The last time we went out, we saw The Transformers and Saturday we saw Star Trek, which just happened to have a trailer for the new Transformers movie.  However, before we went and saw that fabulous movie, Jesse and I did something we haven’t been able to do in awhile.  We spent 1.5 hours at Barnes & Noble and browsed the aisles.  We weren’t together the whole time; he went and looked for books he was interested in and I did the same, but then we met up in the Cafe area and just sat and read.  It was great.  I haven’t been able to do that in awhile.  I think the last time I spent any length of time in a book store was last August when I went to the Borders in Ann Arbor for the Sherrilyn Kenyon signing.  While we were at BN, I did find some interesting novels and my TBR list was expanded again.

As for Star Trek, I liked it.  I’m not a huge trekkie fan, in fact, I’m not a trekkie fan.  I used to watch Deep Space Nine years ago, but I couldn’t tell you anything about it, who was on it, or what it was about.  In fact, I only remember truly watching it once while I was cleaning up the play room (I was probably 12 at the time, I don’t know).  So while I know that Star Trek is a huge franchise, I really didn’t have any expectations going into the movie except thinking that “It’s another one of those“.  But I have to say, it was a great movie.  There were a few parts I wasn’t crazy for (the obvious one liners that were from the original Star Trek that were thrown in to appease the fanatics), but overall I would go to see any sequel with this cast of characters.

Sunday was pretty good as well.  I didn’t get to sleep in, but that’s okay.  I made breakfast for all three boys and then they fixed my refrigerator.  Sorta.  We’re still not sure why it’s leaking water (we’re going to thaw the whole thing out and hope there was a huge ice blockage), but the doors are now opening into the kitchen instead of into the living room.  I’m loving it.  After that, all three left the house!  I was able to check my email in silence and then I promptly took a nap.  Of course, Ian and Jesse woke me up when they got home, but that was perfectly alright.  They brought me hoem something and Ian was excited to show it off.  Both of them were wearing excited smiles when they showed me the Wii Fit.  I’ve been wanting one (and I’ve already logged an hour on the thing), so this was a great surprised.  I got hugs and kisses from both and then Jesse went to put Ian down for his nap.  I ended up with a 4 hour nap yesterday.  It was awesome. Of course, I was tired the rest of the day, but it was still good.  We played with the Wii Fit, dinner was simple and Ian went to bed really well – so the night was really relaxing.  It was great.

So that was my mother’s day.  It was a good weekend.

It was suppose to be this past weekend, but since everyone here was sick, we postponed it until the 14th. And I was thinking of moving it to earlier in the day (from 3p to 11:30a) since that would work with everyones previous engagements.

I had all the plans set in my head. My sister was going to come up on Friday to help with the prep and we were going to take Ian swimming after Jesse got out of work.  Then my sister reminded me that I had a PC show that night.  In Marshall.  Where mom was going to babysit Ian.

Shit, I forgot about THOSE plans.  Ian and I were going to hit the in-laws during the day on that Friday since they couldn’t make his party.  Mom was going to watch Ian for the show and keep him over night.  I was going to come back home, sleep in my own bed, and prep for the party the next day.  Mom would bring him home in time for the party.

There is no way we could have done the party earlier on Saturday if I was going to be gone pretty much the entire day before.  So the party gets moved back to the original time slot.  Then that doesn’t help the issues of my sister having to drive the 4 hours home after the party and my mother having to be BACK in Marshall by 6pm.  Plus the in-law should wouldn’t be able to make it.  Damnit.

So I started thinking about moving it to this Sunday, and that brought up a bunch of the same issues.  Seriously, why is it this hard to have a party for a 2 year old?  All I wanted to do was celebrate his birthday with family and make up for the lousy birthDAY he actually had (with all of us being sick) and for some reason, fate isn’t letting me do it.

Basically, this is kind of a good thing for Ian.  Instead of having the one party, he’s getting three now.  One with each grandparent.  Something I have been trying to avoid, but what do you do?  We’re going to get together with the in-laws for Easter and he’ll get presents then.  We were already celebrating March birthdays at my moms in a couple of weeks, so we can include his then.  The only odd ball out was my father, but he’s going to come up this weekend, along with my sister (who is going to at a hotel with a pool) and we’ll celebrate by the pool.

This plan actually works out better for us since we won’t have to get up at the butt crack of dawn on the 21st to be in BC by 8am during a weekend where I have A LOT going on and I won’t have to provide all the food for any of the celebrations.  Doing it this way makes it simplier and cheaper, but it wasn’t what I wanted.  I’m annoyed on many levels right now.  I wanted to give Ian a birthday party.  Oh well, I’ll throw in a half-birthday party in August.  He can invite friends over for that one.

sigh…my men are so good to me. 

Thanks!

While the glasses are over three years old, they weren’t doing too bad until Ian got his hands on them.  He was an infant and grabbing new things was how he learned.  Unfortunately, he still hasn’t gotten it through his head that my glasses are MINE and not HIS.  While  he wasn’t the one who napped him, he did help with the problem.  I was messing with the frames because they weren’t feeling right and viola…off comes to bow.

Heaven help me…I’ll be with a toddler all day and barely able to see.

Needless to say, my glorious plans were not going to happen. Mom’s car isn’t working so we’re meeting halfway on Monday instead and Jesse was planning on working from home since he has a skin doctor appointment. <sigh> It was a great dream while it lasted.

Anyway, so far, it’s been a nice relaxing weekend. I’m hoping to get the office cleaned up and some other chores, as well as figure out what we’re going to do for Ian’s first birthday. I can’t wait until we get a house and we can actually have it at our own place. The apartment is too small, so we’re trying to find someplace that will give Ian a place to play, but still be a good place for lunch. I think we have it narrowed down to a couple of places, but I want to check them out before I make any final decisions.

Overall, nothing much is going on with me at the moment. Between Ian and Jesse, I really don’t have that much time for myself. My time usually comes in the form of reading or tooling around online.

QUICK UPDATE:  Not 5 minutes after publishing this, Jesse asked me to make HIM chocolate milk since I do it so much better than him.  It’s not like there is a specific science to pouring milk into the maker and adding the cocoa powder.  And people wonder why I say I have two kids at home.  

And here’s a couple of family photos that were taken recently:

Ian wasn’t alone in this getup either. Ian and Chris were in it together as hobbits. They were so adorable in their costumes. Trish even made the eleven capes. The whole ensemble came out beautifully and I can’t believe that my little man actually looks good in a tunic. Ian will be able to wear it one more time when we go to Jesse’s work Halloween party.

These are the original outfits for Ian and CJ’s costume: