weekend.

yesterday was a beautiful day outside. j let me sleep in until i woke up at 8 (after being up with s a couple times). we spent the day getting stuff done around the house while the neighborhood kids played outside. j decided it's time for us to get a rack for our car (to carry luggage & bikes), so after researching what to get, he cleaned out the shelves in the garage to make room for one. i went grocery shopping with s, and j took z to the climbing gym. i made lemon bars (from scratch!) while both kids slept. i used our fancy shiny new cooktop to braise ling cod - it's so wonderful having a burner that can actually simmer! cooking rice & quinoa is going to be a completely different experience. we might even have to try risotto sometime!
last night, s woke up at 11:30pm, 1:30am, 2:30am, and 3:30am, before getting up for the day at 7:30am. NO FUN! she better not do it again tonight! j let me sleep in again, thank goodness. after i woke up, we went for another family run before brunching at meriwether's. z fell asleep on the way home, so we put him down for an early nap. j & s both took naps, too, and i got some editing done on my scale book. when everyone woke up, j went to buy booster seats to replace z's car seat, while z & i & s went to the neighbors' house to play. it was sunny until the early afternoon. some other neighbors from 116th came over for a play date, and both sets of neighbors on either side of our house came over for wine & snacks & to play. z was a little mean to little p... :( but i made him apologize.