Perfect Nothingness

As much as I love the action packed pace of the holiday season, it was nice to have a completely unscripted weekend. The two days were filled with abundant lounging and excessive pajama wearing. We tried to start the weekend off with a bang by taking the boys to Memphis Pizza Cafe. The secret to taking younger children out to eat is to call and order ahead of time. We used this tactic a while ago with Central BBQ and it worked out well. Unfortunately it seemed like everyone had the same idea to go out and eat pizza that night. When we arrived at the restaurant, all the tables were occupied and there was already a small crowd milling about, waiting for a seat to open. Sadly, we had to settle with taking our brilliantly pre-ordered pizzas back to the house.

One of the advantages to having an unplanned weekend, is that you can catch up on all the various things that have been neglected around the house. In my case, that would be the evil leaves blanketing the front yard. At least I had help...kinda.

 

 

Andrew wasn't the only one to help out. Noah came out later and, after much coaxing, gently placed a total of three leaves into the bag.

Since we had worked so hard and the sunny blue skies fooled us into believing if was a few degrees warmer than the actual temperature, we headed to the park to celebrate our weekend of spontaneity.

 

The rest of the weekend was made up of the various moments that, at the time, seem small and insignificant, but in the clarity of the rear view mirror, reveal themselves to be the moments that we reflect upon with the most affection.Whether it be the simple pleasures of having ice cream with your oldest boy, or playing the same tickle game over and over, just to hear your youngest son's infectious laugh, these are the memorable times that make me want to plan to have more unplanned weekends.