Busy, but fun weekend

I had hoped to have our entire Disney Cruise journaled on here by the end of the weekend, but between hanging out with friends all weekend and trying to figure out how this whole blog thing works, I didn't quite get there. 

We really did have a wonderful weekend.  We had spent all week getting the house back in order, so a lazy weekend is just what the doctor ordered.  Friends came over for dinner on Friday,  then it was lunch at a friends house on Saturday afternoon, and then drinks and snacks just over at the neighbors for a few hours last night.  Elizabeth did have a birthday party thrown in there on Saturday afternoon.  She had such a great time with all of the friends that she has made in kindergarten this year.

Other than that, we just hung around the house.  The girls both are still working to catch up on homework from missing school for the cruise so they would both probably tell you that was the low point of their weekends.  They played Legos together for over an hour this afternoon and just had the best time.  I love times like that.  Makes my heart happy to see them playing together without the squabbles that always seem to occur these days.

It was pretty chilly out today, but we did manage to squeeze in an hour at Battle Point Park on Bainbridge Island before we dropped Dave off at the ferry this evening.  Sure it was only 41 and windy and even raining the slightest bit, but we are PacNorWesterners.  To us, that is like a beautiful Summer day where you can't help but get outside and go to the park.

Grace was bored at first, but Dave pestered engaged her like he always does and she perked right up.  Elizabeth, on the other hand, can't spend enough time at the park.  She loves to pretend that she is having sleepovers or that pirates/monsters are chasing after her or (her most favorite game of all) that her parents have died and that she is an orphan that lives only with other kids.  Makes you feel real good as a parent...sheesh!  Despite her interest in imaginary play, that little girl of ours simply refuses to pump her legs on the swings and she still hates slides.  I'm certain that it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that she had to be rushed to urgent care when her leg bent back underneath me when we went down a slide together when she was 18 months old.  Okay...maybe it has everything to do with that. 

Care to take a guess as to what Elizabeth's favorite color is?

After dropping Dave off at the ferry terminal, the girls and I spent the rest of the night at home just hanging out, watching some Phineas and Ferb (it's a cartoon on Disney) and eating our pizza that we picked up at Central Market.  Dave (or "the Davester" as our friends call him) will be gone for two weeks to attend a tomahawk missile school down in San Diego.  Upon his return, he will then report to the USS Stennis which is just about 30 minutes up the road from here.  For the short time that he was onboard, Dave was enjoying the job and his co-workers on the George Washington.  Here's to hoping that he has the same experience on the Stennis. 

The girls and I will be flying out on Thursday morning to spend a long weekend with Dave down in San Diego, but that is a post for another time. 

Happy first night of Daylight Savings, all!