Ariel didn't join me until after Alex's preschool graduation, which was from 11:00-12:30. It was a super fun time, if chaos is your thing. Actually, it wasn't too bad, pictures are here. Daddy, Grandma, Grandpa, Becky, Laura and Hannah all came too. Adam really wanted to graduated, we told him he has to go to school first.
12:30 Everyone left, so Ariel was officially in my charge. At that point we were outside at the jumpy castle. Ariel so wanted to go in but she would be crushed. And she was very tired, which made her grumpy.
1:30 Finally left the preschool. Ariel fell asleep in the car and went straight to her nap at home.
3:45 Woke Ariel up to take her to the doctor's.
4:00 Dropped Ariel off at the doctor's with Becky.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
May 29, 2007
Today was a nice quite day to settle in after a long weekend. We spent Memorial Day at Turkey Toe, pictures are here.
7:10 Drop off.
7:30 Breakfast - oatmeal
Changed a poopy.
8:30 Went down for a nap.
10:00 Woke up, just in time to go to the library. As usual, Alex and Adam rode their bikes (well, I pushed Adam's bike) and Ariel was in the backpack. But no Ted today.
10:15 Storytime.
11:00 After storytime we stopped by the grocery store to pick up some needed items like bread. Ariel threw a minor hissy fit that I wouldn't let her have a balloon.
We got back home just in time. Soon after we got inside it started raining and didn't stop until 5:30.
11:45 Lunch - Ariel had mushed peaches, yogurt and a few bites of the bread.
12:30 Down for another nap
3:00 Ariel woke up. I took the boys to get their hair cut. We got right in and it was nice and fast. Then we went to Michael's and got Adam his Lightning McQueen cake pan. We ran into Jacob from preschool and Adam invited him to his birthday pawrty.
4:15 Got home.
4:30 Pick up.
Sorry, no pictures today. My little camera's battery was dead. I swear, I can't keep all my electronics charged at the same time.
7:10 Drop off.
7:30 Breakfast - oatmeal
Changed a poopy.
8:30 Went down for a nap.
10:00 Woke up, just in time to go to the library. As usual, Alex and Adam rode their bikes (well, I pushed Adam's bike) and Ariel was in the backpack. But no Ted today.
10:15 Storytime.
11:00 After storytime we stopped by the grocery store to pick up some needed items like bread. Ariel threw a minor hissy fit that I wouldn't let her have a balloon.
We got back home just in time. Soon after we got inside it started raining and didn't stop until 5:30.
11:45 Lunch - Ariel had mushed peaches, yogurt and a few bites of the bread.
12:30 Down for another nap
3:00 Ariel woke up. I took the boys to get their hair cut. We got right in and it was nice and fast. Then we went to Michael's and got Adam his Lightning McQueen cake pan. We ran into Jacob from preschool and Adam invited him to his birthday pawrty.
4:15 Got home.
4:30 Pick up.
Sorry, no pictures today. My little camera's battery was dead. I swear, I can't keep all my electronics charged at the same time.
Friday, May 25, 2007
May 25, 2007
7:10 Drop off. And didn't I look fancy all showered and make-upped?
7:45 Breakfast - a whole bowl of hot cereal
8:15 Left to take Adam to swim class. On the way, we met a traffic jam for what apparently was a Torch Run. Further research indicated that law enforcement does this for the Special Olympics. Whatever was happening, it was annoying as my day is not calibrated for special runs blocking a full lane of traffic. Anyway...
8:35 Got to swimming late. Adam had been protesting class all morning, but once he got in he was fine and had a big grin on his face the whole time. He even dove to the bottom to get a green ring, plus jumped in from the side and went down the slide.
9:15 Got to school.
9:30 PALS. Ariel had a good time again today.
Here's the whole class on our last day:
And playing outside:
And Adam coloring a picture frame for the class picture:
11:00 We drove Vin and his mom home, then we went to Safeway for Jamba Juice and Starbucks. We fortunately ran into Jack's mom, who was going to pick up Jack early from school. Part of the reason we were at Safeway was because Alex was supposed to bring popsicles for snack and I had forgotten. So we gave her the popsicles and she took them back to school so Ellen and I could have a longer lunch.
After beverages, we went to VG's, which is a vegan burger place. Only in Boulder, but it's pretty good and Ellen has me hooked on their chili. Ariel shared some of Mae's pesto noodles, which didn't go over to well with the kids (especially Adam who was tired from swimming and expecting french fries). But I think they were all pretty full of challah (which Ariel said today!).
12:30 Back to school for Shabbat Sing. Here's a video I took to try and capture all that is Shabbat Sing. Note Ariel bogarting Adam's water and the lady with the short gray hair dancing is Alex's teacher. And I apologize for singing the second movement of Henay Matov. Oy.
And my lap has become quite the piece of real estate. Today I had Sam, Adam, Mae and Ariel fighting over it and at one point 3 of them were on me. Here's the mysterious Sam that would be Ellen's second born:
And Ariel after sing:
And after sing, we played outside way too long because everyone was happy. Especially Alex, who with several cohorts and lots of team work, built a giant red ant trap out of huge branches.
And this is Lucy, proving you can be a princess (or Hermionie) and still be tough:
2:00 We finally left school and then we went on a search for farm eggs. Ariel quickly fell asleep, which was good. At the 3rd stop I found 1 dozen, so I arranged to meet Ellen on our way home so should could have half.
2:45 Got home, Ariel transfered to the crib.
3:30 Pick up.
I suppose the only thing of note today is that Ariel did NOT poop.
7:45 Breakfast - a whole bowl of hot cereal
8:15 Left to take Adam to swim class. On the way, we met a traffic jam for what apparently was a Torch Run. Further research indicated that law enforcement does this for the Special Olympics. Whatever was happening, it was annoying as my day is not calibrated for special runs blocking a full lane of traffic. Anyway...
8:35 Got to swimming late. Adam had been protesting class all morning, but once he got in he was fine and had a big grin on his face the whole time. He even dove to the bottom to get a green ring, plus jumped in from the side and went down the slide.
9:15 Got to school.
9:30 PALS. Ariel had a good time again today.
Here's the whole class on our last day:
And playing outside:
And Adam coloring a picture frame for the class picture:
11:00 We drove Vin and his mom home, then we went to Safeway for Jamba Juice and Starbucks. We fortunately ran into Jack's mom, who was going to pick up Jack early from school. Part of the reason we were at Safeway was because Alex was supposed to bring popsicles for snack and I had forgotten. So we gave her the popsicles and she took them back to school so Ellen and I could have a longer lunch.
After beverages, we went to VG's, which is a vegan burger place. Only in Boulder, but it's pretty good and Ellen has me hooked on their chili. Ariel shared some of Mae's pesto noodles, which didn't go over to well with the kids (especially Adam who was tired from swimming and expecting french fries). But I think they were all pretty full of challah (which Ariel said today!).
12:30 Back to school for Shabbat Sing. Here's a video I took to try and capture all that is Shabbat Sing. Note Ariel bogarting Adam's water and the lady with the short gray hair dancing is Alex's teacher. And I apologize for singing the second movement of Henay Matov. Oy.
And my lap has become quite the piece of real estate. Today I had Sam, Adam, Mae and Ariel fighting over it and at one point 3 of them were on me. Here's the mysterious Sam that would be Ellen's second born:
And Ariel after sing:
And after sing, we played outside way too long because everyone was happy. Especially Alex, who with several cohorts and lots of team work, built a giant red ant trap out of huge branches.
And this is Lucy, proving you can be a princess (or Hermionie) and still be tough:
2:00 We finally left school and then we went on a search for farm eggs. Ariel quickly fell asleep, which was good. At the 3rd stop I found 1 dozen, so I arranged to meet Ellen on our way home so should could have half.
2:45 Got home, Ariel transfered to the crib.
3:30 Pick up.
I suppose the only thing of note today is that Ariel did NOT poop.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
May 24, 2007
Apparently I don't need Ariel to have adventures, as yesterday proved. Dad came over after a doctor's appointment and while we were waiting for Laura and Hannah to show up for pictures, there was a knock at the door. A woman with a stroller asked us if we had a bird, because there was a cockatiel under our neighbor's car that was parked in front of our house. Now no, we don't have a cockatiel but we figured it must be a lost pet as cockatiels are native only to Australia (as a later internet search proved) so I figured we should get it off the street and call animal control. I got the bird on my finger and then into a box and we took it inside.
