Pancakes!

We had a fun-filled Labor Day weekend this year.  It was a very nice change from last year when I was home alone with Max, almost 8 months pregnant and sick as a dog.  This year, I was at home with the kids Friday and Saturday while Matt went to Bumbershoot in Seattle with his parents and sister.  But Becca came over all day on Saturday to help me out with the kids while I got stuff done around the house.  It was great to hang out with her and she brought her pug CJ, which pleased Max to no end.  He loves little dogs (and Becca), so it was a great day for him. 

Even Evelyn fell for CJ's charm

CJ, Becca and Max

Matt and his parents got back in the wee hours Saturday night and we all spent Sunday at home, playing in the yard and generally enjoying the beautiful weekend weather.  Matt brought out some black tarp and made a "white trash" slip-and-slide.  Max couldn't get enough of it.  Evelyn mostly preferred the safety of the non-slippery grass, but did have plenty of fun in the water.

Perfect form!

Evelyn and Julia checking things out

We discovered over the weekend that our little Evelyn has expensive taste in food.  Julia put out some smoked salmon she brought back from Alaska for us to spread on crackers.  It was some pretty good stuff, so we were all eating it in small doses.  Evelyn, however, decided to go over and help herself and eat it by the handful.  She ate more than the rest of us in about 30 seconds.  We had to take it away from her before she ate all of it!  She definitely doesn't have her brother's finicky eating habits.

Mmmm...smoked salmon

While Max is very particular about what he eats,  there is one  thing he can't get enough of- pancakes.  So we went to his new favorite restaurant, Slappy Cakes, where you make your own pancakes right at the table.  As soon as we told him we were going there, he must have yelled "Pancakes!" about 30 times.  It's so easy to impress a 2-year-old. 

Kocubinski girls

"Pancakes!!!"

Yum!

Cool girl

Matt's family had to leave town that afternoon.  It was a very short trip for them, but we were happy they made it.  Especially since Sue and Julia just got back from an Alaskan cruise for their 60/30 birthdays.  They were exhausted since it was more of an adventure cruise (kayaking and jumping in ice-cold water, among other things) than a playing shuffle board on the lido deck kind of cruise.   So we were that much more appreciative that they came to see us. 

Sue and Julia in Alaska

After his family headed back to Montana, Matt, the kids and I rounded out the holiday weekend with a BBQ with our friend Skip, or "Dip" as Max calls him.  After all, Labor Day just isn't Labor Day until you've busted out the grill.  It was a great end to a great weekend.