Our Weekend Update

Man oh man, it was a crazy weekend in the Casa De Colwell. Let's start with Friday - had Gaga (my mom) and her friend, Jerry, over for a BBQ as even though summer is supposedly over, I think today is the first day of fall, it was like 80 degrees. We got some burgers, beans, chips and dip and some vino. Of course, no BBQ is complete without the infamous bubble blower. Seriously this is a great item and no house with small kids should be without one. I think I spent $10 on it at Wal-Mart 3 years ago and we have had hours of entertainment with ours! The kids had a blast and so did the big kids. Chunky loves a good BBQ and the challenge of catching anything - raw, cooked, dirty, metal, greasy that Daddy, the chef, might drop. He also had some big fun playing house with the kids. This picture about sums up how much fun we had on Friday night.Flash forward to Saturday morning - Jackson's first soccer game! The Purple Gumballs debut performance. It was also Chris's debut as Coach. It the only time he has to do it all year but he was nervous! I was in charge of snacks that first game and when you are dealing with preschoolers, snacks are of great importance. Here I am getting Jackson suited up for the big game. Gaga, Grandma & Grandpa Colwell all showed up for Jackson so he even had some fans! Daddy was a wonderful coach and though Jackson had some tears out on the field when he could not get a good kick at the ball, I am pretty sure he had fun as well. We don't really keep score but I am pretty sure the Gumballs suffered a loss but you could not tell that after the game was over and everyone was eating their purple gumball cookies. They were hot, sweaty, and completely gassed but they all had smiles on their faces! Check out Chris, Coach of the Year! After the game, I had to go to work with Mom and when we were done, we decided to stop at The Chocolate Storybook to get some delicious chocolates! Not only did we find tasty treats, I also found the greatest thing since Trick or Treating if you ask Jackson & Jessica - I bought a Halloween Tree. Just like a Christmas tree only black and you put Halloween ornaments on it. Yes, they make such a thing. The kids were more excited about the tree then they were when we got the Wii. We immediately had to go to Michaels to get more ornaments, per Jackson's request . On Sunday morning, they both ran downstairs, not for cartoons, just ran downstairs to gaze at the tree. We also specifically got non-breakable ornaments so it is (to quote Jackson) a "Kids' Tree" which means they can take ornaments off, touch it, rearrange ornaments - whatever. This is the same as our Christmas tree - no breakables!! Here is a picture of them and the finished product. My mom also bought everyone delicious chocolate truffles - at $28 per pound! Yes, even for the kids. Do they know the difference between $28 per pound truffles and a M&M? I doubt it but they both loved them as you can plainly see here. After all the family, the BBQ, the soccer game, the tree, the playing of Star Wars, the ornaments, the reading of Halloween books, you would think we were be done, right? Well, we weren't.
There was still time to squeeze in a little Wii for the boy (he only gets to play on weekends) so Chris and Jackson hit Monster Jam and Lego Star Wars before bedtime on Saturday night. Then after the kids went to bed, Mommy and Daddy began the Great Colwell Competition on the Wii- Mommy stinks at tennis but I can hold my own at bowling! Although my friend Cooper has reported a game with EIGHT strikes! I am not there yet but a couple more late nights with Chris, who knows! Anyway, the pretty much sums up our crazy weekend! I can't wait for next weekend!!!