eddie played golf on Sunday, despite the drizzly rain.  The rain meant that there would be no pool for me and the boys, so instead, the boys got haircuts! They were much much needed....
As soon as this woman started combing Andy's hair, he goes "you done now??" haha I love both boys with longer, shaggy hair...but Cal's was out of control long, and Andy really needed a trim too...

The other a hair washing at this place and Cal has never done it before....we did this time, and he was seriously cracking up the whole time.  This picture makes me smile....

And then this happened on Sunday...

 I am going to do a whole post about it eventually... but the boys are now sharing one room.  We are not combining rooms to make room for another baby. We already have a study and a guest room. We don't NEED to have the extra room-- but the boys NEED to sleep in the same room.  Sleeping has been a nightmare (pun intended) around here lately and something had to give....

 ...and last night they slept in their "new" room and both slept through the night and slept until 7:37! PRAISE!

We need matching bed spreads, I know... that will come...maybe.... until then....

We also moved the glider into Cal's old room.  Hank immediately crawled up in the chair.  Moving furniture around totally worries him.  He was flat worn out from panicking and decided to rest in the chair! ha!

Sunday afternoon we had the swim team banquet.  You can read about that HERE.

And then Sunday night....sleep tight, roommates! 

 Hope y'all had a great weekend too!


 

Swim Team Finale

This weekend capped off the end of swim team! Saturday we had the championship swim meet and then Sunday there was the team banquet.  I have said it a million times, I know.... but I think swim team has been such a positive experience! We have loved participating in meets and practices and other fun events.  I think we will definitely do it again next year...maybe with both boys...? (I say that as I laugh out loud....NO WAY will Andy want to do that next year!)

Here is a look at our swim team weekend:

I have heard in the past that this meet is SUPER chaotic...over 700 swimmers all down on the floor, and parents are not allowed down there unless they are volunteering.  So, I volunteered to be a 6 and under chaperone for the boys.  THANK GOODNESS I did! Cal would have been a mess down there.

However, chaperones had to be there at 6:30am.  Cal wanted to make a quick Dunkin run before we went, so I woke up at 5:30 and got him up at 5:45...he was not wanting to wake up:

 We got all ready and walked down to the garage-- leaving Andy asleep on the floor of our bedroom.  When I raised the garage door, Cal could NOT believe we were up before the sun was up...he started giggling in disbelief:

We ran to Dunkin and then headed to Koury Natatorium, which is where  Carolina has their swim meets.  I love this next picture of Cal... sleepy-eyed, sweet boy:

Once we got to our designated spot, the boys all set up their stuff and settled in to play before warmups.  We checked in the boys and wrote their names on their backs.

The boys all headed to warm up-- and it was chaotic...again, thank goodness I was down there! Cal and George posed before heading over.

Standing in front of the pool...ready to go!

Cal only swam in one event at Championship-- 25 free.  There is only one relay for all of the 6 and under boys and you have to swim a stroke more than 2 times in other meets to be able to do it in champs (he swam backstroke only one other time, so he wasn't able to swim in Saturday). 

He swam so hard and dropped seconds off his time-- I was so proud!!

 Since he was only in one event, after he swam it, he had to hang around until ALL of the 6 and under boys were done, since I was a chaperone.  He was super tired and pretty over it by the end.  Hands down the pants.....

 One more picture of my little shark!

After the meet, we ran by Target to get a little reward for good behavior the last day of camp and for a great swim team season.... he got a paw patrol character and the movie Rio 2.

Sunday afternoon, we had the swim team banquet! The whole team gets together and receives a medal and then special awards are given out in each age group.  After all of that, the team watches a slideshow of pictures from the year. 

It was a great way to end the season!

Cal and Brad sat by each other on the floor...

Cal waiting to be called up-- with his hands behind his back- hilarious.

My little SHARK!

 Can't believe the swim season is over!!! Until next year.....