Another weekend gone. Weekends are my favorite time (no surprise), but not for the old reasons. The weekend is when I get a chance to spend a lot of time with Eric. During the week, I am home for 2 or 3 hours every evening before his bedtime. We spend some of this time eating dinner, an occasional walk around the block, and winding down for “nite nite”. But on the weekends we spend time watching Barney on TV, playing outside, trips to the store, swinging in the back yard, blowing bubbles on the front porch, and so on. This is real quality time for me. I cherish these moments more than anything.
This weekend we spent Saturday afternoon over at our condo changing locks and cleaning up. Just Eric and me. (We have new tenants moving in tomorrow.)
Sunday brought a trip to the mall for new shoes. Eric outgrew his first pair of shoes. His foot is now a 6W. There was a sale, so Mommy bought 2 pair – brown shoes for dressing up and running shoes for everyday play. He really likes his new shoes! Unfortunately, we realized this evening that one pair is the wrong size, so Mommy will return to the store tomorrow and exchange them for the correct size.
While we were walking at the mall (it is an outdoor mall near our house), Eric counted “1, 2, 3” all by himself. Mommy and I were playing a game, and every time we picked him up to swing him forward, we counted to 3 first, and we all said “weee!”. Soon, Eric was counting for us whenever he was ready to swing.
After all that shopping, I offered to treat for ice cream. When we got to the store, we decided we were all hungry and ordered lunch instead. Eric’s meal was served on a frisbee, so he now has a new toy! We served up ice cream at home later in the evening before bedtime. Eric loves to have ice cream with Daddy!
Tomorrow is Monday. I can hardly wait for next weekend!