Our weekend started Thursday night (well, at least for Lucas and me it did!). Our friends Jes and Charlie came over to watch the Bears game. Unfortunately there wasn't much to watch game-wise, but Jes and I did some wedding talk and Internet dress browsing which is always fun!
Friday I was off and had plans to do some organizing (closets, pantries, the basement), but I didn't feel like doing much of that at all! So Luke and I just played and sang and danced and napped :) We headed to the Olive Garden for some dinner when Wally got home. That place is always tasty when you haven't had it in awhile.....LOVE the breadsticks and salad!!! Lucas was nosey as always (I honestly HAVE NO IDEA where he gets that from...wink, wink!). He was hamming it up for the couple sitting behind us...I'm glad they didn't mind having an 11-month old stare at them almost the entire time!
Is that not the most innocent/cutest face you have ever seen?!?!
Saturday morning we just relaxed until I had to head to a strategic planning seminar for work and Wally and Luke went to Cabella's....see previous post
here. I was home by 4:30 and we really did nothing that night, which was great! We just had a fun family night at home :)
Sunday morning we made Luke some egg whites and wheat toast....neither of which was a hit. We tried eggs the weekend before and he wasn't a fan, but I thought it was a new week...wrong!!! The eggs didn't last in his mouth a second. The toast lasted maybe 2 seconds and then here comes the half-eaten stuff back out.....he has been doing this sooooo much lately...give him some mac-n-cheese, raisins, and pineapple and this kid will eat all day though...oh well we'll stick with what works for now (so the books tell me to do...) and keep trying new things here and there. It is just so perplexing because things he would eat before like green beans, peas, broccoli, etc. he has no desire for anymore (all veggies - interesting?!?!)...he'll come back around.....anyways...
We went to noon mass since afterwards our church was having it's "Taste of O'Toole". Wally and I went to this last year for the first time and enjoyed it. This week was the first week in 11-months that Luke was a bit of a handful during mass. Nothing we brought would satisfy him and he really just preferred that we stand with him the whole time so I stood in the back with him for a bit and then Wally did. We have not yet had to go to the "baby room" with him. He is quiet and behaves as long as you are standing, but boy, he is a load to hold for that long!!! We were a little leary of Luke would be at the "Taste", but we thought we'd give it a try! They have different food booths set up in the gym with different ethnic foods made by the parishioners in each one. While I tend to stick to the America, Italian, and Mexican booths, Wally likes to hit up the Indian and Polish booths. We gathered some food for Luke to eat too - mac-n-cheese (surprise, surprise) and potato casserole...we tried to give him some green bean casserole and a few other things, but they didn't go over so well and came right back out...nice! He was very well-behaved though and did charm some of the older ladies...then it was time to head home and nap time for Luke! Sunday ended with some homemade pizza, trying to get some nutritious food in the little man's belly, and lots of playtime!
He's trying to figure out what the heck is on his feet :)
