Family Fun Weekend

We had such a fun weekend here. I had lots of Emerson time. She is such a dolly! She wants to feed herself, but still wants a cuddle.She is not a neat eater....look at that milk mouth!TJ and my little kids played next door for most of the afternoon on Saturday. The girls (there are 3 neighborhood girls that play together all the time....Charlotte is one of them) use TJ as their own living baby doll. He lets them!He is very fond of Emily (our next door neighbor). Even Emerson went next door for a visit.Zach played with Zak from next door (Emily's brother). We make sure to call our Zach, Zachary when they are all outside.That boy leaves the house with shoes on and NEVER keeps them on! One of my Sweetheart's pet peeves...seeing his kids barefoot. Which by the way was a problem for Charlotte, who always leaves her shoes on! She of course could not have them on running through the sprinkler yesterday. She ended up cutting her toe pretty badly on a sharp rock.Her big brother was rinsing it with the hose while Rachel got her a bandaide. It bled pretty good for a while! I love natural consequences, but in this case, it did not work out. The kid who always keeps her shoes on was the one who got hurt! Zachary made sure he gave her some good advice...."You need to watch where you walk, Charlotte." Yeesh!!

Now I jumped ahead of myself...that was yesterday and I am still on Saturday. Sweetheart and Bud worked on a special project Saturday while all this fun was going on. Rachel and I had a dinner to attend at church so we took Emerson and left all the other kids with the guys who were working in the garage. Bud has wanted this yard game called "Corn Hole" so they decided this weekend to go ahead and make it.

They got most of it done Saturday, but Sunday after church, they were back at it. I was recruited to make the bags, which hold the corn. All 8 of them. I did have Bud and Rachel turn them right side out and fill them before I could stitch up the opening.There is some "rule" that says the game should be done in honor of a sports team....any sports team, and Bud chose the Chicago Cubs. The bags are blue and red and the game will be painted white with the Cubbies logo on each deck.Sweetheart enjoyed working with his son. He always does.Once each aspect of the game was measured and weighed out....those bags needed to be a specific size and weight and the decks a certain height and width along with the hole being in just the right spot and just the right size....they actually have official tournaments....the fun began.

It was Sweetheart and I against Bud and Rachel.....Sweetheart was pretty good at this! So were Bud and Rachel....(see that red bag flying in the air?)Me?....it took a while!Bud and Rachel won 2 out of 3 games. It was a great time!

The kids played a game or two when we were done....Charlotte and her friend, Anya against Zak and Zachary. Zak has a great throw!We watched from the sidelines.
Emerson sat in the grass for a while. She was not quite sure about it.
"Hmmmmm, this is different....."
"Maybe I will touch it....."
"HEY, someone!! Where's that blanket I usually sit on???"
Since I kept getting this scowl, I picked her up! No need to make Grandma the enemy!
And where was Kyle??? Every Sunday after church, Kyle has his friend Robert over for pizza and a movie or two. Kyle did come out and join the fun after 5 pm when Robert left.

Everyone went home and to bed happy and tired. It was a wonderful weekend of family fun!! Thanks for stopping by to share it with me!

Be Blessed,

Bren