While I was looking up animal control's number, the bird (hereafter to be called Fagel, per Dad's request) decided that the box was a pretty shabby dig and hopped up onto Dad's shoulder:
And there Fagel stayed. Any time I tried to move him, he hissed at me and made threatening gestures. But he was a very pretty bird:
And then the inevitable happened, Dad got crapped on:
It took animal control over an hour to get to my house. Poor dad :( And then when animal control did get here, we had more excitement. Dad had decided that Fagel couldn't fly, as he hadn't yet, but he was proved wrong. Mr. Animal Control got the bird off my Dad's shoulder and onto his own, but when he tried to get him on his finger, Fagel flipped out and flew over to my shoulder. Mr. A. C. tried to get him again, and then Fagel flew all the way up to the top of the 8' high book case. When capture seemed close, he flew back down to the door and Mr. A. C. coaxed him into a pet carrier. And sometime before Mr. A. C. arrived, Laura and Hannah did and I shot her 2 month session:
Hannah
That's about as good as I can do with a a two month old who just had her two month check up and her two month shots.
And to round out the day, Ellen and her crew came over and we took a bike ride with Ellen's new tag-a-long. Sam didn't particularly enjoy the new third wheel and screamed all the way to the park that's next to my house. We decided that was far enough and had our picnic there. And then we practice the tag-a-long on the tennis court until all the boys, including Sam, were comfortable with it. And then it hailed and we went home.
7:00 Drop off
7:15 Changed a poopy.
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Ariel went down for a nap, I put a video on for the boys and then I took a walk. I was able to do this because Jeremy was working from home due to having the plague. Well, not really the plague, he has a sinus infection and pink eye. Yay!
10:00 I got home and Ariel was still sleeping so I took a shower.
10:30 Ariel woke up and we left for the adventure of the day (which had to get us out of the house until 5:00 so Jeremy could work).
First stop, got gas. I went to the dumb gas station that cuts me off at $50, I could have put another 4 gallons in. But I felt somewhat lucky to pay $3.24/gallon instead of $3.29. Next stop, snack at Jamba Juice. Ariel was very excited by all the balloons in the store. And finally, the real adventure, the Nature and Science Museum.
We did a lot at the museum. We saw the space stuff first (of course) and then did gems and minerals (Alex apparently lives in a crystal cave) and then the Hall of Life (too crowded with school trips) and then dinosaurs (which Ariel appropriately roared at). We finished up at the children's discovery center, which was blissfully empty.
Ariel looking at dinosaurs:
Ariel "digging" for dinosaur bones:
3:00 Left the museum. Ariel fell asleep in the car.
3:40 Got to the pool for Alex's class. Much excitement, Ted was at class too.
4:15 Becky picked up Ariel from the pool.
While I was looking up animal control's number, the bird (hereafter to be called Fagel, per Dad's request) decided that the box was a pretty shabby dig and hopped up onto Dad's shoulder:
And there Fagel stayed. Any time I tried to move him, he hissed at me and made threatening gestures. But he was a very pretty bird:
And then the inevitable happened, Dad got crapped on:
It took animal control over an hour to get to my house. Poor dad :( And then when animal control did get here, we had more excitement. Dad had decided that Fagel couldn't fly, as he hadn't yet, but he was proved wrong. Mr. Animal Control got the bird off my Dad's shoulder and onto his own, but when he tried to get him on his finger, Fagel flipped out and flew over to my shoulder. Mr. A. C. tried to get him again, and then Fagel flew all the way up to the top of the 8' high book case. When capture seemed close, he flew back down to the door and Mr. A. C. coaxed him into a pet carrier. And sometime before Mr. A. C. arrived, Laura and Hannah did and I shot her 2 month session:
Hannah
That's about as good as I can do with a a two month old who just had her two month check up and her two month shots.
And to round out the day, Ellen and her crew came over and we took a bike ride with Ellen's new tag-a-long. Sam didn't particularly enjoy the new third wheel and screamed all the way to the park that's next to my house. We decided that was far enough and had our picnic there. And then we practice the tag-a-long on the tennis court until all the boys, including Sam, were comfortable with it. And then it hailed and we went home.
7:00 Drop off
7:15 Changed a poopy.
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Ariel went down for a nap, I put a video on for the boys and then I took a walk. I was able to do this because Jeremy was working from home due to having the plague. Well, not really the plague, he has a sinus infection and pink eye. Yay!
10:00 I got home and Ariel was still sleeping so I took a shower.
10:30 Ariel woke up and we left for the adventure of the day (which had to get us out of the house until 5:00 so Jeremy could work).
First stop, got gas. I went to the dumb gas station that cuts me off at $50, I could have put another 4 gallons in. But I felt somewhat lucky to pay $3.24/gallon instead of $3.29. Next stop, snack at Jamba Juice. Ariel was very excited by all the balloons in the store. And finally, the real adventure, the Nature and Science Museum.
We did a lot at the museum. We saw the space stuff first (of course) and then did gems and minerals (Alex apparently lives in a crystal cave) and then the Hall of Life (too crowded with school trips) and then dinosaurs (which Ariel appropriately roared at). We finished up at the children's discovery center, which was blissfully empty.
Ariel looking at dinosaurs:
Ariel "digging" for dinosaur bones:
3:00 Left the museum. Ariel fell asleep in the car.
3:40 Got to the pool for Alex's class. Much excitement, Ted was at class too.
4:15 Becky picked up Ariel from the pool.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
May 22, 2007
Happy Birthday Mom!
7:08 Drop off.
7:30 Breakfast - oatmeal and a waffle or two.
8:15 Changed a poopy.
8:30 Down for a nap.
9:00 Ellen dropped Ted off while she went to a baby shower.
10:00 I had to wake Ariel so we could ride our bikes to the library.
10:20 A bit late for story time, but it was still ok. Ariel flirted with a couple of the preschool boys, which they seemed to like.
11:00 After the library we stopped by the park on the way home. Everyone played for a bit (Ariel did the swing and the slides) and then the boys rode their bikes on the tennis court and I tried to keep Ariel from getting run over.
12:00 Got home, had lunch. Ariel had mac & cheese, the boys had hot dogs and apples. Except Ted, he decided he didn't like hot dogs or buns. And, at lunch, I introduced pepper words, Ellen's idea. At Ted's house, a few words like stupid, hate and poop are pepper words. If an offender says them, s/he gets a bit of pepper on the tongue. Alex said something about "hate" so I announced we would start pepper words too. And immediately after my speech, Adam announced, "I hate Ariel." So we tried the pepper and it was very sad for Adam. But I think it helped, by the end of lunch he declared, "I don't like Ariel." Sigh.
1:00 Ellen came back to get Ted. She had the fabulous idea of driving to South Denver to pick up a tag-a-long bike off of Craig's List. And this woman just happened to be selling two of them so it seemed like a good idea for us all to go.
1:30 I drove to South Denver in the rain. Adam fell asleep early on and even Alex and Ted had nodded off by the end. Ariel did not and kvetched a while because I couldn't find her pacifier when we left. After many tries, Ellen finally found a pacifier substitution, a tylenol bottle. I made a bet that it would only last 3 minutes, but it ended up lasting much of the trip.
2:30 Get to South Denver to pick up tag-a-longs and Ellen realized that she left her purse and money in Boulder. And the tag-a-long woman was adamant that she couldn't take a check (though I assured her I was very responsible unlike Ms. Ellen). The woman suggested that we go to an ATM but I don't have an ATM card and even if I did I don't know my PIN anymore. So then we drove out a mile again and went to Safeway. We bought some cookies for a snack and I overwrote a check for $50. And then there was some problem that the cashier needed an override and that took another 10 minutes. So then we drove back to the house and bought the two tag-a-longs and managed to stuff them both in the minivan.
(And Ellen, I zillowed her house, it was $493k but the most expensive in her Covenant "Protected" neighborhood.)
3:30 Started back to Boulder in the pouring rain. We hit a lot of traffic on I-25 and it took a while.
4:15 Stopped off at Ellen's house to pick up Mae so Paul could continue to work from home. Sadly, there wasn't enough time for Ted to go to Tae kwon do, which started at 4:15.
