I had high hopes, all weekend, of having a brilliant post for Xanga this morning. 

But now it’s this morning, and I can’t think of a single brilliant thing to say.  *sigh*  So I guess it’s just a normal weekend recap post. 

The weekend:

• We stayed home for most of the weekend, all 4 of us.  And it was lovely.  It was like a mini-vacation.
• I finally took the recyclables to the dumpsters at a local fire station.  It’s free to do it that way.  But it takes us like 3 months to make a trip to do it.  And we always have TONS of things to toss in.  It took me two trips. In the Jeep.
• I also started to disassemble and pack up baby things we don’t use anymore.  The bouncy seats and exercise mat are gone.  I think the swings will be next.  It’s crazy how big they’re getting!
• On Saturday night, we gave the babies a bath, together, sitting up in the big tub.  It worked great!  Of course, it helped that I’d bought a bath mat so their little bums didn’t slide all around.  But they had a marvelous time.  Alex really likes to splash, but doesn’t like to get water on his face…which is a difficult balance, for sure!
• Sunday was church.  Eric cooked dinner while I fed babies.  Then they went down for naps and we just hung out for the afternoon.  It was pretty nice, actually.  And I talked to my mom for about an hour as well. Good times!

Baby things:

• Alex tipped over backwards on Saturday and gave himself a tiny cut when he hit the corner of a book.  It was our first wound like that.
• Erin is army crawling now…all over the place.  My corral isn’t going to work much longer!  She’s also grunting and making all sorts of new sounds.  It’s really funny to listen to.
• They are totally interacting with each other now.  Alex does whatever he can to make Erin laugh, and he bangs his little hand on any part of her close enough to hit.  She just stares at him (and laughs) and steals his toys.  Sometimes they even seem to be talking to each other. But they are definitely aware of each other…so cool!
• The teething is still in full force.  I’m trying to keep the Tylenol going on a regular basis which does help immensely.  Erin’s little tooth is pretty sharp, though she hasn’t bitten anything but fingers yet (that’ll teach us to stick our finger in her mouth!).  Alex still hasn’t gotten a tooth through, but it’s definitely coming!

Random thoughts:

• Eric’s got vacation scheduled next week, so he only has 5 more days of work before a good break.  Of course, he’s got a big client visit this week to make it miserable, but I think he’ll survive.
• We have a number of things on the vacation to-do list already: a trip to the farm, a trip to the zoo, some outside painting of the house, and an exploration of the potential leak coming from the upstairs guest bathroom (the water marks are showing up in the garage ceiling).  Hopefully, we’ll strike a good blend of getting things done and getting some rest. 
• I think I’m going to do some running around today, maybe to Target, Michaels, and Payless.  They’re all in the same shopping center, and I feel like wandering a bit.  And I do need a couple of things.
• For the rest of my to-do list today: baby laundry, an August meal plan, a grocery list, and cleaning up the kitchen from yesterday.  I think that’s plenty for a Monday!