Nov 16, 2006

So Ariel successfully turned one. However, her second portrait session yesterday was not as successful. You can see why here. At least Becky gained some respect for me for getting anything decent on my own.

Ariel birthday party pictures are here. For some reason, they uploaded backwards, so to do it right you should start at the end.

6:55 Drop off. So it was ok that I was still in my jammies.

7:05 Breakfast, apples and cherries and most of the remaining half of Alex's waffle. Alex doesn't eat big waffles, just mini waffles. Sigh.

7:30 Nap with bottle.

8:15 Wake up to go the the mall.

8:40 Yet another super fun mall work out. I think I did about 1/4 of a mile of walking lunges. Ouch. And 50 push-ups, but 45 of them were girly on my knees. As Crissy can now attest (from Tuesday's workout) it is a HARD workout. And I had both boys with me with their mini strollers. The instructor's daughter had her stroller too and they all played together very well.

10:00 Ariel at the end of the workout. See her cute matching red shoes?:



After the workout we hung out a bit and then went to the bathroom so it took some time getting home.

11:00 Home. Ariel had fallen asleep in the car with a bottle. And I showered. See a pattern?

12:30 Ariel woke up. She had sweet peas for lunch, then I offered her some of the bean and noodle chunks from my soup. She dumped them out, mashed them a bit with her bowl and then threw the bowl on the floor. She did not try any chunks, not even the carrots. Of course, Alex wouldn't try the soup either, even though he loved it last year. Adam at least picked at it.

1:15 Changed a poopy.

2:00 Fun errand running. I picked up some pictures, mailed a letter and bought cat food at Pet Smart. Ariel had a bottle in the car.

3:00 Called Crissy from Pet Smart to confirm playdate.

3:15 Crissy's house for a super fun playdate. How's this for a story? Crissy had consolidated all her kid's Halloween candy into a bucket and I managed to eat the two pieces that were labeled for Gavin so that he would agree to said consolidation. What can I say, the kid has good taste in candy. Of course, if I followed Pop-Pop's advice, "If I didn't put it in my mouth, I wouldn't have to take it off my a$$ (aka stroller workout tomorrow)."

4:25 Becky picked up Ariel from Crissy's house.