This Weekend

This weekend felt super busy.

Pumpkin Patch last weekend, but still had to share!

Alex actually kept his pumpkin hat on longer than 5 seconds!

I worked my weekend shift at the hospital.  David and Alex came to eat lunch with me. Then we went grocery shopping for the week, which is always a fun/nervous experience with Alex in tow!  David mowed, because it's still getting up to 80's in Texas (grr-ready for cooler weather already!) Bath time with Alex Saturday night.  I start looking forward to this now, because he just loves his baths-probably because of the toys.  Without them, I think he wouldn't care too much about baths.  Anytime I take him with me to look in the bathroom mirror to play "Who's that baby?!?!" he gets this huge smile on his face.  lol.

Church on Sunday, then the rest of my boring weekend chores.

Hummus!
One of my goals for this weekend was to make hummus from a blogger I recently discovered. But it turned into an ordeal!  The Tuesday before, I asked Janet if she could pick up Smoked Paprika the next time she was at CostCo. She happened to be going right by there anyway, so she sent it home with Alex on Friday. After work on Friday, I took the time to go up to Williams Sonoma to get one of the spices: Sumac.  During our shopping trip, I scoured our grocery store to find Tahini. (in the health foods section if anyone shops at Kroger, NOT near the peanut butters, like I originally thought).  David's eyebrows took a long trip up his forehead at the price, but I assured him this would make quite a few batches of hummus.  During Alex's nap, I gathered and prepped all the ingredients only to realize I had no lemons or lemon juice.  David said he'd go back to the store, because he wanted some wine later that night.  He comes back without the lemon!  oops.  Such a guy moment, if I ever saw one!  Borrowed some lemon juice next door, and food processor I go!  About time.

 End result is delicious, thank goodness.  Shared some with neighbor since she gave me that last little ingredient I needed!  But if anyone makes this hummus, I recommend forcing some on your significant other, as the garlic is delicious, but doesn't exactly facilitate kissing.


Also pureed some beets and mangoes for Alex's new foods this week.

Alex liked them, I'm not a fan, but they sure look pretty!

I finished a Santa hat for Alex on Sunday to wear for our holiday card picture.  I got a great Groupon for holiday cards, but I need to figure out where to take our pics, since it isn't exactly picturesque here yet.

Alex is a-crawling and getting too efficient!

This morning he crawled in a 20 foot route from his blanket to the dog crate, to his play saucer, to the kitchen to check out what I was doing and then he shut the pantry door for me!