I feel like I haven’t typed a post in ages! I mean a real post, not a baby update or a Wordless Wednesday post. I finally have a few minutes a day while Sean is at camp to type up some posts. Of course Ben has been sick the past few days so my time is limited. Let’s see what’s been going on with us.
Last Saturday my in-laws came up to our house so I could go to a Dave Matthews concert with Joey and some of our friends. It was the first DMB concert that I have been to since I had Ben. I honestly think that my last DMB concert was back in 2006. I couldn’t believe that it has been that long but lately I have been sending Joey to concerts with his friends. It’s too hard to get a babysitter all of the time so I pick and choose the shows wisely. So it was nice to finally get out on the town and bar hop {oh wait, bar hopping sucks when you can’t drink beer}! But it was still fun hanging out with friends in Philly. The concert was a lot of fun but I must admit that I didn’t know a lot of the songs. I really haven’t been following Dave’s new songs over the past few years so I was a bit lost. Thankfully I had good company!!!!
Sunday we spent the day packing up Ben’s stuff for his trip to southern Delaware with my in-laws. It was his first time away without mommy and daddy! We have gone away for a night here or there but never for this long. He was so excited to go and I think that he packed up almost every single toy in our basement to take with him. He just wanted to pack everything up so Sean couldn’t touch it.
From what I hear, he had a great week! He played outside, spent a lot of time in his swing, got his haircut, and even played “bop the can”. I’m still trying to figure that one out! But he had fun and was well behaved so I am thankful. I missed him so much but it was nice to Facetime with him while he was away. I just love technology. I remember spending a week or two at my grandparents house when I was little and waiting for that rotary dial phone {the only phone in their house} to ring so I could talk to my parents. Times sure have changed.
Sunday night after Ben left we went out to dinner with daddy! He was craving some ribs so we popped into Texas Roadhouse for some food! Some of my best pictures of Joey and the boys are sitting in a booth at a restaurant.
While Ben is away, Sean and I will play. And by play I mean we just moved in with my mom in northern Delaware. She has a big pool in her backyard so we decided to spend our time there since it was so freaking hot outside. We went down Monday afternoon and swam all week long. We did take a break to run some errands on Tuesday. We hit up Newark to full fill my Grotto Pizza craving {twice}.
On Wednesday we met up with my sister to do a tour of the Herr’s Potato Chip Factory! I love a tour that gives out fresh chips at the end! We wrapped up that day by stopping by the mall to do some retail therapy {and Sean had some play time}.
We also went to a friends house for their annual July 4th picnic. What did Sean do at the picnic? Well he swam for 4 hours straight. I could not get him out of that pool to eat.
While we were at the July 4th picnic, Joey went down state to pick up Ben from his parents house. He spent the day visiting with them and drove back up that evening. I was so happy to see Ben, but I think that Sean was a little more excited! Despite all of their fighting he really did miss his brother. Oh and they had a fight within 10 minutes of reuniting!
On Friday we said goodbye to daddy so he could go off on his 4 day Phish tour in Saratoga Springs, NY. I spent two more days at my moms with the boys and then headed back to New Jersey on Sunday afternoon. We managed to squeeze in two more days of pool time. I don’t think that my mom has been in the pool that much since they put it in. I know that she has never been in it this early in the season {or that early in the morning}. She was a trooper with the boys!
So here we are on Wednesday. I have my 20 week OBGYN appointment this afternoon and Joey is off to another Phish show tonight. Sean started his first week of camp ever at his preschool. HE LOVES IT! This week they are celebrating all of the holidays. Monday was Halloween and Tuesday was Christmas. Sean told me Tuesday was Easter so I put him in an Easter shirt, only to find out it was Christmas! AHHH. That kid loves to mess with me.
Ben has been sick now for a few days with a headache {and a fever at night}. The boy refuses to take any kind of medicine other than his seizure meds. The poor little guy, I hope he starts feeling better soon. He was supposed to start karate last night but I had to reschedule his orientation because he was sick. I am so excited for him to start, I just hope that he enjoys it. I can’t get this boy to commit to anything. He wasn’t a fan of soccer and refused to do t-ball. Let’s hope karate does it. I want him to be active in something other than his angry bird games!
Well I guess that’s it for now. Nothing else to report here in New Jersey other than it’s hot and humid! Happy Summer!
