busy weekend

violin group class

neighbor l's contribution

raccoon #2?

last weekend was a busy one. friday brought a parents' night out at pasitos. j gave me two choices to do while the kids were at pasitos - deschutes brewery, or the new james bond film. at first we had planned on the brewery, but driving to pasitos, i changed my mind. we dropped the kids off at 6:30 (took longer than usual - sloane pooped in the car on the drive over). we arrived at mcmenamins at 6:45 & pounded a kris kringle beer, then went to the movie theater just as the previews were starting at 7:05. we ate a large container of kettle corn for dinner. the movie finished at 9:42, and we raced back to pasitos in pouring rain to pick up the kids. z came down with croup, and we started steroids right away.
saturday, we picked up the house, z had swimming, & i did a lot of grocery shopping. j prepared three different appetizers for the neighborhood christmas party, while i taught two group classes.
sunday, we had church in the morning. a baby sitter arrived right before nap time, and j & i went downtown to hear the first half of an oregon symphony concert. we left at intermission & went home to continue preparations for the neighborhood christmas party. one more baby sitter arrived at 5, and the kids went to our neighbor's house, and neighbors arrived at 5:30. desserts were held at a different neighbor's house, but we stayed home to put the kids to bed & clean up the house. a raccoon wandered into our trap around 9pm, so j left to go release it far far away (20 or so miles). j called at 10 saying he had gotten the car stuck in mud, and was waiting for his friend c to come help pull him out. thankfully he got home around 11pm. at 5:30 the next morning, another raccoon got caught in the trap, so j left early to deposit it far away before continuing on to work. we caught another one the next day, and the following day it trapped a rat!