Our Busy Weekend...

...included a football game at my high school alma mater.

Cate sat with her Poppy in the beginning, but really she wanted to be out of the stands and running around. I think it had a lot to do with the fact that she had just spent the last 4 hours in the car on the way to my parents' house.

This is how I used to spend my Friday nights....with the band...in those same bleachers.  The band from the school we played is now directed by one of the assistant band directors from my high school days.  Since he is still friends with my old head band director, they decided to do a combined show.  This is what it looks like with you have over 500 kids marching:

I don't have a lens big enough to capture it all.  Cate LOVED the bands though and sat through their entire half time show (well, she stood and danced on Poppy's lap).

On Saturday we woke up to a light rain.  We braved it to see my sister run the final leg of a relay for the Akron Marathon, but I didn't bring my camera out in all the wetness.  You'll just have to take my word for it when I say that Cate very enthusiastically cheered on the runners and even tried to escape onto the course a few times.  The rest of the rainy weekend was spent reading some of my favorite old books with Poppy...

...and playing with some of my old doll furniture (she showed Uncle Jeff just what a big girl she was getting to be)...

...she even gave her baby a bath...

...which is what Cate needed after eating some mashed potatoes right off the mixer...

...and making a mess with an orange-frosted pumpkin cookie after dinner.

After dinner and after Cate went to bed, Mommy-- and especially Daddy-- went to do something totally spontaneous (sort of) at one of the weirdest places I've ever been to in my life.  If you're friends with me on Facebook, you probably already know what I'm talking about.  The rest of you will have to wait until Eric's post tomorrow.

Sunday we spent having lunch with one of my friends who has known me since that awkward middle school phase (though we didn't really become friends until high school).  And then we drove home-- where we promptly turned off the air conditioner since the humidity is gone and it appears that fall has arrived. 

~Melody :-)