Monkey Tails: Weekend Update

Devin purchased me an hour long massage for Saturday morning. I was so excited. And then I remembered the parade for the Fair and Rodeo was coming up. I asked her if we could shorten it and break it up into two 30 minute sessions and she was like of course! So, after a wonderful massage, I was picked up and we headed to the parade! It was super hot, but it was fun! The kids enjoyed it and although Pips got tired at the end, she still enjoyed it. The highlight was our whole family high fiving the Cougar mascots as they walked by! We then headed to Sonic for a drink and then it was off to the Halloween store! Monks had seen the sign go up and kept asking when we would go. It wasn’t as fun as he had imagined. My sweet boy, who lives for Halloween, was terrified of most everything in there. He even asked us if we could just leave. Pips loved it all! We stayed away from the scary stuff and he picked out his costume. He had his heart set on being Batman, and so he is! I was kind of surprised out of all the superheroes we saw, he had to be Batman. Oh well, he looked precious in his costume. We then had lunch and headed home for naps. The kids were tired. After their naps, we went to HEB to get stuff for Sunday! We were having a little party and everyone was coming over. Pete had to work till 9 but we knew he would come. We then stopped by this little BBQ truck we always see and got some sandwiches. We took them to the park to eat and then the kids played. It was nice outside and they ran around for a good hour. It was then home for baths and bedtime while Devin and I prepped our meal for Sunday. I made the jalapeno poppers and a cherry cheesecake and sopaipilla cheesecake and Devin made ribs and brisket. The house smelled heavenly on Sunday morning from all the meat that was slow roasting in the oven. We had breakfast and had a lazy day. Around 2 Devin started the grill and put the meat on. Nicole and Lucas came about 6:30 and she brought a loaded potato dip, twice baked potatoes and a corn casserole. Um, welcome to the family! Lol! We all watched the game and Phil got there about 15 minutes into it and then Pete came about 9 or so. We had a great time eating and watching the Cowboys beat the Giants!