About Last Night...

Wow, did we have a wacky evening or what?!? Here's the scoop: last night after dinner Jason was heading out to the backyard to empty the baby pool before it killed all the grass underneath. Easton was still in his high chair from dinner and saw J heading out. The look on his face was heartbreaking as he realized Daddy was going to have fun outside and "forgot" E. But then, Easton called out, "Da da! DAAAAA DAAAA!!" and the desperation in his voice was enough for me to swoop in and remove him from the chair to bring him outside too. I mean, the poor child just crumpled when he thought he couldn't go out too. It was so sad. So, we're all outside watching J empty the pool and put away the Mt. Tiki Soki sprinkler. Then we head back inside. Well, we tried to head back inside. The stupid security bar fell into place with the door shut and we were locked out of our own house!!!! We had no phone or wallet or a hidden key anywhere. J contemplated breaking a window but that would take time and money to fix. All our windows were locked with security bars in place. EEEEEK! Before long we decided to simply suck it up and head to a neighbors house to use the phone to call a locksmith. I mean, replacing a window would probably cost just as much if not more than a locksmith. We had little choice left. So, we headed over to our poor unsuspecting neighbors in the middle of grilling their own dinner. We had not "officially" met them anyway so what a lovely excuse to stand there on the phone while she graciously let us interrupt their evening. What a pain! Jason had to spend forever on the phone to find someone. Then we headed back to sit on our lawn for half an hour while we waited for the lock smith.

Eventually the lock dude showed up and J and I have dubbed him "François". He was definitely from another land based on his accent. Anyway, making small talk Jason asked him, "How long does it take to get good at this job?" to which François hilariously answered, "It depends on where you grow up." Ha ha ha! That's me cackling madly. Okay, maybe that's an exaggeration but I did find him to be a hoot and a half. Especially when he opened up his fancy tool box and we see an old credit card and a bent hanger--tools of the trade, I guess, but a little disconcerting all the same. I would've been quite upset if he was able to get us in with his extra long hanger and a screwdriver. But, that didn't work and he had to use his fancy locksmith tools. Ninety bucks and fifteen minutes past bedtime later we were in. Phew.

This isn't the first time the danged security bar has fallen into place but the last time it happened J's friend was in the basement for band practice. J just had to wait for the pal to stop banging on the drums in order for him to hear J ringing the bell trying to get back in. My goodness!

Okay, so now that I've covered last night's drama, we can move on to today. Easton and I went out to breakfast and I had the most delicious ham and cheese (hold the egg EEW!) on a croissant (in honor of our new friend François--not). And coffee. E had water since he isn't a fan of coffee yet :) He had raisins of course and some bites of croissant. He was so good and I loved having breakfast with my boy. After breakfast we headed to Circle Time. He still doesn't love sitting still for the stories but he can't wait to get up when they dance and stuff. Today he even got a sticker. He doesn't like stickers. Oh well. At Circle Time there was a sign saying there will be no Circle Times for the month of August. What the hey?!?! We'll need to find another branch or something else to do. We love our Circle Time at the 'brary.

Oh yeah, and back to the weekend, here's a cute pic of Easton and Auntie Lauren and Daddy going down the stairs. Jason was trying to hold E's hand to go down the stairs and usually E holds the wall with his other hand but Sunday morning he reached for Auntie Lauren's hand instead. It was the sweetest thing and Lauren was thrilled. E just loves her. So, to get this picture I set the camera on timer and then threw it up in the air. Okay, that's a big fat lie. We simply have a half wall over the stairs...kind of a fun shot though.

And then here is a cute super smiley picture and fun movie montage from yesterday.

Au revoir! (that's François rubbing off again...tee hee!)