Life Lessons by Wendy - The coffee bean grinder can hold more whole beans than ground beans. But don't worry, eventually the ground beans that have no where to go will build up enough pressure to move the ground tray and spray freely over the counter. Messes like that should not happen before coffee.
7:00 Drop off.
7:30 Breakfast - hot cereal
9:00 I helped Alex (by finding pieces) put together his lego V-Wing. The new lego catalog came Monday afternoon and there are about a million new sets he wants, but I told him I'm not going to buy him sets when the old ones are in pieces and lost. But we did get this one together and as an added bonus he actually liked playing with it, even though it's not brand new General Grievous. Ariel played (uh, made a mess) in Alex's room too.
9:50 Left for the Adventure of the day. I put Alex and Ariel in the trailer and we rode to the library.
10:15 Storytime. Ariel did pretty well today. And there was a huge daycare group there, about 3 caretakers and 15 wiggly bored 3 year old. I shot dirty looks at the caretakers, daycare groups at storytime is one of my biggest pet peeves. Apparently they were pretty good dirty looks because when they finally left midway because of lack of attention, a caretaker was having a hard time getting a girl to leave. I treated her to a particularly dirty look and she said,
"Oh, are we disturbing you?"
And I said, "Well, this is a lot of kids for a small space."
And she said, "We plan on coming her once and a while. Last I checked, it's a public place."
And then I felt bad for being confrontational. But when I thought about it more, I still think I'm in the right, minus the passive-aggressive glares. When Ellen had Sam's birthday party in a public park, she had to pay to reserve the shelter. When Ted's school visits this very same library, they go at a non-storytime time and have their own librarian and room. It's just common courtesy (IMHO, of course) to not bring a bunch of kids out anywhere. And don't get me started on mass field trips (and of course Alex's class is going to the zoo Friday.) Oy.
10:45 Left storytime. Alex ate his lunch in the trailer and Ariel fell asleep.
11:15 Stopped home so Alex could get on his bike.
11:40 Picked up Adam. Ariel woke up when Adam got in the trailer.
11:50 Dropped Alex off late.
12:00 Home and lunch. Mac & cheese and banana.
12:45 Walked to the park. There was another little boy and he and Adam immediately started playing. I just love how they walk up to each other and say, "Do you want to play" and then just start. Ariel amused herself on the slides and with digging. More kids came and went and I sat in the shade and knitted.
2:20 Walked to Alex school.
3:00 Got home. I thought Ariel would be pretty tired after a trailer nap and being outside all day but she didn't fall asleep.
3:40 Pick up.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
September 25, 2007
7:00 Drop off.
Ariel wasn't hungry for breakfast, but she did eat some waffles at some point.
9:00 I walked Alex next door for a playdate and then I put Ariel down for a nap. She thought about climbing out of the pack-n-play again but I moved the table that's next to it and now I don't think she can do it anymore. At any rate, she fell asleep and I had 2 hours of kid free time. I ate breakfast, read the paper and then read my book. As you can see by my exciting new blog feature, I'm reading A Thousand Splendid Suns.
10:50 Ariel woke up and we went next door to get Alex.
Alex came home and had lunch. Ariel had some yogurt with him.
11:15 Biked up to Adam's school, then dropped Alex off.
On the ride home, I heard Adam say to Ariel, "See, we dropped Alex off at school." And Ariel replied, "Bye-bye, Alex."
11:50 Got home. Made mac & cheese but Ariel wouldn't eat it.
Then we went outside so I could empty the sandbox that filled with rainwater yesterday. Ariel decided to help me and climbed right in, shoes and all. We played outside for awhile.
2:30 Went and picked Alex up from school.
I got a delivery this afternoon, a big box full of cat litter. Kids love boxes:
All the kids love boxes. Why do we buy them toys?
Alex posing for me:
Adam telling me that, "One thing we did today in school was circle time."
And Ariel does more than push babies in strollers and comb My Little Ponies' manes:
And then they all poured over a Pottery Parn Kids catalog. They are looking at a super hero bedding set.
3:30 I put a Blue's Clues video in that held Ariel's attention for a bit.
4:30 Pick up.
Ariel wasn't hungry for breakfast, but she did eat some waffles at some point.
9:00 I walked Alex next door for a playdate and then I put Ariel down for a nap. She thought about climbing out of the pack-n-play again but I moved the table that's next to it and now I don't think she can do it anymore. At any rate, she fell asleep and I had 2 hours of kid free time. I ate breakfast, read the paper and then read my book. As you can see by my exciting new blog feature, I'm reading A Thousand Splendid Suns.
