Boy, talk about a full weekend!
Saturday morning was cupcake morning at our house. We needed to make a dozen turkeys. Bobby and I had hit up the store Friday afternoon to get provisions. We would have made them Friday night, but Ken’s cold has left him pretty messed up, so we all opted to go bed early.
They turned out really good. Of course, not that any of the kids care, but we do.
Evil pissy mom who made Dax cry last week actually tried to hold her bratty kid, Katie, back when she went to get one. Ken took a cupcake over to her. Pissy mom was explaining to the kid that the treats are only for the team. Never you mind that this brat has gotten a treat at every other game. So Ken told her that we were all part of the team and that the cupcake was for her as well. That’s right, bitch, we are not mean to your kids. I hate this woman so much.
After them game, we went out to El Monte to visit with Ken’s friend Jeff. We have not seen Jeff in ages. Ken and Jeff were pretty tight for a long time. But once they were not working together, and other things came up, they didn’t visit as much as they should.
Jeff was graduating form culinary school on Saturday, so we were offering up our congrats. It was nice to see him, and he looked good, which I know was a relief for Ken since some of the things keeping the two from hanging out was some DUI’s that Jeff had. In fact, there was some jail time involved. But Jeff was now healthy, has a steady, awesome job, and is doing well.
The best thing to come out of the visit was the smile on Ken’s face. Seriously, you could tell the visit really boosted his spirits. He had been re-Jeffinated. It was awesome. I hope that we can get those visits to be more frequent.
I joked with Jeff that I couldn’t bribe him with lasagna anymore since I am sure he can cook it way better now that he is a real chef. He told me that my lasagna was still tops in his book. Besides, he could now come over, watch how I make it and become a millionaire off of my recipe. LOL!!!
It was late enough that we opted to stop for dinner. The original plan was to go to Nationals since they have kids eat free on Saturdays. Turns out every night we seem to get out is fight night, which meant Nationals was not prepped for kids.
We tried King’s Hawaiian, but kids eat free is only on Tuesdays. So instead, we ended up at Denny’s, which worked out just fine.
Sunday morning, the boys, dogs and I went and obtained breakfast. I love driving with the dogs and the boys since it is almost hard to tell who is more excited.
Since Ken was still icky, I opted to do all of Sunday’s errands with the boys so Ken could sleep.
It was a lovely morning! We hit up the Petco for various items. Then we went to the mall to make a bear and get the free accessories for Shrek and JoJo since it was their birthday and we had a coupon.
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We went to the Disney store where I priced out some items for Christmas. I have decided that I know it is impractical, but I want to get the giant Bolt for Dax. This thing is as big as he is, but when he saw it, he was in awe.
The boys were thirsty, so we went and got some lemonade. It was nice to sit and hang out with them in the food court. We enjoyed our lemonade and chit chatted for a bit. I was mostly killing time since I wanted Ken to have as much nap time as possible.
We then headed over to Old Navy. We found this pullover that Bobby fell in love with since it matches his hat and scarf. Thank goodness Old Navy is cheap! I got that along with a 97 cent shirt. That wasn’t a typo, the shirt was less than a buck! It was a Halloween shirt, but it fit Dax well and it was cute.
After the mall, we jetted over to the dollar tree. It was a quick, but good trip since I found a lot of things.
We got home and I mentioned to Ken that the boys were particularly excited about the circus that was near where we go into the mall at. They so wanted to go. I had tried the, “they are not open” line. They didn’t buy it. Then I told them we needed to wait for daddy. They really didn’t see why. LOL! I managed to keep them moving, but they really wanted to go. So I told Ken, and we went ahead and took them.
We went early, so we wandered the mall a bit before hand. I found wonderful shoes that I didn’t get because they were $30. Yeah, I know, that isn’t gobs. But I am such a cheap skate.
The circus. Wow, where do I start?
I have been a few times to see Circus Vargas. When I was a kid, I remember being horrified at the handlers taunting and hitting the tigers before the show. I did not enjoy it. I went again with Greg, and it was ok. Ken and I also went. Once again, it was only ok.
This time rocked.
Maybe it was watching the boys light up at everything. I don’t know. It was just an amazing show!
Before it started, they had all the kids come down to the ring. They actually wanted parents with kids under 5, but let’s face it, Dax is not a normal 4 year old, so I let them go on their own since I was saving seats and Ken was in the restroom. Thankfully, Ken got back and he went near them, but not in the ring, and took pictures. They had all the kids try their hand at hula hooping. Then they got to twirl a lasso. Lastly, they tried to balance a peacock feather. It was cool.
The show started, and it was very fun. Lots of cool acts, and nothing that was super boring. There were also plenty of breaks that allowed the kids to kind of stand and stretch out.
When Ken was out getting the boys snow cones in sparklie cups, he ended up chatting it up with the clown’s straight man and another guy who was an old carnie. He built up enough of a relationship with them that they used Ken in a clown skit. It was very funny. In fact, the kid behind us said that Ken was the best one! So that was way cool.
Dax was pretty tired by the end of it all and even burst into tears when I asked him if he wanted to meet the clown after. I had to carry him back to the car. This explains my sore back this morning.
This morning is tough so far. I am super sleepy. I also have some sniffles, which are not fun. I may be re-catching the cold since Ken has it. I guess we will just pass it back and forth to each other.
Virginia is dead. My dad emailed me this morning. She died at 4:30 this morning. I called my dad just to make sure he was ok. He was fine. I knew he wouldn’t be crying or anything, but even though she was evil, I wondered if just the mere idea that his mother was gone would hit him wrong. He said that he may break down out there, but for now, he is fine. He and my mom go out on Thursday for the viewing and will fly back home Saturday. They are only going for the viewing and funeral, so they are not even hanging out for other family stuff.
I am taking bereavement on Thursday and Friday. I know, this is awful, but I am entitled to it and I was already going to be gone on Thursday and part of Friday, so I might as well use it. Honestly, if she was local, I would go to the funeral.
My dad said he was looking for the song, “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead”.
Part of me feels a little bad that I didn’t get to know her. Of course, that was on her. She never tried.
I know it is on my mind, but I am not upset. What has been amusing is that I was in the midst of writing to my boss about Thursday and Friday when I kept screwing up a report. I then sent the mail, and one of my coworkers came over all worried about me. So at least I know that it is now in the office.
My folks will probably be pretty upset that they are missing Bobby’s last game. So that kind of sucks. I know, death trumps soccer, but I also know that my mother NEVER liked her MIL and she gets withdrawals if she doesn’t see the boys enough. She is a billion times the grandmother that I had.
Boy it sounds like my Thursday is going to be busy, at least in the morning. We have to go get the turkey and side dishes from Ralphs at 7 am. It isn’t done any sooner. We then have to rush it home, toss it in the oven, rush to the school by 7:30 where we have parent teacher conference with Mrs. Fasheh. We then say goodbye to the kids and we run back home to get everything heated and cut up and get it all back to the class by 9:30. It takes 2 hours to heat!! Man oh man! Good thing we are so close. I am wondering if we cut up the turkey first if it may heat faster. I don’t know. We shall see.
Once we get to the class, Dax’s class will perform a little program for us, which will be awesomeness. Then we head home! Phew!
BTW-yay Taco Bell. They brought back my favorite item, which is the grilled stuff chicken enchilada burrito. I am in heaven.
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