4:35 I got home after Becky.
So, here's our tag-a-log. The long handle in front attaches to an adult bike.
7:08 Drop off.
7:30 Breakfast - oatmeal and a waffle or two.
8:15 Changed a poopy.
8:30 Down for a nap.
9:00 Ellen dropped Ted off while she went to a baby shower.
10:00 I had to wake Ariel so we could ride our bikes to the library.
10:20 A bit late for story time, but it was still ok. Ariel flirted with a couple of the preschool boys, which they seemed to like.
11:00 After the library we stopped by the park on the way home. Everyone played for a bit (Ariel did the swing and the slides) and then the boys rode their bikes on the tennis court and I tried to keep Ariel from getting run over.
12:00 Got home, had lunch. Ariel had mac & cheese, the boys had hot dogs and apples. Except Ted, he decided he didn't like hot dogs or buns. And, at lunch, I introduced pepper words, Ellen's idea. At Ted's house, a few words like stupid, hate and poop are pepper words. If an offender says them, s/he gets a bit of pepper on the tongue. Alex said something about "hate" so I announced we would start pepper words too. And immediately after my speech, Adam announced, "I hate Ariel." So we tried the pepper and it was very sad for Adam. But I think it helped, by the end of lunch he declared, "I don't like Ariel." Sigh.
1:00 Ellen came back to get Ted. She had the fabulous idea of driving to South Denver to pick up a tag-a-long bike off of Craig's List. And this woman just happened to be selling two of them so it seemed like a good idea for us all to go.
1:30 I drove to South Denver in the rain. Adam fell asleep early on and even Alex and Ted had nodded off by the end. Ariel did not and kvetched a while because I couldn't find her pacifier when we left. After many tries, Ellen finally found a pacifier substitution, a tylenol bottle. I made a bet that it would only last 3 minutes, but it ended up lasting much of the trip.
2:30 Get to South Denver to pick up tag-a-longs and Ellen realized that she left her purse and money in Boulder. And the tag-a-long woman was adamant that she couldn't take a check (though I assured her I was very responsible unlike Ms. Ellen). The woman suggested that we go to an ATM but I don't have an ATM card and even if I did I don't know my PIN anymore. So then we drove out a mile again and went to Safeway. We bought some cookies for a snack and I overwrote a check for $50. And then there was some problem that the cashier needed an override and that took another 10 minutes. So then we drove back to the house and bought the two tag-a-longs and managed to stuff them both in the minivan.
(And Ellen, I zillowed her house, it was $493k but the most expensive in her Covenant "Protected" neighborhood.)
3:30 Started back to Boulder in the pouring rain. We hit a lot of traffic on I-25 and it took a while.
4:15 Stopped off at Ellen's house to pick up Mae so Paul could continue to work from home. Sadly, there wasn't enough time for Ted to go to Tae kwon do, which started at 4:15.
4:35 I got home after Becky.
So, here's our tag-a-log. The long handle in front attaches to an adult bike.
Monday, May 21, 2007
May 21, 2007
Wow, what a weekend. I'm still exhausted. Saturday morning, we did the CF walk in Denver. Then we went straight to Aunt Sarah's 30th birthday party. Sunday morning, Ellen and I hiked to Royal Arch. And then that evening we went to Aunt Becky and Grandma's birthday party.
Whew!
7:00 Drop off.
7:20 Changed a poopy.
7:30 Breakfast - blueberries and waffles.
9:30 Left for the Adventure of the Day, Walmart with Ellen. Grandma said they had Backyardigan party stuff there, so off we went. We didn't find any Backyardigan stuff, but Adam decided he wanted a Cars birthday so it worked out fine. Ariel fell asleep in the cart. She was doing the whole head bob thing so I put her in Ellen's ergo carrier to be more comfortable.
11:30 Got back to Ellen's house, Ariel finished her nap in Mae's crib.
12:30 Left to get Alex from school.
1:00 Pick up. Then we drove around looking for farm eggs. Sadly, there were no eggs to be found.
2:00 Got home. Ariel had lunch. She liked the mac & cheese, didn't like the mixed veggie mush.
In the afternoon, I tried to finish up a project I'm doing for the preschool. I took all the pictures, then scanned all the kid's signature and made a little 8x10 poster.
3:30 Changed another poopy.
4:30 Pick up.
Whew!
7:00 Drop off.
7:20 Changed a poopy.
7:30 Breakfast - blueberries and waffles.
9:30 Left for the Adventure of the Day, Walmart with Ellen. Grandma said they had Backyardigan party stuff there, so off we went. We didn't find any Backyardigan stuff, but Adam decided he wanted a Cars birthday so it worked out fine. Ariel fell asleep in the cart. She was doing the whole head bob thing so I put her in Ellen's ergo carrier to be more comfortable.
11:30 Got back to Ellen's house, Ariel finished her nap in Mae's crib.
12:30 Left to get Alex from school.
1:00 Pick up. Then we drove around looking for farm eggs. Sadly, there were no eggs to be found.
2:00 Got home. Ariel had lunch. She liked the mac & cheese, didn't like the mixed veggie mush.
In the afternoon, I tried to finish up a project I'm doing for the preschool. I took all the pictures, then scanned all the kid's signature and made a little 8x10 poster.
3:30 Changed another poopy.
4:30 Pick up.
Friday, May 18, 2007
May 18, 2007
Happy Birthday, Becky!
7:00 Drop off
7:30 Breakfast - blueberries, waffles (which Ariel called by name) and hot cereal.
8:15 We left to take Adam to his swimming class. We were so excited to be done with lessons, but we are never done with classes. Adam was very apprehensive about doing a class and cried before, but did great once he got in. He looked like all the other kids, some of whom have been swimming for years. Ariel pooped at the pool so I got to change her diaper in the car. The rest of the time she was calm and on Ellen's lap (Sam is in the class too).
9:00 Swimming over, left for preschool.
9:15 Dropped Alex off at school.
9:30 PALS. There was a weird revelation today when everyone but Ellen found out that Ariel is not my daughter. I really thought that it had been discussed when we joined in January but apparently not. Even the teacher didn't know and I think a few minds were blown today.
Ariel is a true PAL-er now. She played with animals (plastic) today and other kids. She really liked playing outside.
Playing with Maleah in the house:
With Mae:
Mae with Adam and Ariel:
They were all playing with Maleah. I'm not sure if I should post this picture since I didn't ask mom first, but look how sweet Maleah is:
11:15 Left for lunch. Ariel fell asleep in the car. We went to Vic's Espresso and Moe's Bagel on North Broadway. A very Boulder lunch. Ariel slept through it all. Adam spilled juice all over himself and finished lunch in his undies.
12:35 Back to school for Shabbat sing. Ariel was awake and happy.
1:00 Played on the playground.
1:10 Becky picked up Ariel at school.
7:00 Drop off
7:30 Breakfast - blueberries, waffles (which Ariel called by name) and hot cereal.
8:15 We left to take Adam to his swimming class. We were so excited to be done with lessons, but we are never done with classes. Adam was very apprehensive about doing a class and cried before, but did great once he got in. He looked like all the other kids, some of whom have been swimming for years. Ariel pooped at the pool so I got to change her diaper in the car. The rest of the time she was calm and on Ellen's lap (Sam is in the class too).
9:00 Swimming over, left for preschool.
9:15 Dropped Alex off at school.
9:30 PALS. There was a weird revelation today when everyone but Ellen found out that Ariel is not my daughter. I really thought that it had been discussed when we joined in January but apparently not. Even the teacher didn't know and I think a few minds were blown today.
Ariel is a true PAL-er now. She played with animals (plastic) today and other kids. She really liked playing outside.
Playing with Maleah in the house:
With Mae:
Mae with Adam and Ariel:
They were all playing with Maleah. I'm not sure if I should post this picture since I didn't ask mom first, but look how sweet Maleah is:
11:15 Left for lunch. Ariel fell asleep in the car. We went to Vic's Espresso and Moe's Bagel on North Broadway. A very Boulder lunch. Ariel slept through it all. Adam spilled juice all over himself and finished lunch in his undies.
12:35 Back to school for Shabbat sing. Ariel was awake and happy.
1:00 Played on the playground.
1:10 Becky picked up Ariel at school.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
May 17, 2007
7:00 Drop off. Too early.
