a Pig Roast, boating and biking

What a busy weekend! This past Friday, it was Olivia and me - Duane was spending the night with our friends, getting ready for their 9th Pig Roast. The Stone's were our first friends up here in the Cities and for years, Duane has been Jaron's right-hand man with the pig roast. The guys get up around 4am and get the pig going - about 12 hours later it's done and they literally tear the meat off the pig by hand. Needless to say, it's so good! So, with Duane gone on Friday, Olivia and I had a night for the girls. Actually, it was like any normal night - dinner, bath, a little playing in the basement and reading before bedtime. I had a really boring night of laundry, then bed.

Saturday morning Olivia and I putzed around the house, made a run for Target and then we played in the yard until nap time. It was beautiful here on Saturday so I laid in the sun for a bit and then started getting ready for the party. Liv took a solid 3-hour nap so by the time she woke up, I was totally ready to go. Duane and Jaron were busy tearing the pig apart when we got there. Olivia had a great time running in the yard and watching the people.

The three hour nap must have done her a serious favor because she was still awake at 9pm when we rolled into our driveway. I thought for sure she would be asleep shortly after we started the car but nope - wide awake. Oh, and she was totally awake before either of us this morning...

We have a serious trooper on our hands and couldn't be more thankful. Even though she was down on 2+ hours of sleep, we whisked Liv off to the lake in 90* weather. About 5 minutes after we took off from the dock, Liv was asleep in my arms....we drove a bit more and then took a risk and parked. We took such care and propped up an umbrella to keep her in the shade and what wakes her up - a towel brushed her face. Darn! She seemed refreshed, though, after the 30 minute nap and was amused by a water bottle and a thing of sunscreen. She liked to act like she was putting sunscreen on us. We had lunch and then decided to take a drive to the public beach. Well, it's not really a beach anymore - it's completely covered by weeds and grass so we could only walk in the water, which was fine. Liv was easily knocked over by the waves and wind but she kept on going.

1st juice box - LOVED it!

So, we thought as soon as we left the lake, she would be out....umm....no again. She stayed awake through the drive home and the hour we had her in her crib. By 3:45pm, we decided to just go through the day without her nap. To keep her mind off being tired, we took a bike ride and stopped at a park. She went down the slides about 20 times and climbed all the steps by herself (with us behind her and at the bottom of the slides, of course!) When we got back home - meltdown. Duane started dinner so she and I took a lap in her wagon. Thankfully, she was asleep by 7:30pm. I'm not sure how she did it, I could have gone to bed hours ago myself....

Have a great week!