Weekend

We started Saturday off super early; earlier than we start our normal weekdays!  We had a photo shoot in the East bay at 8am, and we had to leave the house by 7am.  Ugh.  I had already blown my hair dry on Friday evening, after putting three outfits out (all but Dave’s).  I had picked a dress for Peyton, and the rest of the outfits were coordinated around her.  It was cold, and I knew we’d be outside, so I tried to layer as best I could.  Dave asked me what color I was wearing, and when I responded, “Gold,” he tripped out a little.  “Gold? Really?”  I was planning on using the pics for a holiday card, so I figured festive was okay.  Brandon was in navy, since there was some navy in her dress.  Dave selected a brown shirt to tie everything together, mostly because that was the only color he had.  We arrived at our destination with 15 minutes to spare, and we changed clothes, fixed hair, and tried to stay warm.  The photographer arrived, and it was someone Dave had met in the past at his work’s photo day.  He chatted for a few minutes, then we started our session.  We bribed the kids with some trail mix packets after the session if they cooperated.  Peyton started out smiling, and even when the camera was put down, she had this goofy smile on her face.  I pointed it out, and she got very upset.  She burst into tears, and buried her face in my shoulder.  I got her through it, and got her giggling again, when the photographer took pictures of the girls, while the boys made her laugh.  We did a few different series of arrangements, with various combination of family members.  The kids were running out of steam, with about 15 minutes remaining.  So we strapped them in the warm car, and Dave and I took pictures ourselves.  It was like our engagement photos all over again!  Even with the cold weather.  The photog even had us do a prom pose.  I can’t wait to see how that will turn out.  He did say that the colors we chose coordinated nicely (I gave Dave a knowing look!)  After, we headed over to my parents’ house.  We were planning on going to the football game, and there was supposed to be rain.  I was hoping against that, but I had prepared the kids well, with multiple layers.  We headed up to my dad’s office and the kids had fun playing “I spy” from the windows.  We headed out to the game, and Peyton was the most excited!  She really enjoys watching football, especially live.  She cheered appropriately, and even when zoning out, she was facing the field.  Brandon on the other hand told us he wanted to take a nap at the game.  It was at the baseball stadium, so Dave took Peyton to go on the slides before half time.  Brandon decided he didn’t want to go, choosing instead to take a nap.  It started to drizzle, and we brought out the trash bags, blankets, and parkas.  It was on and off sprinkles, so it was tolerable.  But once it started, we headed under cover.  While they were gone, Peyton asked Dave, “When are we going to the football game?”  She wanted to come back!  While we were under the overhang, Brandon asked for his computer.  We didn’t give it to him while on the bleachers for fear of it dropping down below.  So he played on that, while Peyton continued to watch.  She even wanted to sit in her own seat, and watch.  She cheered for the players to “Catch it!”  when the ball was up in the air.  The When it dissolves in the blood, it relaxes the muscles and widened viagra ordination the blood vessels. OT’s can also increase their salaries by earning a post-graduate degree and advancing to higher paying medical positions, by gaining seniority, by moving to a larger cialis no prescription institution, or by promotion to a supervisory role. Lavang or clove is strong herb that improves http://www.devensec.com/bylaws/bylaws08.html viagra sans prescription the deposition of the nitric oxide in the male sexual organ. It raises a challenge for treatment spedevensec.com cialis no prescriptionts to devise proper diagnosis and treatment and enhance the flow of blood in it. game was at 330pm, so we were done by 7pm.  We headed to dinner, and the kids were hungry.  They both ate a good share of the Chinese food ordered.  There were lots of veggies, and both kids regulated and stopped eating about the same time.  We got them in the car, and both kids fell quickly asleep.  We were only headed back to my parents’ house, so it wasn’t that bad.  We were planning on staying over since we were headed back to the city the next day.
As we knew, both kids had trouble sleeping over, since they prefer being at home to sleep.  Even though we changed the clocks back, we still didn’t really get the extra hour of sleep.  The kids woke up twice over the night, mostly because they woke each other up, even though we slept in two different rooms.  We got up in the morning, and I had to make sure to tell them it wasn’t 7am, the time they can go upstairs to see my parents.  When it was time, they both went upstairs.  I didn’t know, but my mom had headed out to get food for breakfast.  My dad didn’t know the two were in the kitchen, but later, I found out that Brandon had given Peyton some of the rice cracker we’d gotten for dessert at the Chinese restaurant.  We knew he had done it because it was up too high for Peyton to reach.  She took the fall because she was the one caught eating the snack, like a mouse, my mom said.  She is a rat (in the Chinese zodiac), after all.
We ate breakfast, then lounged around until after the niner game.  We then headed up to the ski fest that we’d had tickets for.  We all piled into our car, and stuck Brandon in the back row.  It was easier, since parking was a pain.  Dave upgraded for the beer fest, and got to taste a few different beers all on tap.  He also got some pear cider that I tried.  There was a BMX demonstration, with a skateboarder, and Johnny Moseley!  Dave and my mom waited with Brandon to get a picture, and there was a guy chatting with him at first.  He made eye contact with Brandon, and then was trying to hurry the guy up with his conversation. Finally, he started talking to Brandon.  My mom asked Johnny how old he was when he started skiing.  He replied he was 4 years old.  Brandon told him how old he was, and Johnny said it was perfect!  We got a photo of him and Brandon, and he autographed a picture for Brandon writing, “Brandon, go big!  You’ll be great!”  Peyton enjoyed watching the BMX demo, but then wanted back in the stroller.  She later told me she was hungry, so we fed her some clif bar samples.  That held her over until we headed back to my grandma’s house.  We all went to dinner and before heading home, we bought toothbrushes at the drug store next door to the restaurant.  We brushed the kids’ teeth, knowing they’d fall asleep on the way home.  They didn’t sleep until after we dropped my parents off.  My mom was trying to sleep, but Peyton kept singing “Wheels on the bus,” as we threw out different phrases, “What about the wipers?” “What about the doors?”  My mom then said, “What about the dogs?”  Peyton said, “The dogs?” and started laughing. She was entertaining the entire car!  We got home, put the kids to bed, and got ourselves ready for the week.  Luckily, we only have 4 more days before we head out on our next adventure.