Weekending

I haven't really posted too much from our weekends lately, even though we've been up to some fun stuff. Like our first hike of the year and Declan's first hike ever two weekends ago.

Last weekend we took a little train trip to Palo Alto with my mom for some lunch and shopping, or a lengthy game of tag between the clothing racks in Ez and Gangy's case. By the way, Ez has never slept so well in his life so can you please come chase your grandson around every night? Thanks! 

This past weekend I dropped the boys off with my parents and brothers on Friday so I could have some alone time, which mostly consisted of drinking iced tea at B&N while answering emails and browsing books uninterrupted. The bookstore is my happy place. There was a mom next to me wearing a baby about Declan's age with a son about Ez's age running around which made me both miss my kids and also made me all the more grateful for those few hours of alone time. Of course I couldn't resist buying Ez a Planes book. I'm pretty sure he has me brainwashed. I got back to a very lukewarm reception. Apparently nobody noticed or cared that I was gone. I expected that from Ez, but Declan didn't even pretend to be excited to see me. That made it a whole lot easier to leave them again, this time for dinner with some of my oldest and dearest friends. It was so fun to catch up and we've already made plans for another girl's night next month. We're not really the selfie types. Pictures just aren't as cute without kids in them, so this is the only picture I got from the evening:

On Sunday we looked at a possible wedding venue. I'll save that for another post, after we've looked at some more places, but it's gonna be hard to beat this beauty:

We've also had quite a bit of rain these past few weeks, which means Uno games, Friday Night Lights binges, and a few slippery park trips. 

How bout you? How was your weekend? Anyone dealing with the Jonas blizzard? Hope you're all staying warm!