Early that morning at 6 am, D got up to put two huge pork butts on our smoker. We helped host a couples shower for Laura and Erik. I made Jim 'N' Nick's biscuits (Bisquick knock-off) and a huge salad since our lettuce is doing so well in the garden. I made jar of French vinaigrette and roasted garlic balsamic. We had such delicious food: smoked chicken legs and thighs, macaroni and cheese, 3 bean "baked" beans, corn on the cob, coleslaw and lemon cupcakes with blackberry icing. Alex and Melissa rented a bouncy house for the kiddies since we have so many between us all (7 with #8 on the way). The little ones weren't so convinced it was awesome in the beginning, but it grew on them. All of our kids get along so well together which is also awesome. And kind of amazing especially considering Stella can be a bit intrusive with her paci snatching and snack stealing whenever Lily is around.
Sunday, D's fraternity had a softball tournament at SPSU. The kids got together again underneath the umbrellas and we all hung out in the sunshine. It really ended up being just one game and our husbands kicked butt. 30 to 11, was the final score I believe. Guess those boys didn't want to get beat again so they kept it to just one game. Afterwards, we went over to the fraternity house for lunch. They'd also smoked a ton of pork for everyone to have. The doors were open along with the windows and the kids ran around like maniacs which was fine because we didn't have to worry about them breaking stuff or messing anything up since it was at a frat house.
There weren't any screens on the front windows and the kids were crawling thru them and even I used one as a door when the front door was blocked by a bunch of people. There was such a nice breeze and the littles loved hanging out in that spot.
On the way home, we stopped by to pick up our babysitter, Abi. I'd purchased a Groupon to Loca Luna and set up a date night for me and D. We showered while Abi fed and bathed Stella (ugh, she was so disgusting after two days of being outside) and then we headed out. I guess Stella was savvy to what was happening and got pretty clingy right before we left. She cried as we walked out the door = heart breaking. Thankfully Abi said it didn't last long.
Unfortunately, after a bad route decision and a sudden, torrential downpour, we ended sitting in traffic for a while. It took us an hour to get from our house to the restaurant. Fortunately, the place wasn't very busy. I'd wanted to leisurely walk around Piedmont Park after dinner, but the rain deterred us. I'm sure if it had been nice out still, the restaurant would have been slammed, so everything worked itself out.
Tapas are one of our favorite things to eat and we went all out. I immediately ordered a strawberry mojito and D ordered the chicken skewers over fried sweet plantains and rice noodle fried shrimp with a mango and jicama slaw. We devoured those, then went for fried goat cheese balls with caramelized onions and honey, seared sea scallops with a tamarind chile sauce and grilled corn salad and fried oysters in a coconut curry sauce. We took a few deeps breaths, then drove into Ahi tuna with orange and avocado segments and lamb chops with this amazing Mediterranean salsa. I ordered another mojito but one called a Loca Luna with pineapple juice and seltzer water. It was so good. Donald then ordered fried calamari and I got more fried sweet plantains (because they are super yummy) served with warm condensed milk for dessert. It got pretty tipsy and giggly and really enjoyed the evening. We came home to a super clingy baby who wouldn't let me sit her down. Donald brought Abi home, I put Stella to bed, then we crawled in bed and turned off the lights.....at 9:40 pm. Donald didn't get much sleep the past two nights and I've been having bouts of insomnia a few times a week so we decided to catch up. After a wonderfully busy weekend, we deserved it.
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