It has been a pretty busy weekend. We have had three birthday parties honoring four kids: Cousin John turned 9, Sophie Drobnick turned 7, Gabriel turned 3, and Shepherd turned 1. I have had lots of pizza and cake this weekend….got my gluten fill, that is for sure!
After Gabriel’s and Shepherd’s party at Squirrel Lake park yesterday I went to a knitting class with two friends. We bought a Groupon and had a 1.5 hour knitting class. We were pitiful!! I completed only four rows in my wash cloth. It was fun. We laughed a lot. We were told to practice for ten minutes each day to learn the muscle memory. I practiced today and did much better than yesterday, although I don’t see any sweaters or scarfs in my future. I now have a new found appreciation for my Mother-in-Law’s talent for knitting sweaters and Christmas stockings. (Good job, Rebecca!)
I am big on learning new skills these days. In the past, I would ask myself “What do I enjoy? What are my hobbies?” Unfortunately, I didn’t have any answers to those questions. Now I am trying to find some hobbies and some new things to enjoy in my limited free time. So far, I really enjoy my t-shirt remaking and I finally went to Zumba again the other day and remembered how much fun that is! Now I have knitting to add to my list of things that I can do.
As a family, we try to spend quality time together on the weekends. Tom works out of town during the week so it is nice to all be together for a few days. The kids get especially excited. I took a video of them jumping on Tom last night after their game of Monster. They usually just leap over Tom and he catches them while he is lying on the floor. Last night the game turned into “jump on Daddy’s belly over and over again.” He definitely got his ab workout in.
While they did that, Miller and I sat quietly in the other room. Miller is at that great age when he can sit up and play with a small bucket of toys – taking them out one by one, chewing on them, and then doing it all over again. It is a great time waster and entertainer. Overall, a successful weekend!