weekend update

saturday morning began with a drizzle. a steady, much-needed, steam-producing drizzle. after a pancake breakfast, we faced our prospects for the day. and we decided there was only one thing to do ...

go to the movies.

that's right -- jack experienced his first in-cinema movie with a viewing of toy story 3. mommy prepped jack on the drive to the mall for what to expect -- the movie would be very loud and the theater would get very dark and we would have to speak quietly. and that all helped when it was showtime. after half a dozen (at least!) previews, we settled in with our popcorn and strawberry milk to watch woody, buzz lightning [sic] and all the gang.

although scared for a few parts, mommy reminded jack that he had been scared in "car movie" the first time he saw that too, and he seemed to relax. we had a great and very successful screening.

after the movie, we rode the "train" that runs through the mall, and enjoyed a sbarro pizza and strawberry frozen custard (kid loves him some strawberry!)

we emerged to find sunny skies had returned. "mission: rainy-day movie" had been a success and meanwhile daddy and annie were able to enjoy some q.t. together, playing at home.

since we vanquished the clouds, sunday started off as ... well ... a sun day.

so, jack, mommy and annie headed off to the farm while daddy took care of some projects around the house, including the great bird nest eviction of 2010 (aka aviary sunday, bloody sunday).

while we have visited a number of times, this was annie's first ex utero experience at homestead farm. and, as suspected, she had a great time!

annie is a great lover of animals ... and animal sounds. she likes to hear and repeat what various animals say. cock-a-doodle doo is a particular favorite. and she got to hear it live and straight from the rooster's mouth. she was tickled.

jack enjoyed trying to feed the animals grass, but was taken aback when a chicken errantly pecked him. there are no photos of our visiting the goats because mommy was trying to keep annie from being treated like a tin can, if ya catch the drift.

and, as with any trip to the farm in july, we bought a week's supply of peaches, blue berries (last of the season), blackberries, tomato and corn to bring home.

at least we thought it was a week's supply. until we downed a quart of blackberries in one sitting!

after a second day in a row of late, long naps, we wrapped up the weekend with a afternoon/evening trip to the pool where annie has become much steadier in the baby pool and jack stood up to the tweenagers who took the tether ball from him, eventually convincing them to play on the pirate ship jungle gym with him.

the moral of this weekend update? there are worse things than catching a flick when the rains come. there are worse things than having your kids eat too many berries. there are worse things than naps that run long and late. there are worse things than playing on the pirate ship when the tether ball gets taken.

and we fully enjoyed our weekend full of "less worse" things.