Sunday Funday

After quite a busy Saturday, John and I had a pretty eventful Sunday. I got up early and had a little alone time. Then, my boys got up. We watched a bit of TV, had breakfast and then it was off to church for John and me and to work for Tim.

Tim started working on Sundays about six months ago and I am still not used to the shake up on our Sunday routine. It's been hard trying to get to church without him and I'm always so nervous going alone with our nearly two year old who just wants to be entertained.

So, we get to church and John's shoes and socks are off. Put them back on, made him walk and we were seated. First, we had silent Thomas to amuse John, then it was the hymnals, both in English and Polish, followed by a juice box and some graham crackers and finally a fascination with the kneeler. What fun it is to be a young Catholic boy! Of course, he also tried to bite me in the face. I'm just glad that he was unsuccessful! About the only thing I can clearly remember about Mass was that the RCIA group was there for the Rite of Acceptance. I really missed my husband!

We went home to try to take a nap. Upon being unsuccessful, I took him to the Boo Bash at our downtown area. It was from 12-4 pm. Even though we got there about two, it was already quiet and many of the businesses were running out of candy. Which was ok since most of the candy he couldn't eat anyway and there are only so many Laffy Taffies I really need.

John didn't quite know what was going on, but did enjoy playing some games. We ran one of our Ladies Night Out vendors and her adorable children. We also saw one of the little girls from his story time. Most of all, John had fun being himself and seeing "Thomas the Metra Train." Here is my big guy.

 

After that, Captain America and I were off to Costco. Taking a two year old to a store can be a challenge. I have had to do so out of necessity and am lucky to have a rather well behaved child who loves looking at people. Even if he did eat about a 1/2 pound of grapes. Well, better grapes than the bag of Halloween candy I bought.

I hate going to Costco because I walk away feeling like I spent half my paycheck. We needed it all though. Laundry soap, fabric softener, cat food, litter, baby wipes, pop, toilet paper, paper towel and food! Thankfully, we can hold off until next month for diapers since they weren't on sale and Costco has to be the cheapest place ever to get diapers. I had thought I'd do cloth, but I didn't factor in our inherent laziness and the 40 hours plus commute we each spend away from home.

 

Well, I loaded up my "Mom" car, picked up a burger for me and John since we were on our own, it was late and I was too beat to cook. We had dinner and I threw on Thomas so I could unload our car. He really was as good as gold. I couldn't be prouder.