Ben/Mommy Home Alone Wrap Up

Bill got home safely from Chicago last night to find me grading tests and watching the Emmys. Oh hell it was Jon Hamm vs Gabriel Byrne again and that Breaking Bad Guy Won NOOOOO! For the last 72 hours I have had Ben on my own and have been the kids program director on the Camp Mommy Cruise ship. Seeing the forecast was originally suppose to be rainy and cool all weekend long I planned for some activities with other kids. There is only so much a mom born without the gene for enjoying children's programing can stand!

Luckily the weather held out and other than my child who has been on a strike from eating anything other than an pbj sandwich the weekend was good. Being the mean mother I am and refusing to become a short order cook, we have been trying to get him to eat a "no thank you bite" before he gets something different. My hope was a little peer pressure from other kids would lead to at least trying other foods. Unfortunately this as become an issue of wills and has lead to much whininess and mom exasperation.

On the positive, here are the highlights of the weekend.

Friday night we when to the Raleigh Railhawks game as his soccer team was allowed to run the field at halftime. I don't think they would have thought 3 year olds attempting to rip down a penalty flag would be a draw along with the free bounce house and hot dogs. Luckily we rescued the flag and promptly left.

Saturday I took Ben to his first soccer practice. I left early to pick up a friend who had tickets to a Cooking Class already planned before Bill's trip. Separate post with recipes later this week. Alas friends to the rescue to take Ben home for lunch and a nap.. what nap? When I picked him up the boys were chained at the feet with a slinky like 2 convicts dragging a giant Cars themed car carrier around the house.

Sunday we headed over for an early lunch and then to Durham Science and Life to visit the new Dinosaur exhibit. The boys especially liked the butterfly house.

Finally a tired Ben and very tired mommy came home where naps ensued followed by a yummy dinner of falafal and couscous for mommy and you guessed it, a pbj for Ben.