A great weekend!

Well, another weekend has come and gone too quickly! But what a fun weekend it was. Friday night my mom offered to babysit for the girls so Brian and I could go out and celebrate his 36th birthday! We went and saw The Town, which I highly recommend, and also had his annual Fogo de Chao birthday dinner. It was the first time I only had the salad bar and skipped the meat. However, with only 10 more days to go before the baby is born I wasn't sure how much food I could actually get into this belly in one sitting! Brian did sneak me a few pieces though! It was a very nice and much needed evening out together.

Then on Saturday we were invited over to some new neighbors for dinner and a play date for the kids (and adults)! We enjoyed a wonderful home cooked meal, great conversation and overall had a very fun time! And the girls loved playing with the kids too! We look forward to getting to know this family even better and becoming good friends! What a nice feeling it is to meet people that you connect well with and so do the kids right in our own neighborhood!

Today was somewhat uneventful but those days are much needed as well. I spent a good amount of time cleaning out the girls' closets. Kate is growing like a weed and will need a lot of new clothes this fall. While Annie grew an inch and a quarter in just a month, she is still fitting into most of her stuff from last year. How sad she will be when she doesn't get many new clothes "with tags on them"! That is her way of telling me that hand-me-downs are not new!!! My dad and step mom stopped over for an impromptu visit which was nice. Brian also made a lot of progress of on the built-ins. They are about 85% done and I can't wait to see the finished project. How lucky I am to have such a talented husband!!!

Below are some pics of my outing with the girls on Thursday night. We went to Manic Ceramic and they each picked something out to paint for Brian. Kate choose a plate for his pizza and Annie a bowl for cereal. They had a great time making their dad a present and were very proud of their work. Too bad when we got home that night they spilled the beans on the surprise. Although Kate told me it was OK since they didn't tell him what decorations were on their gifts. My question is how did they keep my birthday present a secret for like 3 days and they couldn't keep his a secret for even 5 minutes! Oh well :)