Jan. 2, 2008

7:10 Drop off. Neither Ariel nor I felt like getting dressed. See, we match! Except Ariel's jammies don't have a butt flap (not that she could use it anyway). But neither one of us combed our hair. Thank you Ellen for the very cozy early birthday present!



Ariel's breakfast - oatmeal.

Since yesterday was a holiday, stroller class was postponed until today. All three kids joined me. I was hoping Gwen would be in preschool so I could stash one of the kids in the instructor's stroller, but as you can see by the strange girl in the picture, Gwen was also at class. So when the rest of the moms walked two laps, I ran up and down the stairs until Ariel was crying so pathetically for "hold you" that I had to stop lest I be arrested for child abuse.



Our class ends at a baby boutique and there's this "diaper bag" messenger bag/purse I've been eying for weeks. Of course the store sold out of most of their bags over Christmas, but I put in an order with the shop and it should be in this week. I'm so excited, it's this haiku bag:



And those sippy cup holders, they can fit small water bottles! And if I got the optional changing pad (which I didn't) it could be a stadium seat pad for all those game I go to (haha).

Ellen met us at the boutique (she needed to pick up some pink boots for Mae) and took Alex bowling with her fam. Alex had a great time, here's some of the pictures from the outing:







Ariel and Adam and I went to a few mall stores looking for kids' ski gloves with no luck. I bought them a cookie to ensure cooperation. Ariel fell asleep on the way home.

While Ariel napped, I made a few bracelets like the ones I saw selling at the baby boutique for $60. I have no idea if the white beads are real pearls (they were in the bead stash Judy gave me), but the rest is silver and Swarovski crystal and the supplies were on hand and did not cost $60. The pink one is for Mae and the purple for Ariel.



Adam worked on beading with me too:



Adam's finished work. Note the price tag left over from original string. Maybe I should really sell Adam made work. It's like paintings by elephants only it's jewelry by three year olds. Maybe he's a savant:



Actually, I think Adam made this for Carl, though he mumbled off a string of other possibilities like Becky, Laura and Ellen. But I think this one was for Carl because Adam kept saying brown was Carl's favorite color.

1:00ish, Ariel woke up. We had another diaper incident resulting in me washing Ariel's clothes with the towel load I've been meaning to do for a few days. Meanwhile, Ariel had some cozy jammies to wear.

1:30ish, Alex got home.

Ariel had some mac & cheese for lunch.

4:30 Pick up.