Our "Staycation"

One of the few things Dave asked for for his birthday was a "staycation" - a weekend at home alone, just the two of us. We did this for a weekend last summer and really enjoyed it. Friday morning, the girls went off to school and Seth went to spend the day with friends, so we had 2 whole days together. We got a ClearPlay DVD player, which magically edits movies, making Rated R movies more like PG 13. So we rented some movies and stocked up on snacks and settled into bed. Dave had bought a giant TV off Craig's list the week before.

We did not clear our schedules as well this time. I had to run a Primary Activity Day Friday afternoon (which was fun and went really well). After the activity the kids went off for sleepovers at Grandma and Grandpa's or the cousins (Alexis is too cool for the grandparents). After watching another movie, we were a little restless so we headed to Marie Callendar's for PIE. We love the Lemon Meringue.

The next morning Dave had to clean the church, so I went to Seth's T Ball game - good thing I did. He caught the ball with his head and needed Mom to make it better. I hurried back to my in-house vacation, but Dave slept a lot and it got a little boring.

For dinner we went to Sammy's on Tropicana. My brother has been talking about it non-stop for weeks- it "changed his life". The Chipotle burger was delicious. The food was good and greasily gross at the same time, especially after eating so much junk food all weekend.

The weekend off was nice - it was a good reminder for us to schedule more alone time. Now, if I can just find a spot on the calendar for that!