Weekend Warriors

Weekends are sacred around here.  Before Z was born, I had fun-packed weekends, all weekend, every weekend.  Heck, I had fun packed weekdays too!  When he came along, I couldn't see any reason to change that.  Sure, the scene changed, but I never stopped craving that sense of doing something, whether it were a playdate, a hike, a random trip to Target, story time at our favorite toy store, a walk to the park, an adventure to the zoo, dinner with friends, lounging at a coffee shop, hitting up a museum, or having people over.  I liked to think of us as Weekend Warriors... we got through the week and then surrounded ourselves in a battle of fun and excitement before the mundane was upon us again.

Much of it I write here, but the funny thing is I started this post a few months ago but we got so Busy with our social calendar I never had the time to write about all the stuff we did! Irony, irony... ; )

I started a new routine recently with an earlier work schedule and adding in a visit to the gym most days, and while adjusting to the new schedule, Z and I have been less Warriors and more Relaxers...

Sleeping in, making breakfast (or not), reading, playing games, having quiet time to ourselves (or could I say giving quiet time to each other).  We may decide to take a walk or swim or hang outside or go pick out a Kids Club snack from Whole Foods or see an impromptu movie, but gone (or on hold, most likely?) are the times of filling up our calendar with commitments each free day we had.  Sure we still have birthday parties and events going on, but I'm not feeling the draw of trying to squeeze in every possible event anymore.  Its been just as much fun to find bugs, laze away the mornings, dance to our favorite songs, or see what will come of scraps of paper, buttons and glue. 

We are always going to be social people, and we always have an ongoing list of things we want to do, see, and experience, and we are very blessed to have wonderful friends and family we never tire of seeing.  But lately, I've really been enjoying the occasional lull between plans and obligations, just to hang out with the comfort of Captain Fantastic and his wondrous imagination.