10:50 Ariel woke up and we went next door to get Alex.
Alex came home and had lunch. Ariel had some yogurt with him.
11:15 Biked up to Adam's school, then dropped Alex off.
On the ride home, I heard Adam say to Ariel, "See, we dropped Alex off at school." And Ariel replied, "Bye-bye, Alex."
11:50 Got home. Made mac & cheese but Ariel wouldn't eat it.
Then we went outside so I could empty the sandbox that filled with rainwater yesterday. Ariel decided to help me and climbed right in, shoes and all. We played outside for awhile.
2:30 Went and picked Alex up from school.
I got a delivery this afternoon, a big box full of cat litter. Kids love boxes:
All the kids love boxes. Why do we buy them toys?
Alex posing for me:
Adam telling me that, "One thing we did today in school was circle time."
And Ariel does more than push babies in strollers and comb My Little Ponies' manes:
And then they all poured over a Pottery Parn Kids catalog. They are looking at a super hero bedding set.
3:30 I put a Blue's Clues video in that held Ariel's attention for a bit.
4:30 Pick up.
Monday, September 24, 2007
September 24, 2007
Happy Yom Kippur, everyone. We've had some nice holidays. Alex went with me to family services and did pretty well. And I like family services because they are approximately 12 hours shorter than the regular ones. I guess I also have the attention span of a 5 year old.
I did a family shoot Sunday afternoon. I forgot how hard it is to try and get 4 people to look nice all in the same frame. I think this is my favorite of the session, I just know the look that the parents are exchanging.
And you know the drill, other pictures are on the photo blog, or the whole session is here.
Ariel had an exciting weekend too. Becky and Carl to her to the CU/Ohio Miami game. Becky sent me this picture from her Iphone:
7:00 Drop off.
7:30 Breakfast - hot cereal
8:00 We had a quiet morning with just Ariel and Alex. I proofed some pictures, then cleaned up the house. The kids amused themselves.
10:45 Left the house. The only interesting thing today was that it rained ALL DAY. Which is pretty weird for Colorado in general and even stranger in the fall. We stopped by the post office and I mailed some pictures, and then we went by Wild Oats to get some halibut for dinner. Fresh halibut is very expensive.
11:30 Picked up Adam in the pouring rain. Then I had to drive Alex to school and run him under the umbrella.
11:50 Home. Ariel and Adam had lunch, mac & cheese.
12:15 Put Ariel down for a nap and then I made some bread.
2:15 Ariel woke up (and also fell out of the pack-n-play) before it was time to go, which was nice. Well, the falling wasn't nice.
2:30 It was only sprinkling so we could all walk to school to get Alex. Ariel walked the whole way there and the whole way back and went into every puddle she could find. She got her pants and socks soaking wet.
2:45 Got home. Then we left for the grocery store.
3:00 The grocery store was abnormally busy, or at least I thought it was for that time of day. It was a big trip but all the kids were tolerable, with cookies of course.
4:10 Got home. Ariel found some puddles she hadn't properly explored yet:
4:30 Pick up.
I did a family shoot Sunday afternoon. I forgot how hard it is to try and get 4 people to look nice all in the same frame. I think this is my favorite of the session, I just know the look that the parents are exchanging.
And you know the drill, other pictures are on the photo blog, or the whole session is here.
Ariel had an exciting weekend too. Becky and Carl to her to the CU/Ohio Miami game. Becky sent me this picture from her Iphone:
7:00 Drop off.
7:30 Breakfast - hot cereal
8:00 We had a quiet morning with just Ariel and Alex. I proofed some pictures, then cleaned up the house. The kids amused themselves.
10:45 Left the house. The only interesting thing today was that it rained ALL DAY. Which is pretty weird for Colorado in general and even stranger in the fall. We stopped by the post office and I mailed some pictures, and then we went by Wild Oats to get some halibut for dinner. Fresh halibut is very expensive.
11:30 Picked up Adam in the pouring rain. Then I had to drive Alex to school and run him under the umbrella.
11:50 Home. Ariel and Adam had lunch, mac & cheese.
12:15 Put Ariel down for a nap and then I made some bread.
2:15 Ariel woke up (and also fell out of the pack-n-play) before it was time to go, which was nice. Well, the falling wasn't nice.
2:30 It was only sprinkling so we could all walk to school to get Alex. Ariel walked the whole way there and the whole way back and went into every puddle she could find. She got her pants and socks soaking wet.
2:45 Got home. Then we left for the grocery store.
