TGIF

Hope everyone is enjoying their Friday. When you don't work outside the home, the days of the week seem to lose a little of their meaning but Fridays are fun because it means J will be home with us for the weekend. Even he was looking forward to "playing a lot" with E now that the weekend's here.

Swimming last night went okay. On the way there Jason made a call to his dad to wish him a happy birthday. Easton started off the call with a, "Happy day/Hap burday" greeting (he practiced during the day) and a "PaPaw". Pretty special. Then it was time to get in the water with Daddy. Jason dunked him one time but Eastie wasn't a fan. He cried for a bit and it made him more timid for other normally fun water activities. He didn't want J to throw him up in the air anymore and he didn't want to slide. So, they practiced blowing bubbles instead. Oh well.
After swimming we fed Easton a litte and got him ready for bed before coming down to eat dinner just the two of us. We enjoyed a delish beef slow cooker recipe while watching Survivor. It's nice to have meals at home without E every once in awhile.

Easton got up bright and early today. It's very strange to me how he can consistently go to bed at the same time yet wake up at such differing hours. Yesterday it was 8:30...today about 6:40. He's been in a super mood all day though so I don't mind so much. It's when he's a crank pot that his early rising really gets to me.

We met our pals Max and Susannah for breakfast at Cracker Barrell. Easton was willing to wear his new hat:

I think part of his problem with the hat might be wearing it when his coat is on too. Then his chin gets all crowded with the velcro strap and the coat zipper. Still not sure, though.

Easton did great at breakfast and ate quite a lot of Max's pancake. Easton is such a copy cat though, I'm learning. At the table if Max was chewing on a straw then Easton wanted to chew on a straw. If Max licked the wall, Easton wanted to lick the wall. Mommy did not let him lick the wall. He needs to learn how to stay strong despite peer pressure, you know. It continued once they came over to our house to play. If Max leaned on the coffee table, so did E. I've noticed him do some similar things at Kindermusik like putting stuff in his mouth just because he sees other kids doing it. I guess he's just trying to fit in and participate in what he views the current "activity" to be. As the oldest son, however, he'll learn to be more of a leader than a follower I'm thinking. Kids!

I didn't take any pics while Max was here but I did snap these two of Easton before his nap after Maxers left:


So far Easton continues to be a "good nice sharer" when it comes to his toys. Let's hope it continues.

We have no big plans for the weekend. Probably just football, football, and more football as usual. And hummus is our football snack this week. Hope Eastie still likes it. He used to.

I think you're all caught up once again so until next time...