2 weekends ago we went to the lake. It was just the 3 of us for the most part, and it was very relaxing - exactly what we all needed!
This past Friday afternoon/evening Zack went golfing with his brother. So William and I had a "date night". We spent time reading and doing art projects. Then we went out to dinner at a Japanese Hibachi restaurant. William loved it and kept talking about the man that cooked on our table and made fire.
Saturday afternoon we took him to Jillian's to play games. It was a reward for a very successful star chart (100 stars!). that he completed over a month ago. We've actually stopped doing the star chart - it's run its course and enforced all the good habits we wanted to emphasize.
Saturday evening we met our new friends for dinner (the ones with the son from Russia). William & Samuel hit it off & I imagine we'll be spending more time together! They are excited to get to see each other tomorrow for their "meet the teacher" day, and then school starts on Tuesday!
Isn't this the cutest pic? Samuel is very much the European in his farewells, giving a kiss on the cheek :)
Sunday was church, and William was excited to show off new jeans and new church shoes. He's also started fixing his own hair some mornings in a style that he calls "dinosaur hair". We're guessing he's seen some other kid do it this way, but it's basically a fake mohawk (faux-hawk?). I just had to take his picture because he looked so grown up in his big boy jeans & shoes. He was really hamming it up for the camera, too!
This weekend should be fun, too. We're hoping for good weather on Saturday to surprise William with a fun outdoor evening activity - I'll post later if we're able to make it happen. And one of Zack's cousins is coming down from Knoxville this weekend (we haven't seen him in several years) so we're really looking forward to his visit.
And of course, the college football season kicks off this weekend - WOO HOO!!! We bought William a Tennessee jersey on Saturday so he's ready to cheer on the Vols. We've been trying to teach William about being a good sport no matter if you win or lose - this season at UT could be a good object lesson in that, but we'll wait & see and hope for the best :)
