Calm Weekend

Since the semester started we've spent most of our weekends running around, trying to pack our limited time together full of fun adventures. But this weekend we jogged instead of sprinting and mostly stayed close to home. We were all just beat. We ran errands, cleaned the apartment, and slept. Sleeping in at our house is now defined as 6:30, but we all took naps. Nicholas was so tired that he kept falling asleep in the car on the way to and from errands, in addition to taking long naps during the day. Apparently this schedule we've been keeping has taken a toll on us all.

But we had a delightful weekend at home. Some schoolwork, some housework, some napping, and a lot of playing. We can't do it often because our little boy likes to go go go, but since he spends so little time playing with his toys or us during the week, he was okay with it for one weekend. (Well, mostly. He did insist on us all putting on shoes on more than one occasion, prompting a couple trips outside to satisfy him.)

Nicholas spent some time playing with his blocks (he is really working hard on the shape sorter top on his box of blocks--he has the circle, triangle, and sometimes the square). He also enjoyed riding his car and his horse (which he can now reach the ground while on!). But what Nicholas really wanted to do all weekend was read books. I don't know how many hours Joe and I each spent reading to him, but it was a lot. Luckily Nicholas didn't fight us too hard on our insistence that we would only read the same book twice before he had to go pick a new one. And he was good about putting one back on the shelf before getting a new one out. And reading to him is really the only way we can get him to sit still on our laps. So we just enjoyed holding him and reading.

And this afternoon I finally caved to Nicholas' requests for shoes and a hat and took him outside to play with bubbles while Joe got a little quiet worktime. We had fun with the bubbles and then I took advantage of being in natural light to take some pictures. There are 12 pictures in the Gallery, but here are my favorite few:

From 2010 October

Big boy:

From 2010 October

Blurry because he is getting to be a really speedy runner:

From 2010 October

From 2010 October

And since it is time (or past time) to update the sidebar picture, the new Nicholas "peanut" picture:

From 2010 October

He is getting to be such a big boy and so much fun to spend time with!