May 15, 2006

Happy Day After Mother's Day!

I hope you had a good weekend. Ours was busy but fun. On Saturday, Alex, Adam and I met Grandma and Grandpa, and Becky, Carl and Ariel at the hospital. We looked at my picture again, then we went to the hospital's block party. It was pretty cool, lots of free food and free games with prizes (we saw Crissy's family there too).

Alex tried cotton candy for the first time:



Ariel and Mommy



There was face painting, but Adam wanted a dinosaur on his hand:



Can you guess who this masked bandit is?



More Ariel and Mommy:



Sunday morning, we met Grammie and Pop-Pop and Sarah back at the hospital.



Here's a better picture of me with my picture:



After everyone looked at all the pictures, we had lunch at a nearby restaurant.

Family photo:



And the best Mother's Day present ever, two napping boys who stayed asleep even after we got home:





In the evening, we all went over to Aunt Laura's for my side of the family's Mother's Day celebration.



Ariel wasn't impressed, she fell asleep.



Here's just a pretty picture of a rose:



We had our normal Mexican Fiesta dinner, and Laura made one of her fabulous cakes:



Hmm, somehow I did not get a picture of my mom. Oop. Though Dad, I know you were taking pictures so you'll have to share.

7:05 Drop off. The boys built a fort around Ariel, which she tolerated for a bit.

7:20 In the bjorn

8:00 Asleep in the bjorn

I had the boys making some cards for their cousins. I turned my back for one second, and Adam decided that his face would make a better palette:



Good thing these are washable markers.

And Alex's latest project... It's becoming apparent that the avacado seed he planted in the garden is probably not going to sprout. So we are going to try and sprout one inside, then plant it in a pot. Alex is glued to it, waiting patiently for it to start getting roots. I'm trying to figure out how many minutes of quiet time this is going to buy me:



9:15 Wake up, 4 oz bottle

9:35 6 Month picture taking commences. I sent the boys in the backyard, where Alex immediately turned on the hose. That went fine until he dumped a bucket of water on Adam's head. Then as soon as I set Ariel up to take pictures, she toppled over and hit her head (not very heard, mind you) and cried for a bit. I finally managed to control the circus enough to get some shots. I took 66 pictures, these are the only ones I even kinda like.







Becky, you might want to plan on coming over after work and helping with shoot #2...

10:30 Ariel was pretty worn out from the excitment, fell right asleep in the bjorn.

11:15 Wake up, bottle

11:30 I tried some pictures again, but nothing turned out great. I'm just having an off day.

12:00 We took a little walk to pick up some pictures for Becky (and Grannie Shirley). Also mailed a letter.

1:00 Home. Ariel hung out in the swing for a bit.

1:30 Bottle

1:45 Nap in bed

2:30 Becky showed up. We were going to try pictures again, but I got some dust on my camera mirror and I can't get it off. I need to get it looked at professionally before I break something.

And Laura...

May 12, 2006

"I feel like I've been through a war."

That's what Jeremy said to me this morning. See, around midnight last night, Jeremy went into Alex's room for what he thought was a routine bathroom call. But before he knew what was happening, Alex was screaming in a way the likes have not been seen since The Exorcist. Jeremy was still pretty much asleep, so it took a while for him to react and get the heck out of there. When I went in, Alex told me, "Daddy is mean. He put me in the fireplace and shot fire at me." Yikes. Talk about a nightmare. And the he asked for more water, went potty and went back to sleep. And then this morning, Adam woke up early AGAIN and erupted into terradactyl screams AGAIN when Jeremy tried to remove him. No wonder I'm completely drained at the end of the day.

7:05 Drop off.

7:30 4oz bottle.

8:15 Nap in bed

9:15 Crissy called to see what I was doing today. I told her that I was planning on going to Mike's Camera's tent sale. Big surprise, she was planning on going too! And thus a Fabulous Plan™ was born.

9:30 We met at Mike's Camera. I had been given permission by Mike's to exchange my camera prize for a lens. Crissy window shopped while the boys munched on free popcorn. My free camera ended up only costing me $199. What a bargain! (I got a Canon 28-200 USM lens).

10:10 Step Two of Fabulous Plan™ - Starbucks of course. We broke tradition and went to the one in Target. I got a java chip frappachino, and you know what Crissy got.

10:20 Ariel had a 4 oz bottle

10:45 We did more window shopping at Target. We were thisclose to buying Ariel shoes or garter belt handbands (so people would know the poor bald baby was a girl). We we decided nothing was cute enough for our little Ariel.

11:30 Step Three of Fabulous Plan™ - the mall.

12:15 We got to the mall and got pizza at the food court.

12:45 We wanted to go to Old Navy, but first we had to find some bribe food for the kids. We ended up getting some very over-priced M&Ms from the candy store (but so worth it, they really worked). We were again looking for Ariel and not finding anything cute enough. Old Navy was all around disappointing, there was nothing good on clearance for us either.