3:00 The grocery store was abnormally busy, or at least I thought it was for that time of day. It was a big trip but all the kids were tolerable, with cookies of course.
4:10 Got home. Ariel found some puddles she hadn't properly explored yet:
4:30 Pick up.
Friday, September 21, 2007
September 21, 2007
7:00 Drop off.
7:30 Breakfast - hot cereal today
8:15 I tried putting Ariel down for a nap so she would be well rested for the day's adventure. And then little snip managed to climb out of the pack-n-play and get out of the room. Guess Ariel's jail days are over. So yeah, no nap for Ariel.
9:45 Today was one of the magical days that there is no school. I told Alex to pick out an adventure and he haggled between the zoo and the aquarium. Finally, he asked Ariel and decided that she wanted to see "Fishes!" so the aquarium it was.
Alex was very excited to show Ariel the aquarium and hold her hand so she didn't get lost.
Alex in a bubble under one of the aquariums.
Ellen told me you could swim with the sharks and I just didn't believe her. But yeah, you sure can. For only $175/person.
So now there's a whole new animal to see in the aquariums:
All in all, it was a nice adventure. Of course there was a huge, annoying elementary school field trip that we tried to stay away from. And Ariel freaked out at all the dark parts, especially the flash flood ("HOLD YOU!!! ALL DONE!!!") But no one got lost and everyone liked the fish, so I consider the trip a success.
Ah crap, I've lost them and they are headed for the street.
11:25 Left the aquarium. I got on I-25 and it wasn't moving so I got off on the next exit and then we had a nice little tour of downtown Denver, ending at a quaint Taco Bell on Colfax:
Ariel ate some quesadilla.
12:30 Got on the road again. I'm started to remember why I've been avoiding my car. All the driving today was either heavy, slow traffic, lots of lights, or random construction or otherwise closed lanes. Guess that's normal, huh?
1:20 Got home. Ariel fell asleep in the car (even though she threw her nuk on the floor and then screamed for it) and went to sleep in her crib.
3:15 Ariel woke up. And started asking to watch Elmo.
3:35 Gave into Elmo. God bless you, Elmo.
3:45 Ariel freaked out about Elmo and demanded that it be turned off. Whaa??? So we read books instead.
4:00 Pick up
7:30 Breakfast - hot cereal today
8:15 I tried putting Ariel down for a nap so she would be well rested for the day's adventure. And then little snip managed to climb out of the pack-n-play and get out of the room. Guess Ariel's jail days are over. So yeah, no nap for Ariel.
9:45 Today was one of the magical days that there is no school. I told Alex to pick out an adventure and he haggled between the zoo and the aquarium. Finally, he asked Ariel and decided that she wanted to see "Fishes!" so the aquarium it was.
Alex was very excited to show Ariel the aquarium and hold her hand so she didn't get lost.
Alex in a bubble under one of the aquariums.
Ellen told me you could swim with the sharks and I just didn't believe her. But yeah, you sure can. For only $175/person.
So now there's a whole new animal to see in the aquariums:
All in all, it was a nice adventure. Of course there was a huge, annoying elementary school field trip that we tried to stay away from. And Ariel freaked out at all the dark parts, especially the flash flood ("HOLD YOU!!! ALL DONE!!!") But no one got lost and everyone liked the fish, so I consider the trip a success.
Ah crap, I've lost them and they are headed for the street.
11:25 Left the aquarium. I got on I-25 and it wasn't moving so I got off on the next exit and then we had a nice little tour of downtown Denver, ending at a quaint Taco Bell on Colfax:
Ariel ate some quesadilla.
12:30 Got on the road again. I'm started to remember why I've been avoiding my car. All the driving today was either heavy, slow traffic, lots of lights, or random construction or otherwise closed lanes. Guess that's normal, huh?
1:20 Got home. Ariel fell asleep in the car (even though she threw her nuk on the floor and then screamed for it) and went to sleep in her crib.
3:15 Ariel woke up. And started asking to watch Elmo.
3:35 Gave into Elmo. God bless you, Elmo.
3:45 Ariel freaked out about Elmo and demanded that it be turned off. Whaa??? So we read books instead.
4:00 Pick up
Thursday, September 20, 2007
September 20, 2007
Wow, I had yet another long break from Ariel. Can't say that I didn't enjoy it ;)
So, catching up.... On Friday, I had photoshoot with 17 month old Olivia. You might not be remembering about my brand new website, so here are her pictures.
We went to our neighbor's 5th birthday party on Sunday. That was loads of fun, it was a Star Wars party. Adam was not originally invited because Josh didn't want to invite any little kids, but Adam proved that his Star Wars knowledge was sufficient and was allowed to go. Pictures are here.
