The Leonard Family: Fun Father's Day Weekend

Monday, June 20, 2011

Fun Father's Day Weekend

The Leonards REALLY enjoyed being home this weekend! It was great! We started the weekend with a fun low country boil with great friends! There were TEN ....yes 10 kids there! All of them sat at the table to eat their dinner, and I am pretty sure every one of them got dessert! Now here is the big part of this story.......... by 8:30, ALL 10 kids were asleep! I am still amazed by that! Multiple kids in each room and all asleep! Jack went to sleep in a sleeping bag on the floor! It was so fun to hang out with friends and just sit around and talk!
Saturday, we hung around the house and then went to Aunt Jennifer's for cake and ice cream that afternoon! We were celebrating Father's Day, Nunno's Birthday AND Nunno's Retirement! She has two weeks to go! Isn't that awesome??!! It was especially fun to see Jack and Anna play together! They had a really fun time .... in a big box!
Yesterday, we spent Father's Day doing exactly what Daddy wanted to do (or more like eating what Daddy wanted!) We had french toast, bacon and watermelon for breakfast. Lunch was BLT's, pasta salad and chips....and for dinner (after the kids were asleep) we grilled filets, asparagus and baked potatoes! It was a fun day of eating! We finished the night with a good bottle of wine from Napa!
Besides eating... we went to church (Jack got to sing in the front with his Spirit Week friends) and we went to the pool for the afternoon! It was a fun day!
Jack really enjoyed Spirit Week last week. It was the first year he was old enough to attend! I got to volunteer on Friday in the Crafts Room (wow...I have not been that worn out in awhile!) He had fun and sings all the Spirit Week songs all the time! We were really happy he was able to go. It kind of created a logistical nightmare for us since it was from 9-12. Dropping off and picking him up was tough, but it worked out with some help from Poppa and neighbors! I think we will plan a little better if he goes next year!
A few Jack stories:
*Jack was singing (or chanting) his Spirit Week songs VERY loudly in the tub this week..."GROW IN FACE! CHANGE THE WORDS!!!" (Grow in Faith! Change the World!) We did help him get the words right!
*Jack went to get a "tissue" to wipe a boo boo off and trailed the toilet paper all the way to the living room...it didnt exactly tear off. He said, "I'm sorry...it's too much many!"
*Jack put Steven and I down for a nap Saturday morning. He read us two books (it's too cute to listen to him read his books. He will do it by memory and not miss any words!) covered us with a blanket and kissed us good night. Then he asked if we wanted a "little sip of water", and went to fill up a construction cone with pretend water. He closed the door and said we would go to the zoo after naps.
*During lunch with Poppa on Thursday at IHOP....Jack organized all the jelly jars by flavor in a tiered holder. He told Poppa they weren't in order. Then he stopped a waitress walking by their table to ask her "Do you have a bathroom?" because he needed to wash his hands.

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