I need another weekend!

I had a fantastic weekend, but it went by way too fast... i'm ready for another :-) Friday we went to the recycled tire park with Lisa and the girls next door. The entire park has tires to climb and play on, and the "mulch" is made from recycled tires... it's pretty cool! That night, we had and impromptu happy hour/block party with some of our neighbors. It was such a blast! I know I gush about how much I love my neighbors a lot, but I truly feel blessed. We started at 4 and hung out until around midnight. Since we were camped out on lawn chairs in front of my house (and the kids were playing in the cul-de-sac), I was able to put chloe down to sleep at her normal 7pm bedtime and just bring the monitor out. Noah actually asked me to put him to sleep at 9, believe it or not. He was exhausted from running and riding bikes for 5 hours! Tony got home from work around 10 and was able to join in the fun.

Yesterday, we had a birthday party out in VA. It was a High School Musical dance party. Noah is in this phase now where he clings to us in new social situations - very strange being that he's always been my social child who jumped right into everything. So, Chloe and I were out on the dance floor while Noah hung back with Tony. Chloe had a blast since she is quite the dancer! After about 30 minutes, though, Noah was ready to jump in. It doesn't happen gradually, it's like a switch, all of a sudden he's ready! They ended up having a really good time, so that was fun. Then last night, Lisa and Chip next door watched the kids for us while we went on a date - whoo (thanks again, Lis!). We went to this cute local restaurant - it has a really nice ambiance and great food! They had a musician outside while we were eating, too. Then we saw "Pineapple Express" - my summation is that it was very stupid with a lot of funny :-)

Today, my good friend Renee came to visit with her two kids. She lives in NY, so we usually only see each other about once a year (we go away with them for New Year's most years). Her kids are practically the same ages as my kids, so it works out nicely. We took them to the local splash park which wore my kids out!

In scrappy news, i've been scrapping for CMK's September kit, but I can't share anything just yet. I'm supposed to be getting new Luxe goodies, too, which I can't wait for. The new Luxe website is almost ready to go, I can't wait for you guys to be able to check it out... it looks great! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend filled with lots of relaxing :-)

Since I don't have any layouts to share, of course I have to share some pics :-)

From the tire park:

Gotta love visits from the ice cream truck:

This is what happens when my almost 4 year old refuses a nap - he crashes out on the couch later in the day!

Last but not least, do you think Chloe is enough of a girly girl?? :-)