My neighbor wants to paint her house, so I helped her out with some photoshopping action.
Here's what it looks like now:
I thought she should go pink. I say, if you don't live in a covenant controlled neighborhood, then don't act like it!
But I think she's going with a dark taupe.
I didn't have Ariel on Monday because I went to the dentist to get my filling. It was SUPER fun. Actually, the filling wasn't bad, but I did not enjoy having half my face numb for 4 hours. Alex went with me, I'm sure it was a good learning experience, and something I can remind him of when he doesn't want to brush his teeth.
Jeremy took one of his infrequent business trips to San Diego. He left on Sunday and returned Wednesday. The boys and I did fine, even though we did dine at Taco Bell and Noodles for dinner. And I guess that's all that's been going on around here.
7:00 Drop off
7:30 Small breakfast of homemade waffles. I'm using Ellen's whole grain spelt recipe now. Adam loves them, Ariel was more tentative.
9:00 Sam and Mae came over to play. Which finally got Alex out of bed. I'm not sure what's going on with Alex, we woke up around 7:00 and said he was too scared to get out of bed because he had a bad dream. He didn't seem to be sick, but he lay there whimpering for almost 2 hours (not continuously).
I got some bread going in the machine, then made some vegan cookies:
Ariel had a chocolate chip cookie. Or the cookie had her, it's hard to tell.
I wanted to do some practice shots with Ariel in a tutu (which she loved) but it didn't go as I planned. The sun was too bright to do some nice grass shots like I was picturing.
Alex and Sam decided that Ariel was a princess, and they were knights protecting her. They mostly ignored the fair lady, but they had a very cut game of knights, complete with Alex-made K'nex bow and arrow and sword.
11:15 More drama when I said it was time to go. Alex decided right at 11:15 that he needed lunch before going to school, even though I had talked to him about it 20 minutes ago and told him if he was going to eat, he had to do it now. So he started crying, and cried all the way to Adam's school. And then he cried all the way to his school, which caused him to crash his bike once. And when he got to school he was very upset because he was wearing Crocs and his class isn't supposed to wear Crocs on Tuesdays or Thursdays because they have PE. I had to literally peel him off me to get him when we got to school, I hope he survives today.
11:50 I had put the bread in the oven before we left to get Adam, and it was ready when I got home. This was a pretty good whole wheat honey loaf. Adam had 3 pieces with jelly for lunch, and Ariel had a bit with a bit of string cheese.
Ariel still had her princess dress on. She looked pretty cute in the bike trailer with her pink helmet.
12:15 Put Ariel down for a nap.
2:30 I had to wake Ariel so we could go get Alex.
2:35 Picked up Alex. He was completely fine. He said he cried a bit during music but that he wore his crocs during PE and ate his Gorilla Munch snack at recess and was fine.
2:45 Got home and Alex was convinced that Ariel needed a video so I put on Elmo. Alex really thought it was for Ariel (thought they all watched it), he only picks Star Wars for himself.
4:35 (yes, 4:35) Pick up. Hey, no poops today.
So, catching up.... On Friday, I had photoshoot with 17 month old Olivia. You might not be remembering about my brand new website, so here are her pictures.
We went to our neighbor's 5th birthday party on Sunday. That was loads of fun, it was a Star Wars party. Adam was not originally invited because Josh didn't want to invite any little kids, but Adam proved that his Star Wars knowledge was sufficient and was allowed to go. Pictures are here.
My neighbor wants to paint her house, so I helped her out with some photoshopping action.
Here's what it looks like now:
I thought she should go pink. I say, if you don't live in a covenant controlled neighborhood, then don't act like it!
But I think she's going with a dark taupe.
I didn't have Ariel on Monday because I went to the dentist to get my filling. It was SUPER fun. Actually, the filling wasn't bad, but I did not enjoy having half my face numb for 4 hours. Alex went with me, I'm sure it was a good learning experience, and something I can remind him of when he doesn't want to brush his teeth.
Jeremy took one of his infrequent business trips to San Diego. He left on Sunday and returned Wednesday. The boys and I did fine, even though we did dine at Taco Bell and Noodles for dinner. And I guess that's all that's been going on around here.
7:00 Drop off
7:30 Small breakfast of homemade waffles. I'm using Ellen's whole grain spelt recipe now. Adam loves them, Ariel was more tentative.
