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You get a weekend recap because it was so excellent I thought it would be nice to relive it by posting about it.

This was the 1st weekend in what seems like months that we all spent lots of time just hanging out and playing together. When Dave got back from field hockey Saturday morning, Henry and I got out of bed and made him pumpkin pancakes. My parents got me Penzeys' Baker's Crate for my birthday, which is what I used in the pancakes and I swear you could taste a difference. They tasted amazing.

After breakfast we went to the mall to get a Christmas present for my Grandmother. (If you knew how close we are to finishing all of our holiday shopping, you'd call us up and curse us out.) While we were there, Henry took the opportunity to run in and out of every store, point at all of the Christmas lights ("Stars! Lots, lots stars!"), check each machine that dispenses candy to see if perhaps some had been left behind, and generally wear himself out.

That evening we went to an event hosted by the South Asian Student's Association at the University. It's a very popular event and usually tickets are hard to come by. It's catered by a fantastic indian restaurant located in State College and and also features lots of dance demonstrations and music. Henry was enthralled. He sat in his chair for close to two hours with nary a fuss. Each time a song, dance, or slideshow ended he said "Again!" or "Nice song!" We were so impressed (and grateful) with how good he was for sitting and behaving for such a long time we took him out for donuts afterward, despite the close proximity to his bedtime.

Sunday was a day of waking up late, omelettes, raking, playing at the park, napping, Cincinnati Empress Chili, and cookie baking. It was beautiful to not have anything planned and to just go with the flow. We need to find a way to do that more often.