Our weekend review
I am still recovering...many activities, sugar overload, late night sewing. But it was great and memorable. A little more sleep would have been nice, but thanks to my procrastination, I just powered through the fun. Poor me.
Tom took Luke off my hands for a bit, a friend of ours was visiting from NY. I had around three hours to get some sewing done and make the easter egg chocolates I had been procrastinating on all week. Very yummy though; coconut and peanut butter variations dipped in white, dark, and milk chocolates. We ended up staying up way to late, partly due to me sewing too long, and partly to us getting sucked into watching Deceived, a movie I have embarrassingly seen way too many times. Then Luke showed up and wanted to help dip the chocolates.
Saturday morning, our community hosted an easter egg hunt for the kiddies. We invited Luke's closest friend Chloe and her parents, and had a great time helping them find the eggs amongst the brush and shrubbery. We followed up the hunt with my favorite breakfast of German pancakes and cinnamon rolls. Why not start the sugar fest weekend off with a bang?
Being that Saturday was also our anniversary, Tom surprised me with an indulgent afternoon of kid free spa time including an hour full body massage, manicure, and pedicure. I have never been able to justify an hour massage the way I can a new top, so I have only had one other massage that I can remember, and I think it was only a half an hour. And ever since I heard about a report on 20/20 of the risks of pedicures and infections, I have avoided the jetted foot tubes, and have been to cheap to pay for anything better. But I enjoyed every minute of it, and even spent some time in the sauna.
Tom picked me up in my lethargic state, with just enough time to grab some dinner before heading to my anniversary gift to Tom, tickets to see Jose Gonzalez. The music was perfect and beautiful. If you have never heard Jose Gonzalez, I suggest you click here and listen to his beautiful cover of Heartbeats, accompanying my most favorite commercial ever. Its kind of old, but I could watch it over and over.
The rest of our night was spent with me finishing up my easter dress, I had to do it, especially since the weather promised to be at least 60 degrees. But before I knew it, midnight came, and I was too tired to finish the matching tie for Luke. So I got up early.
After Luke's nap, we had our easter festivities, all revolving around him. He hunted for eggs hidden around the house, refused to put down his chocolate sucker, and enjoyed digging through the easter pale filled with as much as my mom could find from the dollar store.
Tom and I have started a month long diet of fruits, vegetables, and lean meats just to recover from the weekend, and way too many similar to it.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 6:56AM
Reader Comments (12)
1st comment. whoohoo I rock!
first of all. You forgot that Luke and Tom went to a family party and Luke got to Look at two Nemos in the Farr's fish tank.
eddie said, "tell dady who that is Luke."
Luke said,"nEMO" (capitalization added for his emphasis)
Then Luke went to play outside with Tania, Eddie, Thomas -2years(2nd cousin), and Thomas's 2nd cousin-2years (Tanner). It was really cute.........
well back on topic. I am glad you guys had such a fun weekend it's great to hear about your adventures. BTW-- ever since we watched Luke for the short time when we visited NY, he is like my favorite.
PS I like baby sitting.
PSS I know you are really busy, but Andy and I are dying to hang out with you guys. It's an annoying little sibling thing.
Hooray a BBW-3835 shirt turned dress! I was going to make one exactly like this too! Now I really need to get down to it! Thanks for the inspiration! And that matching tie is super cute.
sounds like you had a great easter and anniversary!
your dress turn out cute and I really like your shoes. this will sound weird, i am sure, but your legs look awesome!
adorable adorable, in my favorite print, no less!
Alysha, can you please tell me how you made that tie? I wanted to make one for Cash to match the dress I made for Ruby, but started on it way too late and just gave up at about 1 AM.
Come on, help a girl out!
I'm glad you decided to make the dress (and wear the sandals.) Luckily it wasn't too too cold.
I knew the dress would turn out as cute as it did. I love Luke's tie also. I'm glad you were able to get pampered, you deserve it!
I love the dress and tie, so cute together! I listened to the song, so beautiful. I have never heard of him before, but I'm going to find out more about him. Thanks
you know sometimes i feel like i might need a break from the inspiration you are, so as not to go on overload.
and i love the eggs - i've been asking my mom to teach me to make those. (seems most mormon moms of the 70s/80s were making those) if i can't get her next year, i'll ask you.
thinking about making little ties for this baby boy makes me giddy- luke's looks great, as does the dress!
and hooray for the massage. i think tom needs to talk to chip. . .
You have great ankles Alysha!
Cute dress.
Lukey freaking loved that chocolate sucker. He would NOT put it down. It was hysterical watching him try to find eggs while carrying the basket while trying to eat lick his sucker. Every time he found an egg, he would put down the basket (not his sucker), and put the egg, in, sometimes getting the sucker dirty, and by the end he couldn't even carry the thing it was so filled with eggs, but never did he put down that sucker, he just kept on licking it. Too funny. And I know I'm late in saying it here, but I echo others when I say you look good in your dress (even if your head didn't come with it) and you did an excellent job on it. And as I've always said, you do have killer legs. Cute picture of you & Luke. Thanks for all you did that day. Words can not express.