7:40 I took the boys to their last morning lesson. Yay! I got in the water with both of them and they did really well. The head honcho was there and even she said they looked good. I bought them wet suits and had to talk Alex out of the pink one that he wanted. He says it's red but it's not and I'm afraid he'll get teased. Well, I didn't actually talk him out of it, I just said that they didn't have any in his size.
8:30 Jeremy brought Ariel to the pool. He fed her mixed veggies and waffles and he changed her poopy diaper. I think Jeremy is really happy that swimming is over.
9:15 Ariel went down for a nap.
11:15 Ariel woke up and we did her 18 month pictures. She was much more cooperative today than she was 3 months ago.
There are more pictures on my flickr site.
Oh, and that purple thing she's holding is a magnifying glass. And since Becky liked the one picture that Ariel pulled her hanky off, I'll probably try reshooting on Monday.
12:30 Lunch - yogurt and mac & cheese.
2:30 We really needed to get out of the house and it looked lie it was going to rain, so we went the first place I could think of, Starbucks. The kids all got cookies but Ariel only licked hers. And I found a dollar bill, always exciting.
The library is closed on Thursday so we went over to Michael's to kill time. We looked at cake pans and Adam saw a Pablo one he likes so he's going to have a Backyardigan party. I'm excited as it will probably be the last party that is not Sponge Bob or superheros. And for the record, I left Michael's without buying anything. Mainly because there's no coupon this week.
4:00 We went to Alex's first swim class. He was very excited and did great. His only complaint was that the class wasn't long enough. Ariel was torn between splashing in puddles and wanting to jump into the pool. That is why Jeremy has been keeping her in the morning during lessons.
4:25 Becky picked up Ariel from the pool.
And I just have to write a few words about my almost-three-year-old. Sweet Adam is getting to be such a big boy. He insists on buckling his own seat belt, ("I do it!") and last night I heard him get up and go to the bathroom all by himself. He's being dry most nights, but usually he wakes up crying and I have to take him to the bathroom.
7:40 I took the boys to their last morning lesson. Yay! I got in the water with both of them and they did really well. The head honcho was there and even she said they looked good. I bought them wet suits and had to talk Alex out of the pink one that he wanted. He says it's red but it's not and I'm afraid he'll get teased. Well, I didn't actually talk him out of it, I just said that they didn't have any in his size.
8:30 Jeremy brought Ariel to the pool. He fed her mixed veggies and waffles and he changed her poopy diaper. I think Jeremy is really happy that swimming is over.
9:15 Ariel went down for a nap.
11:15 Ariel woke up and we did her 18 month pictures. She was much more cooperative today than she was 3 months ago.
There are more pictures on my flickr site.
Oh, and that purple thing she's holding is a magnifying glass. And since Becky liked the one picture that Ariel pulled her hanky off, I'll probably try reshooting on Monday.
12:30 Lunch - yogurt and mac & cheese.
2:30 We really needed to get out of the house and it looked lie it was going to rain, so we went the first place I could think of, Starbucks. The kids all got cookies but Ariel only licked hers. And I found a dollar bill, always exciting.
The library is closed on Thursday so we went over to Michael's to kill time. We looked at cake pans and Adam saw a Pablo one he likes so he's going to have a Backyardigan party. I'm excited as it will probably be the last party that is not Sponge Bob or superheros. And for the record, I left Michael's without buying anything. Mainly because there's no coupon this week.
4:00 We went to Alex's first swim class. He was very excited and did great. His only complaint was that the class wasn't long enough. Ariel was torn between splashing in puddles and wanting to jump into the pool. That is why Jeremy has been keeping her in the morning during lessons.
4:25 Becky picked up Ariel from the pool.
And I just have to write a few words about my almost-three-year-old. Sweet Adam is getting to be such a big boy. He insists on buckling his own seat belt, ("I do it!") and last night I heard him get up and go to the bathroom all by himself. He's being dry most nights, but usually he wakes up crying and I have to take him to the bathroom.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
May 15, 2007
Sorry, I was so distraught yesterday over the doctor debacle (which I now have Adam's physical and Alex's booster shots scheduled with Ellen's doctor in June) that I forgot to post pictures. Pictures from the MS walk are on the MS blog (link over there on the right). And Mother's Day pictures:
There are more Mother's Day pictures on the flickr site.
7:00 Drop off.
7:40 Took the boys to swimming while Jeremy fed Ariel something orange and waffles.
Swimming went well. Here are videos. As you can see, Adam is swimming and floating well, he just needs to relax when he's on his back. And Alex is still practicing kicking, both on his belly and back. But I'd say at this point they both are swimming like fishes.
Adam:
Alex:
8:30 Ariel met us at the pool, we went home.
9:45 Ellen and Ted came over, we biked to the library for story time. Ellen took the boys in the library and Ariel and I went and picked up some pictures and a prescription.
10:30 Ariel and I made it to the library.
11:00 After story time we went to the coffee shop. The kids had soy milk and veggie chips for a snack.
11:30 Got home, Ariel went down for a nap.
1:00 Ariel woke up. For lunch she had string cheese, no banana and a few cheerios.
1:30 Grandpa was visiting, so he helped us ride our bikes to the post office to mail Grannie Shirley's birthday card (she'll be 89 on Friday). On the way home, we stopped by the elementary school and now Alex is registered for kindergarten. Yay, now I don't have to home school him! We took a quick peek at the classrooms, they look very nice.
3:30 When we got home, Grandpa left and the kids played outside.
A girl and her truck:
Adam playing keep away with Ariel:
Ariel, the snot-nosed kid:
Adam McAdam:
Ariel, having fun on the slide right before her shoes stuck and she went down head first into my knee and got a bruise on her forehead:
4:30 Pick up
Ariel said a bunch of words today - waffle, juice, milk, poop, sock, shoe, Alex, Adam, Ted, side (outside), ball
And Becky wanted quarterly reports on my found money (aka treasure hunting) and I'm now up to $96.02. Not bad :)
There are more Mother's Day pictures on the flickr site.
7:00 Drop off.
7:40 Took the boys to swimming while Jeremy fed Ariel something orange and waffles.
Swimming went well. Here are videos. As you can see, Adam is swimming and floating well, he just needs to relax when he's on his back. And Alex is still practicing kicking, both on his belly and back. But I'd say at this point they both are swimming like fishes.
Adam:
Alex:
8:30 Ariel met us at the pool, we went home.
9:45 Ellen and Ted came over, we biked to the library for story time. Ellen took the boys in the library and Ariel and I went and picked up some pictures and a prescription.
10:30 Ariel and I made it to the library.
11:00 After story time we went to the coffee shop. The kids had soy milk and veggie chips for a snack.
11:30 Got home, Ariel went down for a nap.
1:00 Ariel woke up. For lunch she had string cheese, no banana and a few cheerios.
1:30 Grandpa was visiting, so he helped us ride our bikes to the post office to mail Grannie Shirley's birthday card (she'll be 89 on Friday). On the way home, we stopped by the elementary school and now Alex is registered for kindergarten. Yay, now I don't have to home school him! We took a quick peek at the classrooms, they look very nice.
3:30 When we got home, Grandpa left and the kids played outside.
A girl and her truck:
Adam playing keep away with Ariel:
Ariel, the snot-nosed kid:
Adam McAdam:
Ariel, having fun on the slide right before her shoes stuck and she went down head first into my knee and got a bruise on her forehead:
4:30 Pick up
Ariel said a bunch of words today - waffle, juice, milk, poop, sock, shoe, Alex, Adam, Ted, side (outside), ball
And Becky wanted quarterly reports on my found money (aka treasure hunting) and I'm now up to $96.02. Not bad :)
Monday, May 14, 2007
May 14, 2007
Happy 18 months old to Ariel!
7:00 Drop off.
7:40 I took the boys to swimming and Jeremy fed Ariel hot cereal and blueberries.
Swimming was ok, the actual getting there was not fun. Alex was back to freaking out again and making the whole morning miserable. When we finally talked about it, I think he was nervous about doing something new, since we talked about this being his first stroke class. But once he understood it was still the same instructor and a 10 minute lesson he was ok.
Adam did great. I got in the pool with him and he swam well and floated well. This is definitely our last week of lessons. Alex's stroke lesson was mostly working on kicking better.
8:40 Stopped at Starbucks. I got a mocha, no one else got anything.
