Goodbye, April

I'm not gonna lie, April has been a pretty stressful month.  I'll write about it one of these days.  But for now, I'm relishing in an absolutely lovely weekend as the month comes to a close.

It started Friday.  Jackson had a late afternoon hair cut so the two of us got an early start to our weekend.  Then we hit the library before heading home to meet Drew for a family date night.  We grabbed a quick dinner (just Runza, nothing fancy) and then raced to the theatre for our first 3D movie experience as a family.

We saw The Pirates! Band of Misfits.  Honestly, it was just okay.  We got a chuckle out of it here and there and Jack seemed to like it, but I'm pretty sure most of the movie went right over his head.  And the whole 3D thing, while totally cool, was completely unnecessary as far as Jack was concerned.  The glasses were big and awkward (even for our sunglasses loving little guy) and he wore them for a total of 2 minutes max.

The popcorn; however, was a hit as always.

The movie was much less important than hanging out as a family, though.  We were looking forward to it for days and our family night out didn't disappoint.

At the risk of sounding like an old fogey, I have to say...holy crap movies are expensive!  We ate fast food for dinner, cashed in $8 worth of coupons for the movie tickets and bought a modest amount of snacks (popcorn, bottled water and 1 bag of candy) and still spent $75.  I don't consider myself particularly cheap, but man that seemed like a lot of money!

Saturday was just as lovely.  While Drew hit the golf course in the morning Jack and I made our first trip to the Farmer's Market.  We stuck with tradition and ate massive cinnamon rolls for breakfast before browsing the market and eventually coming home with some purple asparagus and radishes.  Then we were off to the Wohletz Farm to pick strawberries.  We just love the Wohletz family.  Jerry & Jane have been supplying us with tomatoes for salsa canning for years and when they added the u-pick strawberry patch to their farm 3 years ago we were thrilled.  We've gone every year since.  We have plans to go picking with Gram, Aunt Kate and Cousin Attia on Mother's Day weekend, but Jack & I decided to sneak in an extra trip.  So glad we did!

The rest of Saturday included a quick batch of strawberry sauce, trip to the park for the boys, grocery shopping, lots of backyard play time and a delicious dinner on the grill.  A perfect spring day.

That brings us to today.  First on the agenda was a trip to Target.  Jackson earned a special treat this week - something that deserves a post all to itself so stay tuned for that story - so we had to make good on that promise first thing.  It's a rainy day, so we did what we always do on inclement weather days.  Bake!

We made monster cookies from here and they are delish!

Jackson is napping as I write this - a miracle in and of itself as he's managed to phase out weekend naps over the past several weeks.  Drew headed out to the golf course to sneak in a few holes while there's a break in the weather.  Which leaves me in a peaceful house and a few minutes to steal on the blog.  I'm looking forward to the rest of the day too - finishing up laundry, maybe cuddles and a movie on the couch, kabobs on the grill (if the rain cooperates) and Mad Men after little man is out for the night. 

Goodbye, April.  You threw a few rough days at us this month, but you're closing on a high note.  I guess you're forgiven.