weekend recap...

Friday night, Jaden had a sleepover at Nana's (my mama)...he'd been counting down to the big day for weeks (u know he's all about the count downs!)....& he was soooo looking forward to the BBQ chicken that Nana had promised to make him for dinner! they stayed up late & watched movies...just hung out & enjoyed some Nana/Jaden time

Saturday morning, we all met up at my niece's indoor soccer game...she's playing the goalie position here...

the cousins enjoyed the game from the side line...playing on the wrestling mats together...

(for all u B'way alumni - this is the little gym...it's totally surreal to sit in there & watch a game now)

afterward, we went to pick up a birthday gift for Corinn's friend...she attended the party that afternoon & bounced her little heart out (they had bouncy houses at the party)...after the party, we tackled the house together & did our Saturday chores...Gabrielle had a friend coming over later in the evening & we had to get things in order first - i'm mostly talking about the kiddos' bedrooms...how in the heck do they trash them so quickly?!

after chores, we were able to chill for a while...& i walked in the living room to see this...

i know! i was shocked too! & it lasted for like 15 whole minutes!!!
;0)

Gabby's friend came over right before dinner...it wasn't quite dark yet, so we got in some bike riding first...

we made pizza for dinner & then the girls had a great time playing in their room for the rest of the evening...& yes, totally destroying it again! ugh.

but they had fun! at one point, they were playing house...Corinn was the dad, Kaitlyn (Gab's BFF) was the mama...together they had a baby (doll) & Gabby was their kitty...they walked around the house for about an hour - pushing a stroller & bossing the kitty around...it was too cute!

Curtis ran out for a bit that evening...his phone had completely died earlier in the day & after posting about it on my Facebook & Twitter pages, my cousin offered up an old Verizon phone that she had & wasn't using any more...he met up with her at the local 7-11 to pick up the phone & charger...my cousin got out of her car & was heading in Curt's direction when he noticed that her car was starting to roll away! luckily, my babe is not only quick thinking, but stronger than a damn ox! he threw himself in front of the car & stopped it from rolling, just in time for her to jump back in & throw on the emergency brake...what a man! ;0)

Sunday, it rained all. day. long.

we were bummed cause we'd hoped to get out to the park...but we made due & had fun at home instead...

the sight above is actually pretty common in our house...between Curt teaching the girls how to break dance, & them practicing for their Acro class - i am constantly looking over to see one or the other (or both) standing on their head, doing handstands & bridges, etc...it's pretty amusing!

that afternoon we decided to hit McDonald's so the kiddos could use another one of the many ice cream certificates they have...they earn them in school for perfect attendance, good grades, turning in all homework, etc...we've got a pile of em!

then we called it a day & spent the rest of the eve at home hanging out...it was taco night (ALWAYS a hit!) & the girls put on a fashion show for us...

Curtis was pretty mopey last eve - there were 2 very big games on TV that he hated to be missing (& omg, we hear he missed a really good one too! shhh, please don't rub it in)...unfortunately, we only pull in NBC with our rabbit ears...which at the same time, was airing ICE SKATING! ~lol~ i know! could it be any worse?!

but it was ok...i kept him up to date with the play by plays that my friends were posting (yes, on Facebook & Twitter - what would we do without social networking man?!) & we cuddled & watched a movie instead...i'm not sure he was as thrilled with our alternative evening as i was, but at least he did a good job pretending ;0)

the rain never let up...actually, it got much worse! the pounding that our metal roof took last night was pretty brutal...we got so much rain that they actually canceled school today due to high water & flooding in some areas!

when i got to work, i discovered we had a new river running by our parking lot...

& my cousin posted this pic of our favorite park (pictured here, here & here) to her Facebook page this morning...

not only the park, but the entire parking lot is flooded!

but by lunch time today, the rain had ceased & the skies were beautiful again...not a rain cloud in sight!

hopefully it stays that way all week long!!!

i hope u had a nice weekend as well...anything exciting happen in ur neck of the woods?

*the only pics in this entire post that were taken with an actual camera, are the ones of the girls playing dress-up...the rest were taken with my cell