9:00 Sam and Mae came over to play. Which finally got Alex out of bed. I'm not sure what's going on with Alex, we woke up around 7:00 and said he was too scared to get out of bed because he had a bad dream. He didn't seem to be sick, but he lay there whimpering for almost 2 hours (not continuously).
I got some bread going in the machine, then made some vegan cookies:
Ariel had a chocolate chip cookie. Or the cookie had her, it's hard to tell.
I wanted to do some practice shots with Ariel in a tutu (which she loved) but it didn't go as I planned. The sun was too bright to do some nice grass shots like I was picturing.
Alex and Sam decided that Ariel was a princess, and they were knights protecting her. They mostly ignored the fair lady, but they had a very cut game of knights, complete with Alex-made K'nex bow and arrow and sword.
11:15 More drama when I said it was time to go. Alex decided right at 11:15 that he needed lunch before going to school, even though I had talked to him about it 20 minutes ago and told him if he was going to eat, he had to do it now. So he started crying, and cried all the way to Adam's school. And then he cried all the way to his school, which caused him to crash his bike once. And when he got to school he was very upset because he was wearing Crocs and his class isn't supposed to wear Crocs on Tuesdays or Thursdays because they have PE. I had to literally peel him off me to get him when we got to school, I hope he survives today.
11:50 I had put the bread in the oven before we left to get Adam, and it was ready when I got home. This was a pretty good whole wheat honey loaf. Adam had 3 pieces with jelly for lunch, and Ariel had a bit with a bit of string cheese.
Ariel still had her princess dress on. She looked pretty cute in the bike trailer with her pink helmet.
12:15 Put Ariel down for a nap.
2:30 I had to wake Ariel so we could go get Alex.
2:35 Picked up Alex. He was completely fine. He said he cried a bit during music but that he wore his crocs during PE and ate his Gorilla Munch snack at recess and was fine.
2:45 Got home and Alex was convinced that Ariel needed a video so I put on Elmo. Alex really thought it was for Ariel (thought they all watched it), he only picks Star Wars for himself.
4:35 (yes, 4:35) Pick up. Hey, no poops today.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
September 12, 2007
You know, I haven't had a good blog rant in a while. And I just came up with a good one. Last night was back to school night at Alex's school and it was a COLOSSAL waste of time. The disorganization was really quite amazing. I arrived on time with Alex and we were directed to drop children off in the cafeteria and the parents were to go to the gym. The cafeteria was an insane mess with no apparent supervision. I really didn't want to leave my small kindergartener alone in that mess but we found his friend Henry so then he wasn't alone anymore. And the I got to go to the gym (where only 75% of the parents actually dropped their kids off) and hear the principal's speech, most of which was introducing the 75 teachers of the school which not one person in the gym would have been able to see them all. Except maybe the principal on the stage. And then I got to hear it all again in Spanish, which I though was very appropriate, especially when the translater listed the 25+ countries represented at our school. I'm pretty sure they don't speak Spanish in Denmark. Or India. Or even Israel.
So that was the first 1/2 hour of the night, somehow the second was just as useless. Next, I had to find Alex again and go to a kindergarten room (notice I said A kindergarten room, it wasn't even his. They now have 4 sections of kindergarten and 4 sections of K-Care but I still couldn't get Alex in morning kindergarten - that's a whole different rant). And then, in the class room, instead of a nice presentation about the kindergarten class and curriculum I got to cut out word cards while Alex's decorated his cardboard treasure box to hold them. The only slightly useful thing was getting a list of Alex's zoo phonics animals, but that could have easily been put in his Friday folder.
The whole evening was very disappointing, especially since I had gone to Adam's back to school night last week and it was what I expected. His teacher talking about his class and his forthcoming year. Though I could have done without the simultaneous Spanish translating. What is it with the Spanish?
And on other note, my car wouldn't start again last night. So this whole dead battery is not completely my fault. Jeremy jumped it again this morning and added water to the battery (I said, "Batteries need water?" and Jeremy said, "Exactly.") Anyway, he took the van today in case he needed to run it by Toyota for a new battery.
7:15 Drop off.
Ariel walked in with a nuk. After a bit she took it out and I put it in her bed.
8:00 Breakfast - waffles again. I need to go to the store.
9:15 Left the house in Jeremy's car to run errands. First we went to Mike's Camera to see if I could buy boxes for wallet pictures there. The answer is no, I need to buy them on line. Bah. My senior's order should be coming in the next few days and I wanted a wallet box.