9:00 Preschool. We hung out a bit as I was hoping to get one more picture of a pre-k kid. I retook Alex's too:
The girl I was hoping to get doesn't come on Mondays, so we left.
9:30 Got home. Ariel fell asleep in the car, transfered to her crib.
I took a picture of Adam for his birthday invitation:
12:00 Ariel finally woke up. She had some string cheese but didn't care for spaghetti-o's. She also didn't fall for my trick of dipping strawberries in chocolate. For that matter, neither did Adam. What kid wouldn't like a strawberry?
1:00 Picked Alex up from school.
1:15 Met Becky at the doctor's office. And here's the part of the blog that Ellen said would have lots of CAPITAL letters and EXCLAMATION POINTS!!! So I check in with the doctor and the desk clerk informs me that Ariel is the only one who actually has an appointment. Now, in January after Alex's check up I spent 10 minutes scheduling this appointment. It was a big ol' pain in the ASS because they don't do many afternoon physicals and it's hard to book 3 appointments back to back. So imagine my ANGER today when they told me neither of my kids had an appointment. And you know what, I was the one that booked it in the first place, how odd is it that ARIEL's was the only one correct? And then I was told they couldn't fit me in because that would mess up the doctor's entire afternoon schedule. HOW IS THAT *MY* PROBLEM? And then they accused ME of messing up when booked the appointments. ARRRGGHHH!!!!!
So that it, I'm done. After 5 years, I'm leaving this office. This is not the first time we've had scheduling issues. We've had this happen before, and we've had several appointments canceled. And I won't have to have the same conversations over and over with the doctor ("Jeremy is HOW tall?"). So yeah, it's going to be another big ol' pain in the ASS to get set up with another doctor but I'm not going back there. Hmph.
7:00 Drop off.
7:40 I took the boys to swimming and Jeremy fed Ariel hot cereal and blueberries.
Swimming was ok, the actual getting there was not fun. Alex was back to freaking out again and making the whole morning miserable. When we finally talked about it, I think he was nervous about doing something new, since we talked about this being his first stroke class. But once he understood it was still the same instructor and a 10 minute lesson he was ok.
Adam did great. I got in the pool with him and he swam well and floated well. This is definitely our last week of lessons. Alex's stroke lesson was mostly working on kicking better.
8:40 Stopped at Starbucks. I got a mocha, no one else got anything.
9:00 Preschool. We hung out a bit as I was hoping to get one more picture of a pre-k kid. I retook Alex's too:
The girl I was hoping to get doesn't come on Mondays, so we left.
9:30 Got home. Ariel fell asleep in the car, transfered to her crib.
I took a picture of Adam for his birthday invitation:
12:00 Ariel finally woke up. She had some string cheese but didn't care for spaghetti-o's. She also didn't fall for my trick of dipping strawberries in chocolate. For that matter, neither did Adam. What kid wouldn't like a strawberry?
1:00 Picked Alex up from school.
1:15 Met Becky at the doctor's office. And here's the part of the blog that Ellen said would have lots of CAPITAL letters and EXCLAMATION POINTS!!! So I check in with the doctor and the desk clerk informs me that Ariel is the only one who actually has an appointment. Now, in January after Alex's check up I spent 10 minutes scheduling this appointment. It was a big ol' pain in the ASS because they don't do many afternoon physicals and it's hard to book 3 appointments back to back. So imagine my ANGER today when they told me neither of my kids had an appointment. And you know what, I was the one that booked it in the first place, how odd is it that ARIEL's was the only one correct? And then I was told they couldn't fit me in because that would mess up the doctor's entire afternoon schedule. HOW IS THAT *MY* PROBLEM? And then they accused ME of messing up when booked the appointments. ARRRGGHHH!!!!!
So that it, I'm done. After 5 years, I'm leaving this office. This is not the first time we've had scheduling issues. We've had this happen before, and we've had several appointments canceled. And I won't have to have the same conversations over and over with the doctor ("Jeremy is HOW tall?"). So yeah, it's going to be another big ol' pain in the ASS to get set up with another doctor but I'm not going back there. Hmph.
Friday, May 11, 2007
May 11, 2007
7:00 Drop off.
Ahhh, it was a nice to not have to go to swimming this morning. I made pancakes and scrambled farm eggs. Ariel had blueberries and half a pancake and no eggs.
7:45 Changed a poopy.
At breakfast, Alex asked a profound question, "Mommy, why are there no baby chickens in our eggs?" Yikes, too early for that (both ages and time wise). I said that there needed to be a mommy chicken and a daddy chicken to put a baby chicken in an egg and Alex said, "I wonder how they close the egg up?" But at least he dropped the subject after that.
8:45 Left for preschool.
9:00 School - Ariel and Adam hung out with me for a bit while I finished photographing some of the pre-k kids. The school is going to have a graduation display and I'm taking pictures. I got 2 of the 5 missing kids plus two retakes of kids that I wasn't happy with before, before it was time to go to PALS.
9:30 PALS - Ariel had a good day. She enjoyed playing, even when she was throwing the beans out of the sensory table.
10:15 I made a phone call to the swimming instructor. She wanted Alex to come to a swim class today, but it was before school got out. Alex's class was making the challah for the last time and I didn't want him to miss it. The instructor told me to come next week, but I told her that we can't do a class during school time. Oh, and Alex decided to do lessons again next week.
10:40 I finally got pictures of 2 more kids when the showed up to school. Who sends their kids to school an hour and a half late (I found out this was common)?
11:00 After PALS Ellen and I decided to go to Einstein bagels instead of our normal restaurant due to our unpleasant experience last week. And Einsteins is conveniently located next to Starbucks. Ariel had some cheese from her egg and cheese bagel sandwich and some milk.
12:10 On the ride back to school, Ariel fell asleep.
12:25 When we got back to school, I tried to wake up Ariel. My plan was to have her sleep in the afternoon, not through Shabbat Sing. And my plan was very important. After carrying her around like a sack of potatoes and then trying to get her to sleep walk, she finally woke up.
12:30 Shabbat sing. Ariel still likes Sing, even when she's tired. Maybe it's because Ted and Sam and Alex are there and they try to make her laugh.
1:00 After school we played outside for a while. It was HOT today, in the upper 80's.
2:00 Got home. Ariel had a quick lunch of apricots and yogurt and then I took some quick pictures.
I'm a bit sad that Ariel's wardrobe is way cooler than mine, but I wouldn't look good in any of her hip clothes anyway.
The Ariel went down for a nap. Nap was tough, sometime between leaving for school and arriving at school this morning, we lost her pacifier. I looked everywhere and could not find it. So Ariel went down for a nap without it. She complained for a while, but was tired enough that it wasn't long before she was asleep.
3:55 Ariel woke up crying.
4:00 Pick up. Yay!
Ahhh, it was a nice to not have to go to swimming this morning. I made pancakes and scrambled farm eggs. Ariel had blueberries and half a pancake and no eggs.
7:45 Changed a poopy.
At breakfast, Alex asked a profound question, "Mommy, why are there no baby chickens in our eggs?" Yikes, too early for that (both ages and time wise). I said that there needed to be a mommy chicken and a daddy chicken to put a baby chicken in an egg and Alex said, "I wonder how they close the egg up?" But at least he dropped the subject after that.
8:45 Left for preschool.
9:00 School - Ariel and Adam hung out with me for a bit while I finished photographing some of the pre-k kids. The school is going to have a graduation display and I'm taking pictures. I got 2 of the 5 missing kids plus two retakes of kids that I wasn't happy with before, before it was time to go to PALS.
9:30 PALS - Ariel had a good day. She enjoyed playing, even when she was throwing the beans out of the sensory table.
10:15 I made a phone call to the swimming instructor. She wanted Alex to come to a swim class today, but it was before school got out. Alex's class was making the challah for the last time and I didn't want him to miss it. The instructor told me to come next week, but I told her that we can't do a class during school time. Oh, and Alex decided to do lessons again next week.
10:40 I finally got pictures of 2 more kids when the showed up to school. Who sends their kids to school an hour and a half late (I found out this was common)?
11:00 After PALS Ellen and I decided to go to Einstein bagels instead of our normal restaurant due to our unpleasant experience last week. And Einsteins is conveniently located next to Starbucks. Ariel had some cheese from her egg and cheese bagel sandwich and some milk.
