What did we do this weekend?...

First of all, an Earnest family first... Our kids actually woke up, looked at their parents still sleeping in their bed and spontaneously decided to leave them alone. They proceeded down to the basement where the boys were miraculously kind enough to watch a show that their sisters would like. AND, managed to create a camp ground for them all to "camp out" until one of their lazy, good for nothing parents, decided that they could manage the day and get out of bed. This occurred at 8:30. Like I said, it was no small miracle. I think it's been 8 years since Darin and I have stayed in bed together so late!! Way to kick off a great weekend kids!

The Camp Site.

Of course, Dunkin Donuts for breakfast. Or rather frosting for Jane and Ruby, who prefer to simply eat the frosting off and leave the donut behind. Go figure! This is a Saturday morning standard at our house.

Later that afternoon we found a pumpkin patch to help get us into the spirit of the season. The rule was, you could only pick a pumpkin that you could carry yourself. They all responded quite well to the parameters.

Ruby

Jane

George H. Potter

Henry Von Vampire

Seeking shelter when only 30 minutes after arriving it started to rain. And didn't stop for the rest of the day. Thank goodness in the first thirty minute we managed to get pumpkins and order funnel cake!! (Darin made fun of my dorky mom-ness that couldn't be at a pumpkin patch without wearing the seasonal color scheme. I thought it was a nice touch. No?)

Cooking Indian food for our Sunday cultural experience.

Darin and I are entertained by thinking of ways of taking this to the next level. I suggested a center piece crafted out of the featured country's flag. But Darin suggested we eat in company with our globe and test all family members at the end of the meal to identify where the country is located.

Darin gets all the credit for the home made nann. Truly delicious. One of my girl friends for my birthday gave me a "Best Recipes in the World" cookbook. It's perfect and we pulled all recipes from it for this week.

(p.s. just to keep it real, we were over an hour late to church today! Just wanted to let you know all the craziness doesn't come without a price.)

And the background "muzak" to our weekend has been the creation of some Halloween princess dresses for Jane and Ruby. I know Darin thinks I do these things just to torture him. I do them because I somehow think it will be fun. Then I forget that I hate how the house falls apart and I don't get to bed before 2am, because I simply can't stop until it's done.

Many phone calls to my mom later, Princess dresses are ready for Halloween!! I guess I'm kind of proud.

And that wraps up this weekend. I've promised Darin to clean the house up and restore order for this week. But it was a very fun time together.