Next, we went to the bank and I deposited checks and found money. My latest found money deposit was over $10 making my grand total $108. Dad pointed out that most of it was my yen, but really, that was $70 so I've still found nearly $40. And let me tell you, that's a lot of pennies. The new plan for the money is to buy my next plane ticket to see Crissy with it. I just need about $40 more and a good airline sale.
10:15 Storytime at the library. Ariel did a bit better listening but she also wandered around a bit and made a mess and made it very difficult for me to catch up on my People Magazine. She didn't take her nuk on this trip and was fine with chewing on a plastic cell phone. She has a pretty strong oral fixation, that one.
10:45 Left storytime and went home for Alex to have lunch.
11:15 Left on our bikes to get Adam.
11:50 Got home. Ariel and Adam had lunch, which was noodles with red sauce and some cheese slices.
12:15 Put Ariel down for a nap. She was very happy to be reunited with her nuk but she hadn't asked for it before her nap.
I put Adam down for a "rest" too but he didn't sleep. He did stay out of my way and I had a fabulous day cleaning the house, including mopping the floors. Woohoo!
2:25 I had to wake Ariel to go pick up Alex.
2:45 Got home.
Since I woke up Ariel, she still had her nuk. That's right Ariel, enjoy it while you can. Muhahahaha!
3:30 Dad got here to take Ariel home. He called and left a message saying he'd be here a bit after 3. I guess in Dad language that meant anytime after 3 and until midnight.
Speaking of Dad, I forgot this funny story. At the CF BBQ a woman thought Dad was my brother. And then she said, "You are remarkable well preserved." I need to remember that line.
L'Shanah Tovah and see you Monday.
PS - I made a new blog banner. I like it so hope you do too.
So that was the first 1/2 hour of the night, somehow the second was just as useless. Next, I had to find Alex again and go to a kindergarten room (notice I said A kindergarten room, it wasn't even his. They now have 4 sections of kindergarten and 4 sections of K-Care but I still couldn't get Alex in morning kindergarten - that's a whole different rant). And then, in the class room, instead of a nice presentation about the kindergarten class and curriculum I got to cut out word cards while Alex's decorated his cardboard treasure box to hold them. The only slightly useful thing was getting a list of Alex's zoo phonics animals, but that could have easily been put in his Friday folder.
The whole evening was very disappointing, especially since I had gone to Adam's back to school night last week and it was what I expected. His teacher talking about his class and his forthcoming year. Though I could have done without the simultaneous Spanish translating. What is it with the Spanish?
And on other note, my car wouldn't start again last night. So this whole dead battery is not completely my fault. Jeremy jumped it again this morning and added water to the battery (I said, "Batteries need water?" and Jeremy said, "Exactly.") Anyway, he took the van today in case he needed to run it by Toyota for a new battery.
7:15 Drop off.
Ariel walked in with a nuk. After a bit she took it out and I put it in her bed.
8:00 Breakfast - waffles again. I need to go to the store.
9:15 Left the house in Jeremy's car to run errands. First we went to Mike's Camera to see if I could buy boxes for wallet pictures there. The answer is no, I need to buy them on line. Bah. My senior's order should be coming in the next few days and I wanted a wallet box.
Next, we went to the bank and I deposited checks and found money. My latest found money deposit was over $10 making my grand total $108. Dad pointed out that most of it was my yen, but really, that was $70 so I've still found nearly $40. And let me tell you, that's a lot of pennies. The new plan for the money is to buy my next plane ticket to see Crissy with it. I just need about $40 more and a good airline sale.
10:15 Storytime at the library. Ariel did a bit better listening but she also wandered around a bit and made a mess and made it very difficult for me to catch up on my People Magazine. She didn't take her nuk on this trip and was fine with chewing on a plastic cell phone. She has a pretty strong oral fixation, that one.
10:45 Left storytime and went home for Alex to have lunch.
11:15 Left on our bikes to get Adam.
11:50 Got home. Ariel and Adam had lunch, which was noodles with red sauce and some cheese slices.
12:15 Put Ariel down for a nap. She was very happy to be reunited with her nuk but she hadn't asked for it before her nap.
I put Adam down for a "rest" too but he didn't sleep. He did stay out of my way and I had a fabulous day cleaning the house, including mopping the floors. Woohoo!
2:25 I had to wake Ariel to go pick up Alex.
2:45 Got home.
Since I woke up Ariel, she still had her nuk. That's right Ariel, enjoy it while you can. Muhahahaha!
3:30 Dad got here to take Ariel home. He called and left a message saying he'd be here a bit after 3. I guess in Dad language that meant anytime after 3 and until midnight.
