Wow, another weekend in the books, my how time flies. That is unless you are my pregnant wife and each minute seems to drag on in anticipation of the arrival of Jackson Patrick. The good thing is that both are healthy but at times really uncomfortable. I can only imagine how she must feel. It is probably like after you eat at the ol' Mexican Villa, say five times in one day, without the ability to use the restroom...all day long.
Friday night Terri and I were without children and had a little date night. We went to a place called "Let's Dish". The concept is pretty cool, you get online and sign up for whatever meals suit your fancy, show up and start dishing out the meal. It is basically a prep kitchen set up with 10 stations that has all the ingredients and the recipe for your meal. You dish it into the Zip lock bags, and in about an hour you have your meals ready to head home to put in the freezer. We thought this would be great when the baby arrives to make meal time easier. Sorry kids...looks like mac and cheese and hot dogs for you! Mom and I get the good stuff! But the cool thing is they have food for you to munch on while there and they clean everything up for you. Nothing like having a good dish dog to keep you out of the weeds. Restaurant lingo for those not in the loop. Afterwards we headed to one of our new favorites http://www.solsticekitchen.com/, Solstice for crab cakes and a cold beer (well for me anyway). If you have not had the opportunity to sample the fresh low country sea food in South Carolina it is a must! More than worth the travel alone for fresh sea food.
Saturday brought Leonard the Leprechaun to our house with some goodies for the kids. We still can't figure out how they get into the house and are able to leave the kids treats without being detected. Magical little guy's!
The big St. Pat's festival in Cola is downtown in an area called Five Points. http://www.stpatsinfivepoints.com/ It is a St. Pat's Day rich in tradition that has gone on for almost a quarter of a Century. The day begins with a 5k run, followed by a parade, kids carnival, games, Strongman competition, food vendors of any cuisine, live bands on five different stages, and all the beer vendors in town serving their finest green. Sounds like a blast, have to check it out next year. We decided that mingling among 30,000 of Cola's finest residents in all their beer induced splendor might not be too suitable for us being so far along with the baby. So we stayed in the neighborhood at the Town Center where they had a very cool celebration complete with green beer, three live bands, and good food. Big fun was had by all with no entry fee, no wrist bands, no parking issues, and were not five minutes from home. Can't wait for you all to come check out Cola. Especially the Arts...Charlee Ann is now an official artist with her first public display of her rendition of a cat and the house it resides in on display in the Columbia Mall. Had camera issues, no pic...so use your imagination. She is really good! Proud dad I am!
Met with the Doc today and we are still in a holding pattern. Unless he is ready to make his debut in the world earlier, we are still set for next Monday for inducement. Can't wait, the kids are really excited. They keep putting their faces to Terri's belly and telling Jackson to come on out...now.
Friday night Terri and I were without children and had a little date night. We went to a place called "Let's Dish". The concept is pretty cool, you get online and sign up for whatever meals suit your fancy, show up and start dishing out the meal. It is basically a prep kitchen set up with 10 stations that has all the ingredients and the recipe for your meal. You dish it into the Zip lock bags, and in about an hour you have your meals ready to head home to put in the freezer. We thought this would be great when the baby arrives to make meal time easier. Sorry kids...looks like mac and cheese and hot dogs for you! Mom and I get the good stuff! But the cool thing is they have food for you to munch on while there and they clean everything up for you. Nothing like having a good dish dog to keep you out of the weeds. Restaurant lingo for those not in the loop. Afterwards we headed to one of our new favorites http://www.solsticekitchen.com/, Solstice for crab cakes and a cold beer (well for me anyway). If you have not had the opportunity to sample the fresh low country sea food in South Carolina it is a must! More than worth the travel alone for fresh sea food.
Saturday brought Leonard the Leprechaun to our house with some goodies for the kids. We still can't figure out how they get into the house and are able to leave the kids treats without being detected. Magical little guy's!
The big St. Pat's festival in Cola is downtown in an area called Five Points. http://www.stpatsinfivepoints.com/ It is a St. Pat's Day rich in tradition that has gone on for almost a quarter of a Century. The day begins with a 5k run, followed by a parade, kids carnival, games, Strongman competition, food vendors of any cuisine, live bands on five different stages, and all the beer vendors in town serving their finest green. Sounds like a blast, have to check it out next year. We decided that mingling among 30,000 of Cola's finest residents in all their beer induced splendor might not be too suitable for us being so far along with the baby. So we stayed in the neighborhood at the Town Center where they had a very cool celebration complete with green beer, three live bands, and good food. Big fun was had by all with no entry fee, no wrist bands, no parking issues, and were not five minutes from home. Can't wait for you all to come check out Cola. Especially the Arts...Charlee Ann is now an official artist with her first public display of her rendition of a cat and the house it resides in on display in the Columbia Mall. Had camera issues, no pic...so use your imagination. She is really good! Proud dad I am!
Met with the Doc today and we are still in a holding pattern. Unless he is ready to make his debut in the world earlier, we are still set for next Monday for inducement. Can't wait, the kids are really excited. They keep putting their faces to Terri's belly and telling Jackson to come on out...now.
This is the picture of our day in the Town Center for St. Pat's. This weekend we have an "Oyster Roast" at the Town Center, again with live music less the green beer.
Thanks for reading...Y'all tune is again soon!
1 comment:
OOOOO! seeing your picture makes me miss you guys even more. (but keep putting them on) sounds like you all are having a great time! I can't wait to come see you all next month.
LOVE to all,
Debbie
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