Journal entry for the weekend of May 7-8, 2016

I got to sleep in a little bit on Saturday Morning.  I got to do this after getting a late jump getting out of work and go to Kroger to get some things for Mother's Day and to get some frozen food items to fulfill my ibotta obligations.  My goal was to accumulate $20 or more on credits.  That would get me something good in return like a gift card.  I would use any gift card I earn for the good of my two sons.  I don't need to really buy anything big for myself.

This morning, my wife and I took Ben and Blake out to Lake Acworrth to go to the Smoke on the Lake Barbecue festival.  Here are some of the pictures that showed how much fun we had on Saturday.

Our family will have even more fun on Sunday as we all celebrate Mother's Day with their beautiful mama Kelly.

Saturday night was very low key at home.  We enjoyed some chicken and rice.  Ben ate some of it as did Blake.  I cleaned up my plate like I always do at home.  My wife is a good cook and sometimes she's too hard on herself.  I give her all the credit in the world for making such great dishes.  The secret ingredient was me.  I kept Ben and Blake away from the hot kitchen as Kelly was making our meal.  I entertained them with my voice of funny sounds, sound effects, and their toys.  I even got Ben and Blake with bear in the faces.

I was having a dehydration headache, so I took some PM aspirin with some water.  I had a beer either before or after that decision.  I think it would come back to haunt me later on in the night.  I fell fast asleep on the couch after watching "The Big Bang Theory" on TV and zonked out right on Kelly.  I even missed the cold open of "Saturday Night Live" where Dana Carvey reprised his role as the 'Church Lady' while she was interviewing 'Ted Cruz' and 'Donald Trump.'  I saw the Donald Trump bit, but I missed the Ted Cruz one.  I love when 'Church Lady' says "Well isn't that special" and "could it be.....SATAN?"

Sunday turned out to be more low key than Saturday.  Sunday was Mother's Day.  My gifts to Kelly were some extra sleep, cards from me, the boys, and Gandalf, and some $ for some treats, and a chance to get outside for a while as our sons were sleeping.   We relaxed at home rather than try to rush to get ready to go to church on this day.  We made a family day out of being at home with each other.  We had some ideas for what we wanted to do and there were some surprises in store for everyone today.

I caught up on some movies and TV shows on my DVR and I watched the Braves and Hawks play live on TV while I was home.  I had a relatively easy time putting Ben down for his PM nap.  The only thing was he didn't cry when he was in his crib, but he didn't go down for sleep right away.  In fact, it took my third attempt to put him down for the afternoon.  Blake was a little more challenging for me.  After I fed him his bottle, I put him down in his pack and play.  Unfortunately, he did not sleep easy.  He cried not once, but twice when he was by himself in our room.  I had to rock him and hold him a third time in order to put him down for the afternoon.  I didn't hear a peep out of either one of them for the next 90 minutes afterward.

Here's a fun-filled sampling of what my family and I did on Mother's day at home:

After the boys went to bed, we achieved a huge victory:  We watched an entire movie ("Vacation")!!!!!!!!!!

I'll be back for a new week tomorrow.