Speaking of Dad, I forgot this funny story. At the CF BBQ a woman thought Dad was my brother. And then she said, "You are remarkable well preserved." I need to remember that line.
L'Shanah Tovah and see you Monday.
PS - I made a new blog banner. I like it so hope you do too.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
September 11, 2007
Like the new blog banner? I made it, like, 4 months ago and finally got around to trying it out. It's kinda obnoxious so I'll probably change it soon. We can hope.
7:15 Drop off
8:00 Breakfast - waffles
9:00 Alex went next door for a playdate with Josh. Josh is in afternoon kindergarten too, but at a different school. I hope we can work out regular playdates, they play really well together and Josh is a very nice gently boy.
I took my camera outside and played around with Ariel.
9:30 Put Ariel down for a nap and found myself kidless. And so, since the MS Walk is over and I feel like I'm just not blogging enough, I set up my NEW blog:
Wendy Sweet Photography
This will be a professional blog. I plan to post sneak peeks from sessions and announce other business related items. So bookmark this link, it's going to be hot.
11:00 Alex came back and had a quick lunch.
11:15 Had to wake Ariel up and then we all biked to get Adam.
12:50 Got home. Adam and Ariel had lunch, noodles and red sauce and apples.
1:30 And quickly fell asleep on the futon, he must have been tired.
Ariel was not tired so she played. And here's my current nuk strategy. Nuk is for bed. If she wants nuk, she has to be in the pack-n-play. If she wants out of the pack-n-play, nuk has to stay. Not sure what I'm doing in the car yet, but this is as start. And what we did pretty much all afternoon.
2:25 Had to wake Adam up to go get Alex from school.
2:45 Got home. I had been wanted to try out this fence all day but Ariel wouldn't cooperate. And then Alex did exactly what I wanted but Ariel got in the way.
Adam wanted in on the action:
Hard to get a shot of Alex when he's not talking.
We came inside and had a snack. Ariel had apples and zucchini cookies.
3:50 I gave in again and put Elmo on. What is with me?
4:30 Pick up.
7:15 Drop off
8:00 Breakfast - waffles
9:00 Alex went next door for a playdate with Josh. Josh is in afternoon kindergarten too, but at a different school. I hope we can work out regular playdates, they play really well together and Josh is a very nice gently boy.
I took my camera outside and played around with Ariel.
9:30 Put Ariel down for a nap and found myself kidless. And so, since the MS Walk is over and I feel like I'm just not blogging enough, I set up my NEW blog:
Wendy Sweet Photography
This will be a professional blog. I plan to post sneak peeks from sessions and announce other business related items. So bookmark this link, it's going to be hot.
11:00 Alex came back and had a quick lunch.
11:15 Had to wake Ariel up and then we all biked to get Adam.
12:50 Got home. Adam and Ariel had lunch, noodles and red sauce and apples.
1:30 And quickly fell asleep on the futon, he must have been tired.
Ariel was not tired so she played. And here's my current nuk strategy. Nuk is for bed. If she wants nuk, she has to be in the pack-n-play. If she wants out of the pack-n-play, nuk has to stay. Not sure what I'm doing in the car yet, but this is as start. And what we did pretty much all afternoon.
2:25 Had to wake Adam up to go get Alex from school.
2:45 Got home. I had been wanted to try out this fence all day but Ariel wouldn't cooperate. And then Alex did exactly what I wanted but Ariel got in the way.
Adam wanted in on the action:
Hard to get a shot of Alex when he's not talking.
We came inside and had a snack. Ariel had apples and zucchini cookies.
3:50 I gave in again and put Elmo on. What is with me?
4:30 Pick up.
Monday, September 10, 2007
September 10, 2007
Wow, did I have a busy weekend. Dad and I did the CF 65 Roses ride on Saturday. It was 65 miles, up the canyon to Ward, the Peak to Peak highway to St. Vrain Canyon and then back to Longmont.
Here's Dad coming into Ward. Notice the people walking behind him. Even though it's really steep there, Sweets don't walk (though apparently the older Sweets stop every 2 minutes to get their heart rates down).
Dad riding by the "Congested Area" sign. Tell me, how congested can a mountain town of 170 people get???
Our finisher picture:
I wasn't too sore, but I was tired. In the evening we went to Jack and Jason's house for a ride celebration BBQ.
Sunday morning was Alex's first day of Sunday school. He had a great time and can't wait to go back. I had a great time too, I went to Starbucks with Ellen and other moms. And Sunday afternoon was Sam's 4th birthday party. He had it in a park with a jumpy castle and it was a big success, even though it was a tad cold.
