Our Weekend in Review

I wish I could fill this post to the brim with pictures of picnics, parades, firework displays and pictures of my little one all decked out in red, white & blue for the holiday, but that was not the case for our little family. While we were certainly happy that the holiday was here, we have had so much going on in our lives that we needed a 3 day weekend to just relax and hang out as a family unit. I will say I saw and heard fireworks from the comfort of our living room couch, so I guess that counts for something. I have vowed that next year, we will have more of an Independence Day celebration!

Ryan's dad and step-mom (John and Jackie) came up Saturday morning and promised Alexandra before her nap that they would take her for ice cream and a toy - she did not forget, asking for ice cream and the toy store immediately upon waking up. They did not disappoint. We headed out to The Comfy Cow, a relatively new ice cream and sweet shop in Louisville. The ice cream was delectable - especially John's "Brownie Delight" sundae. He ordered it first, and while he waited for us to place our orders, he was told to go ahead and sit down and they would bring it out to him. Here's why:


This was a MASSIVE, sinful dessert that caused passersby to stop in their tracks and come up to our table to discuss how one should go about tackling this incredible Mt. Everest of desserts. It had the most incredibly dense and chocolatey walnut-filled brownies as a base, and I've been dreaming about them ever since.


After ice cream, we headed over to Toys R' Us for Alexandra to pick out a toy. She was absolutely mesmerized and wanted to stop and check out EVERYTHING - suffice it to say, we didn't move through the store very quickly!


I wasn't very shocked to see that she headed straight for a singing Elmo book - does the powerful grasp that this cute furry red monster hold on my daughter know no bounds??


Alexandra is definitely her mommy's girl and it looks like she has adopted the motto of "go big or go home" when it comes to shopping. She was lured by the beauty of the Barbie Jeep:


We were eventually able to lead her away to the aisles containing the smaller ticket items, where she settled upon a very girly keyboard piano. I love how she just sat down in the floor and started playing with it!


Alexandra wasn't the only one who seemed to have fun at Toys R' Us - the big kid did, too.


After our busy afternoon, we settled in for pizza with our good friends, Andy and Amanda. On Sunday morning, we headed out to our favorite Louisville brunch spot, Wild Eggs, but not before taking a few turns on the swings and slide.



While I didn't have a red, white and blue outfit to put Alexandra in for the holiday, I figured a dress hitting 2 out of the 3 (and also paying homage to her favorite snack of watermelon) was a pretty good choice.


We followed brunch with time spent with the beloved water table.


We also filled up the inflatable pool but I think the water was a little too cold for my little girl. It was NOT, however, too cold for my furry girl, who proceeded to run through the pool several times before plopping down in it with one big splash - water EVERYWHERE.


After our play outdoors, I got to run to the movie theater to see Eclipse and LOVED it (Sorry, Lavin, I couldn't help myself! Don't worry, I promise we'll still go together to see it very soon!). If you have read and loved the books but have not yet seen this film, do yourself a favor and go see it soon - it is the most in line with the book and is by far my favorite of the three films.

We had a lazy Monday morning and my parents came up for the afternoon to visit, which we always love. Before I knew it, it was Monday night and I realized that a 3 day weekend had just passed as quickly as our usual 2 day weekends!


Hope your weekend was equally enjoyable!