Walking Backwards

Somehow we've made it through most of the long weekend without accomplishing much at all. We've stayed busy the whole time, too, so that makes it even stranger. The good news is that I haven't had to cook dinner all weekend and I am not going to have to cook tonight either. Yay for dinners with friends. Thank god, because we have also failed to go to the grocery store. Most of our time has been spent working on small projects that are always neglected, that we always mean to get around to, but just haven't yet.

For instance, I have finally started to label the photos that we took in Italy in October. I also made a table cloth and napkins for Nicholas' playroom table so we can start having snack in there over the summer. There has been some cleaning, but also lots of visits with friends and lots of reading fluffy, how-to books and sitting around. The fabric store with the boys was fine, but unsuccessful. They had sold out of the patterns I wanted, so buying the fabric was pointless (I'm going to get some patterns to make Nico's winter pjs). The consignment store next door was great, but mostly had winter clothes. Joe was very tempted by the Indian motorcycle powerwheel for $35, but Nicholas didn't seem too interested in it, at least not enough for us to blow our budget on it.

For the remaining few hours of the weekend, I'm planning a long shower where I get to shave my legs so I don't feel so bad going to the wading pool next week. We are having a group dinner close-by with the local parenting board I'm a member of. I wish I could have accomplished more, but I think this weekend, more than anything else, was a trial run to get us in the summer mindset. We need to accustom ourselves to the lazy days and let go of what we think needs to be done. I really need to step back from project mode and focus on being with my family, which, sadly, had been secondary for the past few months. There is going to be artichoke pizza and beer and a covered playscape tonight, so I don't think the letting it go will be a problem.