What a Weekend!

Busy times, busy times. Nothing major happened this weekend, but it felt like we were always doing something. Friday night we had pizza and then went to the living room for a BIG dance party. Eli pulled out the guitars and the drums and we went to town, jamming to everything from Fee to Beastie Boys to Van Halen. Maddie and Eli danced their hearts out and collapsed into bed shortly thereafter. Saturday was a bit breezy and cool, but that didn't stop us from hanging out in the front yard. With all of the wind and storms we had on Thursday, our yard and driveway were covered with leaves. Lehr rakes all of them into a HUGE pile and the kids had a blast raking and mowing over the pile. After their naps, Eli and Maddux ran through the pile, jumped into the pile, and had leaves poured on top of them, burying them in the pile. (I have some cute video of that - will put it up tomorrow if time allows.) We finished off the night with our "Family Movie Night". We watched the second half of Toy Story 2 as we munched on popcorn. As usual, Maddux made it through the popcorn and then wiggled out of her seat and ran around, climbing on people and getting into stuff. She's not quite at the age where Pixar holds her attention. Eli was glued to the screen though.

But today was the big day. This morning we had a live recording session at church which included worship for over an hour. And Eli got to stay in the service for the whole thing. We've been talking about this for weeks, so he was really pumped. Unfortunately he woke up this morning feeling 'not-Eli'. All of his vitals seemed fine, but he was very quiet and subdued. (Crazy, I know.) So instead of dancing in the aisles, working the air guitar and drums as we'd expect, he sat quietly in Lehr's lap for most of the concert. After naps, we headed back to the church for a Thanksgiving pot-luck. Eli was a bit whiny at the beginning, but a 1st grader sat at our table and the two boys became fast friends. Maddux alternated between turning up her nose to everything but Cheerios and dancing around the Great Hall. Kids are now in bed. Mommy is following closely behind.