"Men Only" Weekend

That's a picture of me and two of my favorite people in the whole world (the photo was taken a year ago at the top of the St. Louis arch).

Last weekend, their mother (Doesn't that make it sound like I'm divorced? Peculiar, huh?) went to have a wild weekend with her own mom and sister. Not to be outdone by three giggling females gabbing incessantly about scrapbooking, consignment clothing stores, tanning, girl-movies, and Chipendale's dancers (Ok, I was kidding on part of that -- I don't think they talked about scrapbooking) me and my crew had our own crazy-fun weekend.

On friday, Michelle left early in the day so I got to keep the boys at work for about 5 hours. I was pretty busy, but everyone that I work with said they were very good (Way to go boys). I think they even got paid to do a little work while they were there.

After work, we went to Hideaway Pizza. I'm pretty new to Hideaway, but I must say that it's my favorite Pizza. Hands down. It even beats the pants off the Chicago pizzas we tried a few weeks ago.

So anyway, after consuming a large "Mob Boss" (that's bacon, pepperoni, salami, italian sausage, black olives, and shredded garlic -- hmmm, pork... good) we went over to the used game store and picked up some new PS3 goodies and then to Target where we bought a movie - 'The Sandlot'.

We had a blast playing Motorstorm (monster trucks and four-wheelers) and Resistance (first-person shooter; blood, guts, and mayhem; only purchased by irresponsible parents who are encouraging similar behavior in their kids). Sandlot was very funny. I rarely use the word "Hilarious" because few things are to me, but my kids thought it was. This movie made up for the disappointment that was "Mall Cop".

I find that now I can watch certain PG and PG-13 movies with my kids that I used to avoid, due to language. Thanks to the lady down the street, I don't really have to worry about introducing anymore new cuss words to the boys vocal repertoire. Of course I won't be renting "Good Will Hunting" anytime soon to watch with them. Gotta draw the line somewhere.

Saturday, we played games for a few hours and ate breakfast at noon. We had to go out and purchase a couple of baseball gloves and a ball (thanks Sandlot for the inspiration on that).

We ended the day with ballpark hot dogs at the Tulsa Drillers baseball game (13 innings, ouch my aching back) and a fireworks show.

When we got home from the game, mom was home, effectively ending 'Men Only' weekend. The boys didn't care too much because they were wiped out. I certainly didn't care because I love my PHAT wife. She's the bomb.

Wes and Griff, I had a blast with you guys, as I always do. You guys rock.

COST OF "MEN ONLY" WEEKEND

1 Large "Mob Boss" and 3 Mountain Dews ...... $28.00

2 Used Video Games .......................................... 29.98

1 2-Liter of Coke and Sandlot DVD ............. 6.99

2 baseball gloves and a 2-pack of baseballs.... 34.00

3 Tulsa Drillers Tickets ................................... 18.00

3 Hot Dogs, 3 Small Mountain Dews .............. 19.50

1 excellent and memorable weekend with my kids............... $136.47

( You probably thought I was gonna say "Priceless", right? Get real. Did you see the cost of those hot dogs?? Ridiculous.)