1:00 We were on the way to Payless so Crissy could return the fake Crocs she bought for her boys (and were nixed by Mr. Crissy), when we were stopped by the mall consumer guy who asked if we wanted to sample scrambled eggs for $15. Heck yeah!

1:15 Ariel had her bottle, while I did my very involved scrambled egg taste test. We were pretty sure that one was real eggs and one was egg beaters. Can you tell the difference?



I spent a very long 15 minutes pondering scrambled eggs in ways I had never before even imagined:



There were about 30 questions on each sample and therefore the taste test was pretty involved. Crissy and I both were cracking up on the aroma questions (here's me smelling my eggs):



But it was all worth it for my very exciting check for $15 (which Crissy and I pink swore to spend frivously)!!!



2:00 We headed outside so the boys could play in the sand. We figured we had tortured them enough today.

2:40 Time to go home.

3:00 Home. Adam slept in the car while I tried out my new camera lens.





The lens is much heavier than my old one, but I love that I got this all the way accross the yard:



3:20 Ariel had another bottle.

3:55 Pick up.

I was playing around with some black and white tonight:

May 11, 2006

7:00 Drop off. Ariel was awake again.

7:30 I requested that Jeremy take the boys out of the house somewhere so I could have a more peaceful morning than yesterday.

8:00 Ariel had a bottle. I tried to put her down, and she didn't like it, so I put her in the bjorn.

8:30 Transfered Ariel from bjorn to bed.

8:40 The boys came back home. Jeremy took Alex to preschool, Adam and I hung out.

9:30 Ariel woke up, so I figure it was a good time to have an adventure. We walked down to the mall. Tulip season is almost over, better hurry if you want to see them:



Ariel is wearing "business casual" today, so I put Adam in his outfit too:



Tulips!!!



11:00 Ariel had a bottle while Adam played on the statues.

While we were at the mall, I checked the shoe store for baby crocs. They were a bit loose on Adam, so I guess he's not getting any. I can find a better sandel at Kohl's. We also went to Art Mart and I looked at Glen Randell's work again. So pretty, but the cheapest thing I would want want $50 unframed.

11:30 Time to go home, we took the bus. Ariel did not like the bus much.

11:45 As we were walking down my street, I realized I didn't have Adam's sweater with me anymore (because of course he took it off). I went in complete panic mode, I would be devestated if I lost it. We quickly went back to the bus stop and there it was on the ground. So glad I didn't gave to go through the other scenarios I thought of on the way there - returning to the mall bus stop, contacting RTD lost and found, taking out an ad in the paper. Geez, I better write a phone number in the sweater before we take it out in public again.

12:00 Ariel was asleep in the bjorn and transfered to the bed.

12:40 Go pick Alex up from school.

1:30 Since we were out and about. it just made good logical sense to stop at Crissy's. Adam fell asleep in the car.

1:45 Crissy gave Ariel her bottle.

Then Crissy thought it would be fun for Ariel to sit in the laundry basket again:



She had a good time, but it made her spit up too much so we had to move her.

Here's my Crissy story of the day. See this cool tractor?:



Crissy and I both noticed out at the curb in front of her neighbors house. Now, about her neighbors, they are a bit more wealthy then the general neighborhood. Crissy and I like spying on them, they do wacky things. Like get limos to pick their dogs up from the vet, or take their kids skiiing. I'm sure Crissy has more stories, I don't get too see too much. Anyway, so Crissy eyed that tractor for a few days, sure it was destined for the trash. After a few days, she finally decided just to go over and get it (and she did ask the neighbor, who said it was trash, and she was welcome to it). And the kids love it - played with it all day.

2:30 Ariel went down for a nap.

3:45 Ariel woke up. We thought it was too close to pick up time to feed her.

4:20 Pick up time (and we finally went home too).

Now, there was some question to who Mr. Whiney McWhine-Whine is. Well, he looks a lot like this:



And no, there's nothing wrong with him, he's just two.

May 10, 2006

There's days you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, and then there are days when you wake up 45 minutes early with a 2 year old hitting you on the head with a broken Bob the Builder lego truck demanding you fix it NOW. And then when Daddy, who is already awake, offers to fix it, the said 2 year old erupts into his terradactyl-like screams demanding that MOMMY do it. Today I woke up the second way, and it put me in a bit of a mood.

7:05 Drop off. Ariel was asleep, and stayed asleep in the carseat in Adam's room.

7:30 Ariel anticipated I was just about to eat breakfast, so she woke up. I handed her off to Jeremy. His only comment? She smells, like a baby. Deep, really deep.

8:00 Bjorn - awake

8:30 4 oz bottle

9:00 We had to get out the house. Now. Before someone (Adam) got hurt. I ran a few errands, getting pictures reprinted and mailing a letter.

