Sacred Saturday

Our weekends are pretty sacred around here.  Especially when Daddy has been working his buns off at work all week!  We've got a pretty good Saturday routine down, and we've been enjoying it while it's still possible.  (In a little over a month our little world is going to be turned upside down!  And we couldn't be more excited about it!) 

This particular weekend has been extra enjoyable for me because one of my dreams came true on Thursday.  I laid down with Buggy for our afternoon nap, and I woke up to a spotlessly clean home!  I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't still dreaming!  That's right people!  My amazing husband got this Mama a housekeeper!  (Just in case you didn't hear me shouting for joy from our rooftop on Thursday!)  Ms. Fahira comes every other Thursday and works her magic for almost 4 hours!!!  There's nothing like waking up to the smell of Clorox and Pine Sol, and knowing that you weren't the one on your hands and knees, 8 months pregnant, scrubbing the house while your 2 year old was napping! 

Today was a particularly splendiforous Saturday!  We went to "The Bub" as a family (what Bug calls the Gold's Gym Kids Club) and then headed to The Little Gym so Buggy could get her workout in too!  "Yay!  Wittle Gym" is by far Buggy's favorite place to go.  We can't even tell her where we're going until we're strapped into Pearl and on our way there.  Otherwise, she will talk about it every 2 minutes until we end up going!  She even puts her People's in their SUV and takes them to "Wittle Gym" every day!  After Little Gym, we took our worn out toddler to our regular Saturday lunch spot, Padow's, where we all got our "regulars".  They know us by name and order now.  Naps came next and then we woke up and headed across the street to the park.  I'm sure the families there got an eyefull today because Bug had me going down just about every slide with her, and climbing every ladder!  Once she reached her full "sweatball potential" we headed back for some yummy breakfast for dinner (that Daddy cooked AND cleaned up!)  Yep, Saturdays sure are sacred around here, and now you can see why! 

Playing peek-a-boo in her castle.

More peek-a-boo!

Watching Elmo, eating blueberries while her "pink toes like Mommy" dry!



I wonder what a 2 year old daydreams about?....my guess, Little Gym, "Milks" and the Park.



I asked Bug to smile for the camera, and these are the pictures I got.  At least she's starting to get the hang of it!....  



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Take 2...

Take 3...

Take 4...

Finally!!

Her favorite toy this week has been a matchbox car that she calls "Babu's Truck".  She takes it everywhere, and has been known to "accidentally" launch it at my forehead...I've got the unsightly bruise to prove it!

Chillin' on her power wheel.

Looking a little sweaty after a busy morning at The Bub and Little Gym.

Playing "music".  She's OBSESSED with Twinkle Twinkle and The ABC song.  She'll find every toy that plays those songs and she'll listen to them over and over again, while she dances and plays instruments to the music.

Getting ready to "rockabye" with Daddy as our splendid Saturday comes to an end.