The Weekend is OVER...

which I am so thankful for. Friday we got our new table and chairs in, which Josh spent hours putting together. I was busy moving stuff from Ruth's for our yard sale the next morning. Judd and HJ spent the night with Nanna and Pappa for the first time... so it was nice having them out of my hair for a little while.... Although, I did miss them terribly, and it felt weird not having them there. After we dropped them off (around 8pm) Noah cried the whole way home because he wanted "His friends, Judd and Hoppa" and they were his best friends and I needed to go back and get them. Poor thing. He didn't want to stay there for the night, and he didn't want them to either. We stopped at Sonic and got him a creamslush and he got better, plus Scott and Kara came over and he said we were all his best friends. They hung out for a while and Kara helped me put up signs and get a load from Ruth's and bring it back home. I was up til 1:30ish doing yard sale stuff, and woke up with a wet Noah at 4:00, I was changing him into dry pullups and pj's and he said "now I blue, ready for soccer game?" Meaning, did I put his blue jersey on so we can go to the soccer game? I told him no soccer game and to go back to sleep, and thankfully he did. I cuddled up with him for a few minutes and then got back up and got ready and went outside and started setting up. Dad showed up around 6:30 with Hardees bag in hand, which was so awesome!!! What a DAD!!! Thank you dad. He stayed around most of the day and helped and even went home and gathered some junk for me to sell for him! Josh got up around 8ish and helped for a while, then headed off to his golf tournament. Noah woke up later and came outside with me, he was the meeter/greeter, I think I know everyone's name who shopped at the sale! He'd go up and tap their leg (crotch) and say "excuse me, watch yo name?" and they'd say "Huh?" So, I'd say "What's your name?" and they'd say, "Oh...my name is whoever" and Noah would say "Oh, I Noah." and sometimes, he'd stick out his hand and shake hands and say "Nice to meet you." Dad watched the sale while I went and picked up Judd and HJ. Judd came running to me, yelling "MA-MAY!!!" with open arms, and Harper just showed me her ballet dress that was Lexi's that she was wearing. HJ was really quiet on the way home and I asked her if she was mad at me and she said yes. They were hungry and wanted "Chicken Donalds" so, we stopped by there and they came home and had a picnic on the end tables that didn't sell. They looked so cute out there, little legs swinging, eatin' their nuggets. Judd would wave at every car that drove by or slowed down to look, and every time someone stopped, Harper would say "look mommy, here comes anoder one!" Finally, around 3-3:30 we went inside and I bathed all the kids and put them on the bed and they were all out within 5 minutes. Noah played games and I just sat for a minute and played with him. Josh came home earlier than expected and grilled burgers and dogs and Judd LOVED the "Crabby patties" by the way... and we all ate and then went to bed. I was exhausted. Sunday, Josh had to work in the morning. We decided to only go to church church, not class, so I got HJ ready and we went and took some pics in her Matilda Jane outfit. She was SO STUBBORN... she wouldn't look at me or smile or do anything except for be scared of bugs. It turned out to be a waste of time... I maybe got 3 good shots out of the whole 30 minute shoot. I was in picture mode and after church we noticed the field was full of flowers, so we went home and got the camera and went back and tried to get a good family shot... they turned out not like I planned, but at least we got one with all of us smiling. After church, pizza with Granny and Pa and Grandmom, then Josh and HJ and Judd went to sleep, so I packed some clothes, and Noah and I headed out to do his shoot. He was a little better than Harper, he'd actually look at me sometimes. We went downtown and were sitting on a bench resting and the trolley came by. Noah waved and they stopped and asked us if we wanted to ride. Before I could say "SURE" Noah was already climbing the stairs to get in. We were the only ones on it, and he went and sat by himself like a big boy. The windows were up and his hair was blowing and he had the BIGGEST SMILE ever on his face. At our first stop, he looked over at me and said "This is great!" and it gave me the warm fuzzy feeling... It was really really fun. We took a long ride, with him smiling the whole way. The driver even let him step on the "bell dinger" and ring the bell several times, and you know he loved that! After our ride was over we went home and HJ and daddy were awake, ready to go to the park. We all went to Ben Geren and they played on the huge jungle gym and we went exploring in the woods. Judd was so brave, he'd climb right up to the top of the big one and slide down by himself. He even climbed the shaky ladder to get back up. Josh was bragging about it later on and was telling me Judd could do that... We were all in bed, about 30 minutes later and HJ said "I cwimed dat big wadder too!" so we bragged on her really big, then told them to be quiet and go to sleep. We had an awesome Sunday, the weather was perfect and we made some great memories. The house fairy forgot to clean my house while I was gone, so I better get back on the ball tomorrow and get back into routine... Oh yeah, our windows are DONE... all 13 of them, and they look GREAT! Use window world if you need windows, and mention me... because I need that $50 referral check!!!