12:10 On the ride back to school, Ariel fell asleep.
12:25 When we got back to school, I tried to wake up Ariel. My plan was to have her sleep in the afternoon, not through Shabbat Sing. And my plan was very important. After carrying her around like a sack of potatoes and then trying to get her to sleep walk, she finally woke up.
12:30 Shabbat sing. Ariel still likes Sing, even when she's tired. Maybe it's because Ted and Sam and Alex are there and they try to make her laugh.
1:00 After school we played outside for a while. It was HOT today, in the upper 80's.
2:00 Got home. Ariel had a quick lunch of apricots and yogurt and then I took some quick pictures.
I'm a bit sad that Ariel's wardrobe is way cooler than mine, but I wouldn't look good in any of her hip clothes anyway.
The Ariel went down for a nap. Nap was tough, sometime between leaving for school and arriving at school this morning, we lost her pacifier. I looked everywhere and could not find it. So Ariel went down for a nap without it. She complained for a while, but was tired enough that it wasn't long before she was asleep.
3:55 Ariel woke up crying.
4:00 Pick up. Yay!
Thursday, May 10, 2007
May 10, 2007
7:00 Drop off.
7:40 Left for swimming. Swimming was ok. They both had to wear fall clothes and shoes today, which didn't make either of them happy. Alex pretended to fall asleep on the way to the pool. Under the circumstances, Adam did ok, but he still needs another week of lessons, which brings me to a dilemma. Alex could be done with lessons now (he's going to try out a class tomorrow). But if he did lessons next week (which would be easy since Adam is still going) he could get a leg up on strokes and maybe get into a class with older kids. I don't know if I should ask Alex what he thinks, I know he's getting sick of lessons and he thought today was his last day. On the other hand, he won't have to swim in clothes again. Hmmmmm.
8:30 Ariel met us at the pool.
8:45 Got home.
9:30 Left for our adventure of the day - a bike ride with Ted. We rode to the dinosaur park. It's distance-wise the same as the character building ride from last week, but since it's paved and not as steep there was no complaining. I talked Ellen into having Mae ride in the double stroller with Ariel, so I didn't have to carry Ariel on my back. We met up with another of Ellen's friends so we had 9 kids, 7 on bikes.
10:15 Got to the park. Everyone played for a while. Ariel said and did the slide several times.
11:30 Got back to the car. I had to go get gas. I was going to go this morning but the station was busy. When I went back, gas had gone up $.05 and was $3.14/gallon. I put $65 in my car!!!! The part that blows me away is that I bought a plane ticket to Chicago this year for $72. Yikes.
11:45 Met Ellen at Jamba Juice. We got frappachinos and Jamba Juice and bagels. Ariel must have been hungry, she ate some egg from the bagel sandwich and even some bagel.
1:00 Got home. I had been talking to Alex about taking his training wheels off. He was exciting, so I took them off and then we practiced in the street. He rode 10 or so feet by himself, but there was a lot of crashing involved and he's not quite there. He won't ride the smaller bike, which I think would be easier for him.
Adam and Ariel rode their bikes too. Adam was on the trike and I brought out the tiny push bike Alex got for his first birthday for Ariel.
2:00 Back inside. Before Ariel went down for a nap, I shot this picture. I can't find her white hat with the flower, so she wore this one today. It matched her overalls perfectly:
While Ariel napped, the kids played inside and I folded some laundry.
4:15 We went back outside to try Alex on the little bike with Ellen's suggestion of a sweatshirt wrapped around his waist for me to hold. Not much more progress, but we will get there.
4:30 Pick up, Becky had to wake Ariel.
7:40 Left for swimming. Swimming was ok. They both had to wear fall clothes and shoes today, which didn't make either of them happy. Alex pretended to fall asleep on the way to the pool. Under the circumstances, Adam did ok, but he still needs another week of lessons, which brings me to a dilemma. Alex could be done with lessons now (he's going to try out a class tomorrow). But if he did lessons next week (which would be easy since Adam is still going) he could get a leg up on strokes and maybe get into a class with older kids. I don't know if I should ask Alex what he thinks, I know he's getting sick of lessons and he thought today was his last day. On the other hand, he won't have to swim in clothes again. Hmmmmm.
8:30 Ariel met us at the pool.
8:45 Got home.
9:30 Left for our adventure of the day - a bike ride with Ted. We rode to the dinosaur park. It's distance-wise the same as the character building ride from last week, but since it's paved and not as steep there was no complaining. I talked Ellen into having Mae ride in the double stroller with Ariel, so I didn't have to carry Ariel on my back. We met up with another of Ellen's friends so we had 9 kids, 7 on bikes.
10:15 Got to the park. Everyone played for a while. Ariel said and did the slide several times.
11:30 Got back to the car. I had to go get gas. I was going to go this morning but the station was busy. When I went back, gas had gone up $.05 and was $3.14/gallon. I put $65 in my car!!!! The part that blows me away is that I bought a plane ticket to Chicago this year for $72. Yikes.
11:45 Met Ellen at Jamba Juice. We got frappachinos and Jamba Juice and bagels. Ariel must have been hungry, she ate some egg from the bagel sandwich and even some bagel.
1:00 Got home. I had been talking to Alex about taking his training wheels off. He was exciting, so I took them off and then we practiced in the street. He rode 10 or so feet by himself, but there was a lot of crashing involved and he's not quite there. He won't ride the smaller bike, which I think would be easier for him.
Adam and Ariel rode their bikes too. Adam was on the trike and I brought out the tiny push bike Alex got for his first birthday for Ariel.
2:00 Back inside. Before Ariel went down for a nap, I shot this picture. I can't find her white hat with the flower, so she wore this one today. It matched her overalls perfectly:
While Ariel napped, the kids played inside and I folded some laundry.
4:15 We went back outside to try Alex on the little bike with Ellen's suggestion of a sweatshirt wrapped around his waist for me to hold. Not much more progress, but we will get there.
4:30 Pick up, Becky had to wake Ariel.
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
May 8, 2007
7:00 Drop off.
7:20 Breakfast - apricots and waffles. Ariel fed most of the waffles to the ants (which Adam called our "pets" yesterday).
7:40 Left for swimming. Swimming was not so good today. Adam was being INSANE. His teacher would ask him to swim to the wall and he would refuse and try to swim back to her. She wouldn't pick him up because he wasn't following directions and Adam wasn't flipping on his back to breath. He swam nearly the length of the pool and half way back again chasing her. Needless to say he was exhausted when his lesson was over and literally passed out during Alex's lesson. And Alex's lesson was very good. He swam with clothes and shoes on and did just fine. Very good sign for getting out of lessons this week!
8:30 Jeremy dropped Ariel off. He said she didn't poop for him, but I could tell he changed her diaper because of the way her onesie was unsnapped and hanging out of her pants. Men.
8:45 Got home. Starting preparation to make my first ever Gotcha Day cake. Yes, today is Mae's Gotcha Day, the day Ellen first met her in China.
9:30 Ellen and Ted came over (with coffee, thanks!).
9:50 Ellen, Ted, Alex and Adam left for story time while I finished up cake stuff.
10:10 Ariel and I left and did a quick trip to the grocery store. Then we met up with the boys at story time. And I changed a poopy.
11:00 Got home. Ariel had lunch - sweet potatoes, two tubes of yogurt and some Kix. Then she took a nap.
I decorated Mae's vegan chocolate cake with yummy vegan frosting (made with the finest fat money can buy).
1:45 Ellen left, with Alex and Ted.
2:00 Ariel woke up. We did a little shoot:
2:30 Becky picked up Ariel so she could get a haircut (I hope it's obvious that it was Becky getting the cutting done).
And after I had the fun adventure of going to Pearl Street to buy a growler of beer in the middle of the day with my 2 year old, we met back up with Alex at Ted's house and celebrated Gotcha Day with Chinese food and cake.
Mae was in a very serious mood:
Somewhat more playful outside:
Ole! Ball!
And singing "Happy Gotcha Day to Mae!"
Yup, Mae likes cake:
7:20 Breakfast - apricots and waffles. Ariel fed most of the waffles to the ants (which Adam called our "pets" yesterday).
