The weekend round up

Michael's birthday was Saturday and we celebrated the day at home. When he got home from work I made tacos, at his request, and baked him a cake. Just call me Betty Crocker! We also gave him our gift. He knew what it was before he even opened it. I believe the conversation went a little like this when he got home:

Austin - "Guess what Daddy? We got you a birthday present."

Michael - "You did? What did you get me?

Austin - "We got you a present, it's a new wallet."

He was correct, we got him a new wallet and a new police badge. Austin broke his original badge a while ago and we hadn't replaced it yet. It's a good thing I kept his gift under wraps with Austin until his actual birthday, he would have known days ahead of time what he was getting!

When the kids headed to bed early we watched a couple movies. We watched Dan in Real Life, which was really funny and a not so good movie with Jessica Simpson in it.

Earlier in the day, the kids and I headed to Wal-Mart to exchange the baby gate we bought on Thursday. We had to purchase a gate to put up at night because Austin was getting a little mischievous in the middle of the night and early in the mornings. One morning I awoke to a drawing on my chair in permanent marker and on the wall. You probably saw the wall art in this picture. Another morning I awoke at 2:45 am to find all the lights on in the house and that he had drawn gloves on his hands, in permanent marker. The original gate I bought wasn't tall enough, he could unlatch it to remove it from the wall. We exchanged it for a taller one and it's worked great the last couple of nights. We've been putting it up at the end of the hallway so he can navigate between our rooms, but he can't get out into the living room or kitchen. Needless to say, Austin is not to happy about being "trapped" as he calls it.

How do you know what you sound like as a parent? Apparently your kids are the best at imitating you. Abigail sure is picking up on it. Her newest word is, "Hey!" I love at the end of the video how she's pointing and telling Austin what to do. Well, her version at least!

The gate also comes in handy when Austin wants to play outside. I usually leave the door open while I'm in the kitchen so I can hear him, but that means Abigail can escape out the door and head down the driveway. I trapped her in with me so I could clean up the kitchen and not have to chase after her too!