Friday
My friend Erin and I took the boys across the river to the expo for the Crescent City Classic 10K race we were doing on Saturday. We brought them in the triple jogger, because I thought it’d be good practice. Yeah. Look, I know it’s a wide stroller, but turns out it’s just a little too wide for things like, oh, the ramp leaving the ferry terminal and most of the elevators at the Hilton. So we had some comical moments dealing with that.

But it all worked out okay and we got our numbers for the race.

After I got home, we loaded the boys in the van and I headed across the lake to hang out with my friend Ren.   Halfway across the Causeway (the 23 mile bridge that connects New Orleans to the North Shore area) I realized I forgot to bring any strollers or any sort of baby-transport device. Whoops!

So we took the boys to Chick-fil-a for lunch. It went pretty well. We ran into one of our RAs from high school, which was weird. But the boys behaved and ate pretty well. That place was packed. For a Friday in a very Catholic area, there were lots of people eating non-fish meals!

After lunch, we went to this new park that had recently opened. Clearly, though, it was not meant for little kids. There were tons of cool things to play on, but the whole playground was sand. Ick. And the baby swings were really weird. But we found a little gazebo that the boys could play in and we could stay out of the sun. (Left my camera at home, too bad. The boys were being pretty cute.)

Then we had to go to the Toyota dealership so I could pick up another key fob for the van. Fascinating stuff. At least the dealership had a cool play area for the kids. Best part is, they washed the van for me! Awesome. First time it’s been washed in…a really long time. Shiny!

After going back to Ren’s house, where she fed the boys (yay), we headed back home, and they went to bed.

Saturday
Up bright ‘n’ early for the race. Headed to the start line. Started. Walked. For 2 hours and 30 seconds. It was harder than I expected, being out of training. And we couldn’t go very fast. There were so many people (20k!) and the stroller would’ve bulldozed people down if we’d tried to run with it. Oh well, it was fun. Except that Linus and Miles were not happy. Oliver was fine, he just sat and watched. But the other two squirmed and whined and cried almost the whole time. Fun! Finally, I gave Linus my camera and Miles my cell phone, and that pretty much kept them quiet the rest of the time. (Too bad I only figured that out at about mile 4. Alas.)

But I got some pictures…

After the race:

And Linus took some too!

After the race, George picked us up, and we went home. Put the boys down for a loooong nap while I took a little one myself.

That evening, we took the boys for a walk around the neighborhood and to a friend’s crawfish boil. They weren’t thrilled with that, either, until I found some jambalaya and they did the baby bird thing while I fed them. I really wish I could have stayed longer, a lot of our friends were there. Such is the life of a parent, eh?

Sunday
Is it awful that I didn’t do anything for the boys for Easter? No baskets, no gifts, nothing? I didn’t even take them to get pictures with the Easter Bunny. Hmm. Next year.

We went to my mom’s house for lunch. Put the boys in the outfits my sister sent them. Plaid shorts absolutely kill me. Love them.

Note the classic Miles stance here (in orange)

This picture of Miles makes my heart melty:

Oliver has not let go of this tennis ball since he stole it from Ren’s on Friday:

Trying and failing to get a picture with Daddy

Oliver talking to the geese:

Even though their backs are turned, I love this picture

Had steak and asparagus and mashed potatoes. Yum.

Monday
Slept in (til 8!) and then started working. The house needs major decluttering, and I worked mostly on the living room and our bedroom. Made some good progress. It’s a good feeling. Put together the sand and water table, hosed off the Cozy Coupe and cleaned up the little chairs they’re going to use with the IKEA table, whenever that gets here. George mowed the lawn and set up their little outdoor play area. Aw!

George mowing the lawn. That area there is where the boys play.

I washed the car. Hee! Silly.

And now, my nice long 4 day weekend is over. But Kristina’s coming tomorrow, so I don’t mind!