Labor Day Weekend

So I figured I should probably put some content up here since I’ve been posting a lot of videos. First off, not all of the videos have been posted. I’ve been uploading a ton of clips to YouTube and didn’t want to overload the site. So if you want to see what I’ve been doing, check out my YouTube channel for everything Ian.

Ian has his 18th month check up next week, so I won’t go into what he’s been doing lately, but instead, I’ll tell you all about this past weekend. For the second year in a row, we spent it at Gramps’ house. It wasn’t really planned that way, but we ended up out there again and this time we had some excited and some drama.

On Saturday, we spent the day at Grandma Britten’s enjoying some good company with the extended family and good food. Ian got his first experience with the beanbag toss and loved it. He kept getting in the way and was a pretty good handicap for most of the players. We were out at Grandma’s pretty much all day and Ian did really good. He didn’t get a nap in on the ride down to BC, and only slept for about 15 minutes before getting to Gramps’. I think being outside helped a lot. That night, he went to bed pretty easy. He was a tired monkey.

On Sunday, we had a pretty relaxing day, spending most of it outside. Gramps has been working his tail off the past couple of months (thanks to mama, aunt lori, and his own mother), so he was looking forward to not doing much of anything. That was fine with us, since Ian got to run around a huge backyard (I so have yard envy) and Gramps even put up a swing for him.

After dinner, we went and checked out the new playground up at the elementary and it was actually pretty cool. They had this worm like contraption that acted like a teeter-toddler, but had multiple points where a couple of people could sit on it. Gramps and Mama got on the ends and Ian had fun sitting in the middle. Ian had to check out all of the equipment and he had fun for a bit, but he was ready to go home after about 20 minutes. He was able to ride in the red wagon all the way to the park, but on the way home, he wanted to help push a little. It made walking home take a little longer, but Ian had fun and it tired him out some.

That night, Ian had his first s’mores over the weekend. He was right there with us when we roasted them, sitting patiently in my lap at times, and enjoying every bite of it. We made them the simply way, using chocolate chip cookies, but Ian didn’t have a problem with that. Well, mama did a little since Ian had been filching cookies all day, but we were on a mini-vacation.

The drama I mentioned earlier wasn’t too bad, Ian just took a trip through the fire and ended up with some split ends. Monday morning, Ian was outside with Gramps, pulling the wagon around, and he wasn’t watching where he was going. Next thing he knows, he was in the fire pit, but thankfully not that close to the fire. Gramps was telling me later that he could see it happen, but wasn’t quick enough to catch him. Oh well, he needed a haircut anyway and got one today. Ian didn’t get hurt or anything, but he did get startled and he learned not to get too close to the hot rocks. So overall, a lesson learned.

So that was our labor day weekend. Nothing too exciting, but still a lot of fun.