7:40 Left for swimming. Swimming was not so good today. Adam was being INSANE. His teacher would ask him to swim to the wall and he would refuse and try to swim back to her. She wouldn't pick him up because he wasn't following directions and Adam wasn't flipping on his back to breath. He swam nearly the length of the pool and half way back again chasing her. Needless to say he was exhausted when his lesson was over and literally passed out during Alex's lesson. And Alex's lesson was very good. He swam with clothes and shoes on and did just fine. Very good sign for getting out of lessons this week!
8:30 Jeremy dropped Ariel off. He said she didn't poop for him, but I could tell he changed her diaper because of the way her onesie was unsnapped and hanging out of her pants. Men.
8:45 Got home. Starting preparation to make my first ever Gotcha Day cake. Yes, today is Mae's Gotcha Day, the day Ellen first met her in China.
9:30 Ellen and Ted came over (with coffee, thanks!).
9:50 Ellen, Ted, Alex and Adam left for story time while I finished up cake stuff.
10:10 Ariel and I left and did a quick trip to the grocery store. Then we met up with the boys at story time. And I changed a poopy.
11:00 Got home. Ariel had lunch - sweet potatoes, two tubes of yogurt and some Kix. Then she took a nap.
I decorated Mae's vegan chocolate cake with yummy vegan frosting (made with the finest fat money can buy).
1:45 Ellen left, with Alex and Ted.
2:00 Ariel woke up. We did a little shoot:
2:30 Becky picked up Ariel so she could get a haircut (I hope it's obvious that it was Becky getting the cutting done).
And after I had the fun adventure of going to Pearl Street to buy a growler of beer in the middle of the day with my 2 year old, we met back up with Alex at Ted's house and celebrated Gotcha Day with Chinese food and cake.
Mae was in a very serious mood:
Somewhat more playful outside:
Ole! Ball!
And singing "Happy Gotcha Day to Mae!"
Yup, Mae likes cake:
Monday, May 7, 2007
May 7, 2007
Yeah. Today was a Monday alright.
7:00 Drop off (hey, on time today.)
7:20 Breakfast - blueberries and hot cereal
7:40 Took the boys to swimming. Both did really well. Adam had to swim with clothes and shoes on, which he was not thrilled about. But he did fine. And Alex swam all over the pool with a great attitude. Their teacher thinks they may be ready for regular class this week, that would be GREAT for everyone. Alex has to swim with clothes on tomorrow, but unlike Adam I gave him some warning.
8:30 Jeremy met us at the pool. Since Alex did so well, we went to Starbucks for donuts. I'm starting to regret this reward. I got a mocha and Ariel didn't have much, though Alex sweetly shared a tiny peace of his donut with her.
9:00 Dropped Alex off at school. Then Adam and Ariel played at the playground. Ariel climbed up (with close spotting) a 6 foot ladder to get to a slide. This thing is serious, it makes me nervous to have Adam on it. But up she went, and then down the slide.
9:30 Went to the post office. I really really dislike the post office on Valmont. Every time I got there I wait forever. I really need to remember that it's just not worth it. Oh, and did you know that postage goes up to $.41 next week? I swear this is the first I've heard of it.
9:45 Went out east to check a few farms for eggs. Sadly, there were none to be had. Ellen met us out there too. And then this is a fun story - when we were leaving the second farm Adam wanted to listen to the Lion King on the headphones. So I turned on the car to turn the CD player on, got Adam set up and then got out of the car and shut the door. And then I was locked out, because my car has this really handy feature of locking all the doors once the ignition was on. And of course my purse was locked in the car too.
So I had to go to the farm to borrow their phone, and the only number I could remember was Becky. I called her and she gave me Jeremy's number. Called Jeremy, he said he would come rescue me. Luckily the farm wasn't too far from his work.
10:40 After about 15 minutes, my knight in shining armor arrived and unlocked my car. Ariel slept through the whole thing, and Adam was being amused by the Lion King. Just one of the incidents to test my sanity (much like loosing my purse).
During this time, I was supposed to be meeting Ellen at the secret post office. I missed out on her cookie monster adventure. Probably for the best, who knows what I would have ending up having to buy.
11:00 Caught up with Ellen at Costco. She has a membership and I wanted to check it out. I think I'm still ok without one. The only awesome deal I found was 64 oz of maple syrup for what I pay for 32 oz. And it's very sad to think how fast we'll go through 64 oz of syrup.
Costco even has bigger carts:
11:45 Next stop, Jamba Juice. And then Panera Bread, but I only got a bagel there.
12:30 Quick stop by Ellen's to pick up half a dozen eggs, then we were off again to get Alex from school.
1:00 Pick up Alex from school.
1:30 Trip to Target. My dryer sheets (which I ended up getting the wrong kind anyway) ended up costing $56. The boys each got a Star Wars lego set and I got a bike helmet for Ariel to make grandpa happy.
Boy this is a crappy picture, I should have had my flash on.
3:00 Ariel went down for a nap. The boys put together their lego sets. Alex really amazing me with his building talent. This kit had 118 pieces and was very unlike a bionicle, but he was able to put it together without a smidge of help.
4:30 Pick up.
7:00 Drop off (hey, on time today.)
7:20 Breakfast - blueberries and hot cereal
7:40 Took the boys to swimming. Both did really well. Adam had to swim with clothes and shoes on, which he was not thrilled about. But he did fine. And Alex swam all over the pool with a great attitude. Their teacher thinks they may be ready for regular class this week, that would be GREAT for everyone. Alex has to swim with clothes on tomorrow, but unlike Adam I gave him some warning.
8:30 Jeremy met us at the pool. Since Alex did so well, we went to Starbucks for donuts. I'm starting to regret this reward. I got a mocha and Ariel didn't have much, though Alex sweetly shared a tiny peace of his donut with her.
9:00 Dropped Alex off at school. Then Adam and Ariel played at the playground. Ariel climbed up (with close spotting) a 6 foot ladder to get to a slide. This thing is serious, it makes me nervous to have Adam on it. But up she went, and then down the slide.
9:30 Went to the post office. I really really dislike the post office on Valmont. Every time I got there I wait forever. I really need to remember that it's just not worth it. Oh, and did you know that postage goes up to $.41 next week? I swear this is the first I've heard of it.
9:45 Went out east to check a few farms for eggs. Sadly, there were none to be had. Ellen met us out there too. And then this is a fun story - when we were leaving the second farm Adam wanted to listen to the Lion King on the headphones. So I turned on the car to turn the CD player on, got Adam set up and then got out of the car and shut the door. And then I was locked out, because my car has this really handy feature of locking all the doors once the ignition was on. And of course my purse was locked in the car too.
So I had to go to the farm to borrow their phone, and the only number I could remember was Becky. I called her and she gave me Jeremy's number. Called Jeremy, he said he would come rescue me. Luckily the farm wasn't too far from his work.
10:40 After about 15 minutes, my knight in shining armor arrived and unlocked my car. Ariel slept through the whole thing, and Adam was being amused by the Lion King. Just one of the incidents to test my sanity (much like loosing my purse).
During this time, I was supposed to be meeting Ellen at the secret post office. I missed out on her cookie monster adventure. Probably for the best, who knows what I would have ending up having to buy.
11:00 Caught up with Ellen at Costco. She has a membership and I wanted to check it out. I think I'm still ok without one. The only awesome deal I found was 64 oz of maple syrup for what I pay for 32 oz. And it's very sad to think how fast we'll go through 64 oz of syrup.
Costco even has bigger carts:
11:45 Next stop, Jamba Juice. And then Panera Bread, but I only got a bagel there.
12:30 Quick stop by Ellen's to pick up half a dozen eggs, then we were off again to get Alex from school.
1:00 Pick up Alex from school.
1:30 Trip to Target. My dryer sheets (which I ended up getting the wrong kind anyway) ended up costing $56. The boys each got a Star Wars lego set and I got a bike helmet for Ariel to make grandpa happy.
Boy this is a crappy picture, I should have had my flash on.
3:00 Ariel went down for a nap. The boys put together their lego sets. Alex really amazing me with his building talent. This kit had 118 pieces and was very unlike a bionicle, but he was able to put it together without a smidge of help.
4:30 Pick up.
Friday, May 4, 2007
May 4, 2007
7:15 Drop off. Is Becky late if it's consistent?
7:30 Breakfast - apricots and waffles.
8:00 Changed a poopy.