9:45 We met Crissy at Starbucks. And before you go off and add another notch to my tally, I didn't have one. I'm getting a cold and wasn't in the mood. So while Crissy stood in line, Mr. Whiny McWhine-Whine and I got some Cold-eze. And calling them strawberry cream flavored should against some sort of false advertising law.

10:15 We went over to the library for story time. Ariel fell asleep, and Adam actually sat and listened for a bit. I got a break and looked at some John Fielder books while Ariel slept on me.

11:00 After story time, Crissy decided I was in such bad shape that I had to come to her house, and she would even give up her weekly trip to Walmart. Awwww.

11:15 We headed back to Safeway for provisions. When I handed Ariel to Crissy when we got to Starbucks, Crissy discovered that there was only one diaper in the diaper bag, and it was Adam-sized. So we needed to get some diapers and some things for lunch. While we were contemplating the diapers (do we go cheap store brand and risk leaks, or get pampers and spend $16?) when I suddenly remembered that my diaper bag was in the car, and it had plenty of diapers, all Adam sized of course. So we didn't get any diapers, but we did waste a good 10 minutes on the project.

11:45 Get to Crissy's house. Ariel was asleep in the carseat.

12:00 Ariel woke up, Crissy fed Ariel a 4 oz bottle while I heated Adam some spaghetti o's. The big boys were too busy playing to eat.

Crissy had gotten some Photography magazines at the library, and I looked them over. I fell in love with this Glen Randall picture of the Maroon Bells. Then I realized I own one of his photos, this one of the Flatirons. He has some amazing pictures of Colorado on his website.

1:00 I got Ariel down for a nap in Gavin's bed. It took about 5 minutes, no crying. Crissy, she really does just hate your bed.

We spent the rest of the afternoon teaching Crissy how to use image manipulation programs. It was made super hard by Mr. Whiny McWhine-Whine's constant interruptions. But Crissy managed to finish the project she was working on.

2:45 Crissy had to go pick Marcus up from school, and Ariel was still sleeping. So my crew and I hung around a bit waiting for her to wake up.

2:50 We didn't have to wait long. When she woke up, I confirmed with Becky that I could just drop her off at her work. Then I realized I hadn't taken any pictures today, so here you go:



3:15 Ariel fell back asleep in the car, dropped her off with Becky.

May 9, 2006

7:05 Drop off. Ariel sat in her carseat while we finished up breakfast.

7:30 So last night, Jeremy lookd at the calendar and said, "Did you know Alex is supposed to bring snack to school tomorrow?" Well I knew. I was the one who wrote it on the calendar. I think I even looked at it last Friday. But at 8:30pm last night, I was completely unprepared to feed 12 four year olds. So Adam (stroller), Ariel (bjorn) and I walked to Safeway (Alex stayed home with Daddy) to get a snack.

8:05 Arrive at Safeway. And while we were there, I might as well grab a Starbucks. Today I tried a tall java chip frappachino with 3/4 skinny base and 1/4 regular base and no whipped cream. I'm trying to come up with a drink that tastes good that doesn't completely negate the 4 miles I walk to get it. And apparently Laura went through my blog yesterday to calculate how many Starbucks I've had. So how many is it Laura (and for the record, I'm at 6 of 7 for my 9th free one)? And better yet Laura, how many have you had?

We also picked up some go-gurts and teddy grahams for snack today. No homemade Bree Van Decamp treats today.

8:50 Get home. Jeremy took Alex to school so I could finish up a few things before taking Adam to baby preschool.

9:15 Go to baby preschool.

9:30 Get to Baby preschool. Ariel needed a poopy changed before her bottle. Ariel did not like baby preschool. I think it was too noisy and shrill for her. There were 5 two year olds today, plus their mothers trying to talk over the chaos. I had to keep going in the hall when I was feeding Ariel. After she was done, I had to get her asleep in the bjorn.

Here's a few quick pictures before she completely lost it. Do I recognize this shirt from Laura's 4 month old baby picture??? (Laura has now been mentioned twice, she MUST comment):


And here's Adam, still in his jammies. I didn't have the fight in me today to try and separate him from his beloved Bob shirt.


11:15 After school, we went to the park to meet with the club formally known as MOMS Club. Practically the whole group was there, it was good to see everyone. Ariel slept a bit more in the bjorn. Adam was cold, it's a bit chilly for summer jammie wear today.

12:30 We got back to the preschool, Ariel had another bottle before we had to pick Alex up.

1:20 Get home from preschool, Ariel fell asleep in the car.

1:50 Ariel woke up, hung out in the swing for a bit. The kids and I had a very crafty afternoon. All I can reveal is that 1. my kids were using permanent markers 2. it's for mother's day. (and the only thing that got very marked up was Adam, and I'm sure that will come clean over time).

