Nothing Better Than Laughter

It's been a fun weekend so far. Thursday we had a great play date over at the Alvarezes. We were going to go try and feed the ducks/geese at loch raven, but it was cold and rainy, and decided to try it another day. Owen and Sofia had a great time, and we were there about 1 1/2 hours before Sofia was ready for her nap, and we headed out. Owen then helped me pick out a birthday present for Aunt Lizzie at the mall. We had such fun running throwing pennies in the fountain and just having a blast.

Thursday evening we had a showing, and had to get out of the house, we attempted to feed the geese, but were frighted because they were so aggressive, so Daddy basically tossed the bread, and headed to the park instead. We hiked the entire trail (just under 1/2 mile) and Owen walked the whole way finding sticks and having fun outside. He just LOVES to play outside.


Friday evening Owen had a babysitter, so we could go out to dinner for Elizabeth's birthday. The babysitter, Laura, did a great job, and even had to put Owen to bed for the night. He went to bed very easy for her, so that was a relief. It was very nice having an adult evening out, we really had a nice time.


This morning we had a very interesting wake up call. Owen discovered that his chicken dance duck was right next to his crib, so we were in deep sound sleep and heard - SO YOU WANT TO DO THE CHICKEN DANCE??? Needless to say, I was quite startled (and have since removed the chicken dance duck to another location in his room. I think he thought it was funny! The weather was pretty crummy, so we pulled out all the toys and played in the family room. Owen was so funny giggling at so many things. I will never get tired of hearing him laugh uncontrollably.

We took a short road trip to check out the lot, probably the last time before they break ground. They are supposed to start digging the whole on Wednesday, and we're excited and nervous at the same time. Still very nervous that we haven't had any bites on our house, but are still optimistic that the right owner will come around soon... Hopefully very soon.

Then this evening, we went to visit Dave, Lisa, Carson & Noah. They had a cookout and Owen was shy at first, but then warmed up quickly after seeing Carson (4) big boy toys. He had a slew of Thomas Trains, Cars, Jay Jay Planes... it was great. Owen had a ball, and even though we were out past his bed time, he really enjoyed himself. Noah (20 months) had a bit of a tough evening and conked out for a nap, he's not used to sharing and was very upset with Owen who was playing with his toys. It was great to see them, and we had a really nice time.