Ted the Transformer:
Adam going down the slide:
The bouncy castle, complete with slide:
The birthday cake:
And here are Jack and Jason, who have CF and are the reason Dad and I rode:
All the pictures are here.
7:10 Drop off.
7:30 Breakfast - chocolate chip waffles.
8:30 Down for a nap.
10:00 Ariel woke up. I decided to meet Ellen at the Hippie Cafe for brunch. But when I got in the car (it's raining and cold today) I discovered that my battery was dead. Apparently if you leave a door open (even if the overhead light is off) and don't drive your car for 10 days, you made kill your battery. Sigh. Luckily Ellen came and picked us up.
We had a nice lunch. But either I'm tired or slightly illiterate because I ordered the ranch eggs with ham. But that worked out ok because apparently Ariel likes ham. If I had creative titles for my daily blogs, today would have been, "Ariel, now with more pork!"
Alex had toad in a hole for lunch. That's actually just toast with a fried egg in the middle.
Then I dropped Ellen off at my house and then picked Adam up from school. Here's Ariel in Mae's carseat:
11:35 I dropped Adam and Ariel off with Ellen and walked Alex to school.
12:00 Called AAA to get someone to jump my car. My car was dead in the garage which meant we were going to jump it, we we have to take all the bikes out of the garage and then maneuver Jeremy's car in.
12:30 AAA called and very quickly jumped my car with his extra long cables. And then I had to let it run for 25 minutes which probably negated a lot of the saved driving in the last week. Sigh.
1:45 Adam and Ariel were bored and I was tried to order picture for my senior and Ellen so I put in Barny. Yay Barny!
2:30 Went to go pick up Alex.
2:50 Got home. Alex said that they talked about Rosh Hashana in class today. How diverse :)
4:00 We played a rousing game of "Where's Nuk?" And by rousing, I mean screaming. I did not find it. I'm ready to not have to look for it anymore (hint hint).
4:30 Pick up.
Here's Dad coming into Ward. Notice the people walking behind him. Even though it's really steep there, Sweets don't walk (though apparently the older Sweets stop every 2 minutes to get their heart rates down).
Dad riding by the "Congested Area" sign. Tell me, how congested can a mountain town of 170 people get???
Our finisher picture:
I wasn't too sore, but I was tired. In the evening we went to Jack and Jason's house for a ride celebration BBQ.
Sunday morning was Alex's first day of Sunday school. He had a great time and can't wait to go back. I had a great time too, I went to Starbucks with Ellen and other moms. And Sunday afternoon was Sam's 4th birthday party. He had it in a park with a jumpy castle and it was a big success, even though it was a tad cold.
Ted the Transformer:
Adam going down the slide:
The bouncy castle, complete with slide:
The birthday cake:
And here are Jack and Jason, who have CF and are the reason Dad and I rode:
All the pictures are here.
7:10 Drop off.
7:30 Breakfast - chocolate chip waffles.
8:30 Down for a nap.
10:00 Ariel woke up. I decided to meet Ellen at the Hippie Cafe for brunch. But when I got in the car (it's raining and cold today) I discovered that my battery was dead. Apparently if you leave a door open (even if the overhead light is off) and don't drive your car for 10 days, you made kill your battery. Sigh. Luckily Ellen came and picked us up.
We had a nice lunch. But either I'm tired or slightly illiterate because I ordered the ranch eggs with ham. But that worked out ok because apparently Ariel likes ham. If I had creative titles for my daily blogs, today would have been, "Ariel, now with more pork!"
Alex had toad in a hole for lunch. That's actually just toast with a fried egg in the middle.
Then I dropped Ellen off at my house and then picked Adam up from school. Here's Ariel in Mae's carseat:
11:35 I dropped Adam and Ariel off with Ellen and walked Alex to school.
12:00 Called AAA to get someone to jump my car. My car was dead in the garage which meant we were going to jump it, we we have to take all the bikes out of the garage and then maneuver Jeremy's car in.
12:30 AAA called and very quickly jumped my car with his extra long cables. And then I had to let it run for 25 minutes which probably negated a lot of the saved driving in the last week. Sigh.
1:45 Adam and Ariel were bored and I was tried to order picture for my senior and Ellen so I put in Barny. Yay Barny!
2:30 Went to go pick up Alex.
2:50 Got home. Alex said that they talked about Rosh Hashana in class today. How diverse :)
4:00 We played a rousing game of "Where's Nuk?" And by rousing, I mean screaming. I did not find it. I'm ready to not have to look for it anymore (hint hint).
4:30 Pick up.
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