Memorial Day Weekend 2018

Another three day weekend has come and gone and I can definitely say I'm sad to see it go. I so look forward to "extra" days off work because it always means extra time spent with my little guy! I hope all of you had a great Memorial Day Weekend as well! I so appreciate the men and women who served and died to give us our freedoms.

On Friday, I ran a few errands after work then spent the remainder of my evening pulling weeds. I'm pretty sure my flower beds hate me. Can you tell a difference between weeds and plants in the picture below? Nope, me either....

Brayden also spent the majority of the day with his grandparents. Those hands in his pockets, though...I just can't handle this kid sometimes!

Sadly, Jason had to work the weekend (although he was off on Monday), so on Saturday morning, Brayden and I enjoyed a special breakfast of Mickey waffles!

We also visited Chuck E Cheese for the first time for a birthday party! (I hadn't been since I was seriously 12?)

This kid had the time of his life! He loves loves loves pushing buttons and being around all of the games!

I've never experienced a party here and after seeing it all, I think it might be a great idea for the future!

On Saturday evening, we had dinner with Jason, then went for a spin on Brayden's new tricycle! He kept his feet on the pedals for a while with us pushing so I'm hopeful he will figure this thing out pretty fast!

For church on Sunday, we dressed in our red, white, and blue best!

We also enjoyed a lazy rest of our Sunday and I'll admit I stayed up a bit later than I should have on Sunday night trying to finish Once Upon a Time. Oh well, it doesn't happen often and I did manage to finish the finale...and I might have cried for like the last five minutes of the show. Whoops. Anyone else?

Brayden's first day of swim lessons fell on Memorial Day, so we were up bright and early for those! His lessons will continue the remainder of the week and I can't wait to see what he learns from them! Brayden LOVES water, and my main concern is the fact that he has no fear of water. He also doesn't know what to do with himself once he goes under, so I'm hoping she can help teach him some of those things!

He was so worn out from fun times in the pool that he had no trouble falling asleep and he took a nice, long afternoon nap!

During nap time, I spent a good couple of hours in the pool, just hanging out and reading a book. Downtime with me hardly ever happens, so I made sure to make the most of it while I could! It was so incredibly relaxing and I made a mental note to do this more often!

Yesterday evening, we ventured off to Jason's Uncle and Aunt's house for a BBQ! Brayden quickly became BFF with their dog, Brody. Brody let Brayden and his cousin Judah just hug him and lay on him...he was SO sweet!

Finally, we all had the chance to spend a day together, and it was a great one, I might add! 

Now it's back to the grind tomorrow. Three day weekends are never long enough and always leave me wishing for one extra day. I guess that's how it goes with any time off of work but still...I do love holidays!

How was your Memorial Day Weekend? Did you spend time with friends/run a race/eat delicious food?