9:10 Left for PALS. Alex didn't have school today because of parent/teacher conferences.
9:30 Got to school. Alex went to play with Ted and all the other kids whose parents were in conferences. I took Adam, Ariel and Mae (Ellen was selling raffle tickets to benefit a CF fundraiser for two brothers at the preschool) to PALS.
PALS was ok. The regular teacher called in sick and the backup teacher was babysitting the conference kids, so the parents had to go it alone.
10:30 I took charge and led the Shabbat blessings and the challah distribution. And then I even read some books and sand some Shabbat songs. Go me!
11:00 We had Alex's conferences. All is good, he's ready for kindergarten. He's had a good year and has come out of his shell. He's a follower but friends with everyone. The only part that sounded like him was that he's not good with clean up time.
11:30 After I was done, Ellen and I went to our normal lunch place, but with 6 kids instead of 3. It did not go well. First, because when Ariel was sitting at the table she was either freaking out or reaching for everything and making a mess, I put her on the floor. She stayed between our table and the wall and finished Sam's chocolate milk. But then our waiter told me his manager said she had to be sitting down so no one spilled coffee on her head.
Eating time was ok. The boys were noisy and we had trouble with some (ok mine) disappearing under the table. Ariel ate a bit of pancake and some potato, but was pretty uninterested in food.
Leaving was the worst. There's a hallway between the dining rooms that Ariel and Mae like to walk up and down because it's sloped. So while Ellen and I paid the bill, we had 6 shrieking kids running up and down. The manager was freaking out, trying to tell us she had other customers and basically kicking us out.
Very sad for all of us :( I don't think that we can do eating out with the 6 kids anymore, it's too crazy.
1:00 Drove home, Ariel fell asleep.
1:30 Home - Ariel napped and the boys helped me clean Alex's room.
3:30 Ariel woke up. I fed her some sweet potatoes and yogurt.
4:00 Pick up.
No pictures today. Too tired.
7:30 Breakfast - apricots and waffles.
8:00 Changed a poopy.
9:10 Left for PALS. Alex didn't have school today because of parent/teacher conferences.
9:30 Got to school. Alex went to play with Ted and all the other kids whose parents were in conferences. I took Adam, Ariel and Mae (Ellen was selling raffle tickets to benefit a CF fundraiser for two brothers at the preschool) to PALS.
PALS was ok. The regular teacher called in sick and the backup teacher was babysitting the conference kids, so the parents had to go it alone.
10:30 I took charge and led the Shabbat blessings and the challah distribution. And then I even read some books and sand some Shabbat songs. Go me!
11:00 We had Alex's conferences. All is good, he's ready for kindergarten. He's had a good year and has come out of his shell. He's a follower but friends with everyone. The only part that sounded like him was that he's not good with clean up time.
11:30 After I was done, Ellen and I went to our normal lunch place, but with 6 kids instead of 3. It did not go well. First, because when Ariel was sitting at the table she was either freaking out or reaching for everything and making a mess, I put her on the floor. She stayed between our table and the wall and finished Sam's chocolate milk. But then our waiter told me his manager said she had to be sitting down so no one spilled coffee on her head.
Eating time was ok. The boys were noisy and we had trouble with some (ok mine) disappearing under the table. Ariel ate a bit of pancake and some potato, but was pretty uninterested in food.
Leaving was the worst. There's a hallway between the dining rooms that Ariel and Mae like to walk up and down because it's sloped. So while Ellen and I paid the bill, we had 6 shrieking kids running up and down. The manager was freaking out, trying to tell us she had other customers and basically kicking us out.
Very sad for all of us :( I don't think that we can do eating out with the 6 kids anymore, it's too crazy.
1:00 Drove home, Ariel fell asleep.
1:30 Home - Ariel napped and the boys helped me clean Alex's room.
3:30 Ariel woke up. I fed her some sweet potatoes and yogurt.
4:00 Pick up.
No pictures today. Too tired.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
May 3, 2007
7:15 Drop off.
7:30 Breakfast - blueberries and hot cereal.
7:40 I took the boys swimming. It went MUCH better than yesterday. Yesterday, Alex hid until it was time to go, cried all the way there and then wouldn't get his swimsuit on. So he had to do the lesson in his jammies, which didn't bother him nearly as much as I thought it would. Adam did well, I got in the water with him and helped him swim with his arms tucked in the wetsuit so he had to use his legs.
So today, Adam was actually kicking and had a good day. And Alex did really well. No complaining and he got right into his swimsuit. And most of his lesson was in the deep end and he did fine. He was apprehensive, but eventually did everything he was asked to do. I think we are getting to the end of our lesson time and soon will move to a weekly class. Yay!
8:30 Jeremy met us at the pool. He said he took Ariel to Whole Foods to buy bread and yogurt. And since he forgot to bring the boys waffles, he brought chocolate croissants. He also said Ariel really liked the fish tank, which was very cool because you have to make some effort so see the fish tank and that means Jeremy made effort. Awwwww.
8:50 Got home.
10:00 We did a bike/walk session with Ellen. You can read (and see) about that here.
12:00 Since everyone survived the bike/walk, we treated them to Jamba Juice.
Ariel has a crush on Ted, her new favorite person. But poor Ted is sad because his mom only bought him a smoothie and not chips:
Does this picture need a caption?
And Ellen was very happy to see how VERY cute Ariel looks in Mae's handmedowns:
Ariel enjoyed her juice, that is until she poked a hole in the bottom and I had to throw it away.
After Jamba Juice we got bagels. Ariel gnawed on a mini bagel but didn't eat much.
1:00 After lunch we brought our love to the bike store so Ellen could figure out why her stroller wheel went flat again and I could get a new tire for my stroller.
2:00 We all went to Ellen's. I gave Ellen a quick bike tire changing tutorial, and she very nicely watched the kids while I went for a walk to get in the other 2 miles of my training walk.
3:40 Ellen took Ted to his swimming class, along with my kids (so they could watch the class) and Ariel (so Becky could pick Ariel up in Boulder instead of Superior). I stayed and watched Mae and Sam, which was very easy because they were sleeping.
4:15 Becky picked up Ariel from the pool.
7:30 Breakfast - blueberries and hot cereal.
7:40 I took the boys swimming. It went MUCH better than yesterday. Yesterday, Alex hid until it was time to go, cried all the way there and then wouldn't get his swimsuit on. So he had to do the lesson in his jammies, which didn't bother him nearly as much as I thought it would. Adam did well, I got in the water with him and helped him swim with his arms tucked in the wetsuit so he had to use his legs.
So today, Adam was actually kicking and had a good day. And Alex did really well. No complaining and he got right into his swimsuit. And most of his lesson was in the deep end and he did fine. He was apprehensive, but eventually did everything he was asked to do. I think we are getting to the end of our lesson time and soon will move to a weekly class. Yay!
8:30 Jeremy met us at the pool. He said he took Ariel to Whole Foods to buy bread and yogurt. And since he forgot to bring the boys waffles, he brought chocolate croissants. He also said Ariel really liked the fish tank, which was very cool because you have to make some effort so see the fish tank and that means Jeremy made effort. Awwwww.
8:50 Got home.
10:00 We did a bike/walk session with Ellen. You can read (and see) about that here.
12:00 Since everyone survived the bike/walk, we treated them to Jamba Juice.
Ariel has a crush on Ted, her new favorite person. But poor Ted is sad because his mom only bought him a smoothie and not chips:
Does this picture need a caption?
And Ellen was very happy to see how VERY cute Ariel looks in Mae's handmedowns:
Ariel enjoyed her juice, that is until she poked a hole in the bottom and I had to throw it away.
After Jamba Juice we got bagels. Ariel gnawed on a mini bagel but didn't eat much.
1:00 After lunch we brought our love to the bike store so Ellen could figure out why her stroller wheel went flat again and I could get a new tire for my stroller.
2:00 We all went to Ellen's. I gave Ellen a quick bike tire changing tutorial, and she very nicely watched the kids while I went for a walk to get in the other 2 miles of my training walk.
3:40 Ellen took Ted to his swimming class, along with my kids (so they could watch the class) and Ariel (so Becky could pick Ariel up in Boulder instead of Superior). I stayed and watched Mae and Sam, which was very easy because they were sleeping.
4:15 Becky picked up Ariel from the pool.
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