Almost Fall weekends

Finally, a "non-catch up" post. We have had two lovely and restful weekends in a row. Last weekend, we relaxed and hung around. I took the kids to the park to meet up with friends Saturday afternoon, and we went to my parents to celebrate Dad's 67th birthday on Sunday afternoon. This weekend dad rode with us out to Oak Glen (about 110 miles southeast) to go apple picking. I was really hoping for some Macs, but we ended up with 3 bags of Glen Seedlings. O had a ball. After picking, we drove over to Apple Annie's for lunch with Carmen, Jesse, and Camilla Rose, who live in Yucaipa (about 10 min. away). We drove home and had baked potato supper (chili topping for daddy, cottage cheese for O. and me), then bath night and we all slept like rocks. This morning I drove O. over to play with Grandpa while I took mom to The Tea Room for a birthday brunch. (Yum!) and then discount day shopping at Dress on a Dime consignment. We got back around 1 and Owen slept for THREE HOURS! When he got up I dressed him in a fallish outfit of a ball themed thermal long-sleeved top and cozy gray sweatpants to watch the tail end of the Pats game with daddy. Now they are making apple crisp in the kitchen and we will have turkey meatloaf from Trader Joe's for supper, along with green beans, rolls, and of course apple crisp for dessert. Laney played with daddy most of the day and is now wearing a fall-ish long sleeved brown, pink, and blue striped dress over pink leggings. She is crawling up on all fours and sooo fun and busy! Hope we are ready for another week! O is so logical about cause and effect these days too.