Weekend Recap - 3Day Edition

This long weekend was just what I needed - full of relaxation, sleeping in, cleaning out my room, bike riding, shopping and errands. My roommate had a friend visiting for the weekend, and she brought her dog Sophie down too. The boyfriend and I got to play with her and it was so much fun. Here are some pictures of Sophie the dog (she loves to give kisses):

  

As if playing with a dog all weekend wasn't enough fun, the boyfriend and I also had a play date with our friend's 10 month old baby girl. She is so adorable, a ball of energy, and so much fun to play with. Here are some pictures of her cuteness, and a video just in case you didn't get enough:

Now it's back to work on this dreary cold fall day. What happened to summer? As much as I complained about the heat I miss it and am not yet ready for fall. Sunshine come back to me!

Weekend Recap - Kids Edition

The weekend started off with a surprise birthday party for my friend Erin (pictured) and Sheela. They were completely shocked when they entered a room full of their friends! You're probably what this has to do with kids - the party was kid-themed, as in everything you want at your party when you were 5 - princesses, goodie bags, pin the tail on the donkey, spoons tournament, etc.

Saturday morning we were supposed to watch the Arsenal vs. Stoke City game, but due to mass amounts of snow in London, the game was postponed. So the boyfriend and I had a relaxing morning, and I helped my roommates on a mass cleaning / re-organization of the kitchen. Then we headed downtown to the Spy Museum, which was a good time. Then we went to dinner, and went a friend's house for a birthday celebration which was fun and relaxing. They just had a baby in October, so there was lots of baby-holding time (my favorite!).

Sunday I had a birthday brunch with Erin, and then headed off to watch the boyfriend's soccer game. It was fun, but cold, and they won, which was all nice, except when the other team's goalie illegally slide tackled the boyfriend while he was in mid-jump, causing him to land smack on his face on the cold turf. His face is now all busted up, mainly under his left eye, where it's swollen and scratched up. The poor thing - every time I look at him, I feel so bad for him because I know how much it hurts and how much of a wimp I would be if that happened to me. The weekend concluded with us going to Zoo Lights with my old co-worker Emily, her son Andrew, and her mom. It was so nice to catch up, and see how much Andrew has grown!

Now it's back to work, but thankfully it's a short week! I'm leaving on Thursday afternoon for Chicago, hooray! Which means, only 3 more days (now 2 1/2) and then I'm off until the New Year!

Babies and Nintendo

Friday night the boyfriend and I went to see a friend who just had a baby. She was about a month old, and so tiny and adorable. If you know me, it's no secret that I *love* babies, so I was super excited to see her. She was such a good baby too, no crying or fussing.

Saturday night, my friend Julie (of famed "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly") invited us over to have an old school Nintendo and wine party. It was so much fun! I think Nintendo peaked with original Nintendo, and it's been down hill ever since. Sure, now you can do all these fancy crazy things on video games and they look so real that it takes you a minute to figure out that it's just a video game, but original Nintendo was and always will be the best. We played Super Mario Brothers 1 and 3, and a bit of Duck Hunt too.

We couldn't get the game to sit in the slot properly, so we had to shover another game in there to hold it down. Remember when you used to have to blow in the games to get them to work. How far we've come!



Firepower is awesome! Look at those amazing 2D graphics.


The boyfriend playing Super Marios Bros. See how happy Nintendo makes him.


Duck Hunt!