Good Weekend

Buddy was full recovered by Friday morning. I had him go in late, just to make sure. Friday night we had a birthday party to go to. It was at a place that has go karts, mini-golf, and arcades. It started at 6 so I thought we would be done by 8. I was mistaken. The kids did the arcade for a half hour, and then went to the birthday party room for an hour were there was a clown doing balloons, pizza, and cake. Then they did Laser tag, go karts and mini golf. We didn't leave until after 9:45, and it took about 30 minutes to get home. The kids had a great time. They did not have time to open the presents at the party. This seems to be something that a lot of people are doing (or not doing) at parties. I am undecided on this. When we open presents at parties it can be a headache for the moms. Presents everywhere, all the kids trying to help, all the kids trying to open the presents. On the other hand, it is fun to see what everyone brought. Buddy had football the next morning. Luckily it was a home game so we didn't have to leave until 8:15am. It was a good game. Buddy got an "injury" in the second half. He came off the field limping and sat on the bench. He then limped until we got to the car, and was miraculously better after the car ride. We did some cleaning in the afternoon and then went to pick up Brian. After a week of Brian eating out, we decided to keep the trend going and had Taco Bell dinner. We then watched Wallace and Gromit together. Brian was still on England time (5 hours ahead) so he fell asleep early on. The kids were ready for bed after the movie. The next morning I woke up at about 5 with Buddy saying he needed me. I go in the bathroom and he is standing there holding his nose because it is bleeding. So I got his nose taken care of and sent him back to bed. Brian was wide awake by then, so he got up and went for a motorcycle ride. He brought back bagels for breakfast (for those of you who remember, I still pronounce bagels the same way, and Brian picks on me for it). After breakfast we took Peaches and Chewy to the park. There is a lake there, so we threw balls into the water for the dogs. Peaches loves to fetch, and swimming is great for her knees (she had knee surgery on each knee). Chewy, does not like to fetch. He will run around with the ball in his mouth to tease the other dogs. When we are home, Peaches will chase after the ball, and Chewy will chase after her and bite her back leg (trying to get her to play). I was afraid he would try to do this in the water. Luckily he did not want to get his head wet. He stared off going in the water were he could stand, and at the end was swimming out to were Peaches was and would swim back with her. He is not a natural swimmer. For the most part he swims with his head totally out of the water, and half his chest out, and he splashes a lot (Laura, he swims like how Una swims). We were a little nervous that one of us might have to rescue him. We were unable to bring Zeus, because he has ear infections. Both kids got wet at the lake. There is no swimming at the lake. Buddy went wading with another boy that was there. Somehow Buddy managed to get completely wet (Neither Brian nor I saw it, but we do not believe it was accidental). Lizzie was knocked down in the water by a 5month old Great Dane puppy (it was so cute). It scared her at first, but soon she was back in the water. We walked around the park a little bit, and Brian and Buddy played football for a little bit. When we got home, we had some lunch. The kids then played outside for a bit. Brian and I both got a nap in while watching the race (the kids were back inside). Then Brian went to play horseshoes with the neighbors, and I mowed the lawn. After the kids were in bed we watched the Patriots game (we had DVR'd it). And that was our weekend. I hope this post entertained some of you at work.
Oh, Lizzie was sick this morning, so hopefully this will be the end of it.