Weekend fun

After a couple of stressful weeks, it was a relief to have a very relaxing weekend. It snowed here, which was something of a surprise since at 11:30 pm Friday they were calling for a dusting and we ended up with at least 6 inches. It was also very cold (like 17 degrees - yes, all you Californian Updykes can gloat), which made being outside less fun. Still, the boys trooped out and played hard. A snow weekend always makes for happy boys.

My favorite parts were the indoors ones, however. CJ had his second music class on Saturday morning (as the storm was kicking in) and came home eager to use his new slide whistle and complete his composition for next week. He was equally enthralled with the new DVD on Andy Warhol we watched (courtesy of his godfather). The rest of the weekend was spent alternating between making music and art. Best quotes? "Mom, I can't come to dinner because I'm an artist and artists don't stop until they finish their work." and "Do you know how Andy Warhol and I are the same? We both like to use bright colors and we both use pencils to start our pictures." Sometimes you just want to give them a great big hug.

AJ has truly discovered the joy of video games. He's only allowed to play the Wii on the weekends and even then there is a time limit, but he takes what he can get. Auntie Erica got them Outdoor Adventure and we all had a great time working up a sweat. They have fun teamwork games where you have to work together and they actually let you know how well you did (Craig and I sadly got something like 40 out of 100 on the waterfall climb, hopefully our parenting score is better). Mario Kart is his passion, however, and dad is his preferred partner. It is fun to watch them go at it and congratulate or commiserate as appropriate. Best quote? "Since I'm playing you, mom, I'll do the easy ones. Dad and I can do the hard ones later."

TR desperately wants to be 6. He tries his best to play right along with his brothers and ends up frustrated frequently, but it doesn't change his mind. He and AJ actually have a great partnership going on some of the Wii games, TR does the legwork (jumping or running as needed) and AJ handles the remote. They've racked up some pretty good scores and he is soooo thrilled to be playing with his biggest brother. Naptime is out the window when brothers are around also, unless he is super-tired. We end up with a cranky boy by 5 pm, but he is determined not to miss out on a single minute of fun. Best quote? "No nap, mommy. I go to bed early."

All in all, it was a great weekend. It wasn't that we did anything spectacular, just that we did lots of fun things together. Can't get better than that.