Well despite the forecast for rainy and stormy weather for the long weekend we were able to have a blast! We started off the weekend by heading to my best friend Angela's house for a play date. My last play date before I return to work officially Tuesday morning. AHHHH! It's not that bad, really! It's more sad than anything to know my summer holidays with my girls is over. Angela was a wonderful host and we enjoyed watching the little kiddies play together. They sure loved hanging out in Greyson's bed with all of his toys. Angela made me a delicious Pumpkin Spice Latte, oh yummy!! It was so nice to get caught up on both our trips and hang out.
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We decided to meet Kyle at Carbone Pizza on Taylor for lunch. Kyle's birthday was Sunday so we know we were going to be celebrating all weekend long. A Friday lunch seemed like a good way to start off the celebrations. We arrived home just before 1:30 to see a huge storm roll in and boy did it pour. Lots of loud thunder and flashes of lightning. Abby slept through it all.
Friday afternoon Claire and I wrapped all of Kyle's birthday gifts and made him a card. She loved cutting the wrapping paper and taping the ends for me. We bought him lots of goodies, some running clothes from Lululemon, boxer shorts, running shorts, a tank top and swim trunks and Claire picked out all the colours. We also bought him his favourite fudge from Rocky Mountain and a new stainless steel Starbucks drinking cup. I bought him a new pair of Ray Ban sunglasses, he needed a new pair because the lenses in his old pair were all scratched up. Friday night after dinner we let him open one gift from the girls and Claire gave him the present with his Lululemon stuff. He loved it! We said he could open one gift tomorrow and then the rest Sunday. Oh you know there are rules to birthday weekends right?!?! LOL!
Saturday morning we headed out to Polo Park to pick up somethings. I needed to pick up an item from Scholar's Choice and then buy some baby wipes on sale at BabyRus. We stopped at Costco on our way home to get some groceries as well. Luckily for us Kyle and I were able to send the girls to my parents for a sleepover Saturday night so we could go out just the two of us to celebrate his birthday. We dropped them off for 11:30 or so and my parents fed them lunch while we headed out to an early movie, Mission Impossible with Tom Cruise. I'm not a big fan of his movies but Kyle loves them so because it's his birthday weekend I agreed to see it. It turned out to be a good movie with lots of action.
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| Claire taking photos in the car |
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| Daddy busy on his phone |
We came home briefly to feed Makena, FaceTime with the girls and then take Makena for a walk together. We haven't done that in a long time, take Makena for a walk just the two of us. It was relaxing and luckily it wasn't raining so we didn't get soaked.
After we headed to the Keg for dinner. We didn't get there until a little after 7 so we had to wait 45 minutes for a table but it wasn't bad because we were able to head to the bar and have a drink while we were waiting. I love their prime rib with frizzled onions so of course that's what I ordered. I also had a watermelon mojito. Very good!!
Sunday was officially Kyle's 33rd birthday. I baked him chocolate peanut butter cupcakes as per his request Sunday morning while he took Makena for a walk. We headed over to my parents to pick up the girls and bring them home. Claire helped me make the icing for the cupcakes. She suggested we put sprinkles on daddy's cupcakes, her favourite! After dinner we had my parents, sister and Derrick over for coffee and dessert to celebrate Kyle's birthday. The cupcakes were delicious!! I loved the chocolate cake recipe I used. The icing was sooo tasty too. Once the girls were in bed our friends Jenn and Tyler asked if they could come over for a bon fire. They brought some wine and beer and marshmallows to roast. It was a lovely evening for a fire, cool but not too cold and there were no mosquitoes.
Monday morning we took a walk to the park as a family. It was a gorgeous day, the sun was out and it was warm. I spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon preparing veggies and lunch stuff for the work week ahead. We also got a beef and black been enchaliada dish ready for dinner on Tuesday.
Monday evening we headed over to our friends Mark and Laura's for a BBQ. We brought a dessert, a peach, nectarine and raspberry crumble with of course vanilla ice cream. The girls had a great time playing outside on their play structure. They both ate really well. I thought it would be a little crazy going out the night before I had to start work but it was a good distraction from thinking about everything. I always love to meet up with our friends so I'm glad we went.
Sunday was officially Kyle's 33rd birthday. I baked him chocolate peanut butter cupcakes as per his request Sunday morning while he took Makena for a walk. We headed over to my parents to pick up the girls and bring them home. Claire helped me make the icing for the cupcakes. She suggested we put sprinkles on daddy's cupcakes, her favourite! After dinner we had my parents, sister and Derrick over for coffee and dessert to celebrate Kyle's birthday. The cupcakes were delicious!! I loved the chocolate cake recipe I used. The icing was sooo tasty too. Once the girls were in bed our friends Jenn and Tyler asked if they could come over for a bon fire. They brought some wine and beer and marshmallows to roast. It was a lovely evening for a fire, cool but not too cold and there were no mosquitoes.
Monday morning we took a walk to the park as a family. It was a gorgeous day, the sun was out and it was warm. I spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon preparing veggies and lunch stuff for the work week ahead. We also got a beef and black been enchaliada dish ready for dinner on Tuesday.
Monday evening we headed over to our friends Mark and Laura's for a BBQ. We brought a dessert, a peach, nectarine and raspberry crumble with of course vanilla ice cream. The girls had a great time playing outside on their play structure. They both ate really well. I thought it would be a little crazy going out the night before I had to start work but it was a good distraction from thinking about everything. I always love to meet up with our friends so I'm glad we went.
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