A Weekend of Fun

I do not have my uninterrupted "blog update" time today, so we'll see how this goes. No, I don't have it because my sweet son is home sick...but the kind of sick where he doesn't feel bad and is still full of energy. I'm grateful he does not feel badly, but man, he looks like he hurts. He's suffering from, what I fear deep down might not be the only case in the future, a skin infection. Thankfully, it looks worse than it feels and is mostly harmless but contagious none the less. Antibiotics have started and he should be fine to "see public" again tomorrow. Poor kiddo...all that to say, this post may have interruptions but with the help of "The Cat in the Hat" playing right now, I may get it done!!

We have just come off of the long 4-day Labor Day Holiday weekend, and it was this weekend that we finally decided to cram in everything we've talked about doing over the last few months. So, stuff was booked and off we went!

Friday night, we met some friends who were camping up at Mt. Charleston for some grilling and smores. Although we didn't stay, as we weren't prepared to camp last minute, we had a blast in 50 degree weather up on the mountain. Ahhhhh, cool weather, if only for 4 hours, was dreamy! Well, and the smores didn't hurt either!

Then, Saturday, at the onset of Jackson's infection (which we chalked up to bug bites at first), we headed downtown for the matinee of "The Lion King." We started with a late lunch at "The House of Blues" laughing and enjoying some much needed family time. It was fun to look at our son and see how much he's grown and that he is grown enough to do more "grown up" things like eat at "The House of Blues" and see a Broadway show. He kept saying he would be scared of the show (no doubt because I off-hand mentioned this one time to Cody, thinking Jackson couldn't hear!), but was not. He seemed to love every minute of the 2 1/2 hour show!

Then, on Monday, we headed to a place called "Town Square" which is again downtown behind where Mandalay Bay is (for those of you that are familiar with Vegas). They have a huge treehouse playground that we thought Jackson might enjoy playing on. We were right...with the unusually overcast weather, we enjoyed a cooler, cloudy 93 degree day walking around the shops and spending time playing on the playground.

We also took this weekend to not procrastinate in booking a ride on "The Polar Express" at the Grand Canyon in November!! YAY!! Last year, we missed the opportunity to do this because we waited too long to book a seat on the train. So, we have that to look forward to in November.

Just like that, all the fun was had and we started the work week up again yesterday.