1 October 2010

1. We left Friday night after a long day of work/school {read: crabby yet excited kids} for Fargo.

Borrowed portable DVD player + Wheat Thins = LIFESAVER.

2. Kasey was diagnosed with a partially collapsed lung on Friday afternoon, so we decided to lay a bit low. Friday night after our 9:30 arrival we basically just hung out with her...she stayed at the hotel with us. Saturday morning Kasey watched as we went for a swim at the pirate themed pool/slide area.

After a morning of swimming, we got cleaned up and headed out for a pizza lunch. The food was delicious but it was quite possibly the worst service we've ever had. So bad that we were laughing and every single thing that happened. Then we headed over to campus to take a few pics.

At first we were going to take pictures in front of the NDSU flowers, until we realized it was the end of September and they were all dead...

...so we settled on the rock wall/sign instead.

Then Newman spotted this sign and decided he needed his pic by it...

...and heck while we're at it, a family pic, too!

Then it was off to Kasey's apartment to show they kids where she lived. They were most impressed with the long hallway in her building...

When we finally got them to stay in the apartment, Beckett was so excited to find Kas had baked him a birthday cake. What a good auntie!

Kasey's BFF from high school, Kayla, was even in town for the NDSU/USD football game. It is always great catching up with her, and I promised her she'd be in this week's five since she is a loyal reader. Now Kayla, you have to leave a comment...it is a requirement. =)

Then we had a little time to kill before supper, so we decided to take the kids bowling, which they've only done a few times but they LOVE. Probably not Kasey's best move with a collapsed lung, but she broke 100.

My favorite pic is Beckett's bowl. It rolled so slowly every time that he and Aves would lay down to watch it. Ha!

We rounded out the weekend with a delicious dinner Saturday night, a swim before bed {including the kids first try at a hot tub}, breakfast Sunday morning, and a fairly quiet and uneventful ride home {thanks again Stacy for borrowing us the DVD player. We owe you!}.

3. Monday was Beckett's REAL birthday. Since we had his party over a month ago it has kind of seemed like the never ending birthday. Although I dread age three {has notoriously not been my favorite age...I don't know where they came up with terrible twos, but whoever wrote that wasn't a parent} he really is a funny, charming, strong-willed, independent, lovable little guy.

4. All Beckett wanted to do for his birthday was go to Lion's Tap. As I've told you in other posts, when he gets something in his head, he tells EVERYONE he sees about it. Its one of his cutest traits at this point in time. Every single person who called B for his birthday heard how he was "going to Lion's Tap and they were going to put a candle in his burger." I even brought a candle with just in case they didn't do that anymore.

They did not disappoint him. They not only had a candle in his burger, but announced his name and age to the whole restaurant and everyone sang to him. He was in heaven. Thank goodness Rach brought her camera to catch his face...by the time she took the pic he'd gone from beaming to the embarrassed face. =)

5. At Beckett's 3 year check up on Wednesday, I had promised him that three year olds don't have to get shots. When we got there they told us he was behind on three shots. There were no shot records from when he was two. I didn't think much past the fact that I was a bad mom for telling him he didn't have to get shots when he did. But when I got home, I started thinking...in all my stress last fall did I not bring him to a 2 year appointment? Was he sick and just couldn't get shots at his appointment? I seriously don't remember.

In any case, one more mom FAIL to add to the list. E chalks it up to him being the third child and says that if he were in charge none of them would have gone to the doctor in the last 3 years. So funny, but so true! Thank God he is healthy and happy and that we can laugh about the fact that somehow we screwed this one up! Sorry Beckers...I promise that there are no shots at your 4 year old appointment...I think. =)