3:00 Ariel had a bottle. She almost fell asleep while drinking it, but as soon as I put her down in her swing she woke up.

3:30 I put Ariel down in bed since the swing wasn't doing anything. Crissy, I didn't walk her or anything, I just swaddled her, put her down, and put my hand and her and she was asleep in about 2 minutes. I think she just hates your bed!

4:00 Pick up. Becky had to wake her up, after all that trouble I went to get her asleep.

May 8, 2006

7:05 Drop off. Ariel was awake. She didn't want to sit in her carseat though, so I put her in the bjorn.

7:30 Ariel asleep in bjorn

9:00 Wake up - 4oz bottle

9:30 Time to leave the house. I really named this blog right, everything we do is an adventure when we have to do it with 3 kids. First, we had to stop by the post office. Had to unload 3 kids, stand in line, mail a few packages, fight over who gets the zebra sticker. Second adventure, popping into Starbuck. Again, unloading all the kids, navigating the parking lot, standing in line. I experimented today and got a half skinny/half regular java chip frappachino. It was pretty good, better than the just skinny. I didn't want to mess with Crissy's drink, so she got her regular Carmel Macchiato.

10:10 Arrive at Crissy's house.

11:15 I left the kids at Crissy's so I could make a quick trip to the day spa. Ah, a chair massage and my own personal CD player with John Mayer cooing in my ear, it was so peaceful and relaxing. I almost didn't even notice the hygienist cleaning my teeth. Hey, when I have 2 1/2 kids, going to the dentist might be the best thing to happen to me all week.

12:45 Return to Crissy's house. Ariel had taken a nap and had a bottle when I was gone. When I walked in the door, Ariel was happily playing in a laundry basket. I think Crissy will share a picture of that.

1:00 Crissy got Ariel down for another nap. She sure is fighting them, even though she can't even keep her eyes open.

1:40 Ariel woke up, we decided it was time to go home.

2:07 4 oz bottle

Time for a photo shoot:





Ariel must have gotten a tooth at 7:10, cause she certainly had two when we got to Crissy's this morning. See?



3:30 Uneventful trip to the park. Ariel slept in the bjorn.

4:10 A drunk homeless guy showed up, and it started to rain so I decided it was time to go home.

4:30 Pick up. Ariel was still asleep, we had to wake her up. Becky tried to convince me that Ariel has bed head but I say SHE HAS NO HAIR.

May 5, 2006

Hey everyone, it's good to be back after two days off. Adam was on the mend yesterday and is fine again today. Must of been some 12 hour bug.

I'd like to share the Fabulous Adventure™ Crissy and I had last night. You may remember that back on April 6th, I wrote that I entered a photo contest. Last night was the opening of the exhibit and announcement of the winners. Crissy and I decided to make a girl's night out of it and go down to Denver to see it. Our first adventure - getting lost. Yes, I've lived here my whole life, but I was not familiar with the area we were going to. Map Quest was a bit vague, and after a few misteps, we finally made it to the hospital. We went to the lobby and Crissy said she needed to go to the bathroom. We started looking for one (who makes a hospital direction sign with over 20 entries and not one is for the restroom???) and we walked by the photo exhibit. So of course we started looking. There were about 6 different catagories, so it took a minute to find the one we entered - Colorado Scenes and Nature. I quickly glanced through the pictures and was disappointed to see that neither Crissy nor I made it up. Then I realize it was a three panel display and there was my picture - with a red ribbon next to it.

(this picture. I took it last July 4th at Grammie & Pop-Pop's ranch. It was during my photography class I was taking, and my homework was to photograph different types of light. I was inside when I noticed it was "magic hour" sunset and I ran outside and snapped a few pictures before it was gone:)







I was very baffled because there were two white ribbon pictures below it. Was there a tie for third???? I was thinking that I had one second place for the catagory but I couldn't find a blue ribbon. Crissy kept telling me that I won second place overall and had just won a camera, but I didn't believe her.

And then, close to my picture, was Crissy's Flatirons picture. She made the display too!!!!



We started looking around more and found Crissy's other picture, a Mayan architeture picture also displayed.





And we also looked around and indeed there was 1 blue ribbon, one red ribbon, and a bunch of white ribbons (the winner of each catagory, one of the public and one for the hospital employees). We eventually found some one who looked like there were in charge and asked if they were giving out prizes tonight. He asked, "Why, did you win something?" Why yes! Then he said, "Hang on while I go get the CEO of the hospital."

So we had a quick photo session while they gave me my prize - a point and shoot digital camera. (Of course I forgot my camera, luckily Crissy had hers, though I look like a dork).





We asked George (the man in charge) some more questions. There were over 1200 entries and only 200 were displayed so we were just excited to even see our pictures up. And we even heard at least 3 people ask George why their pictures weren't up (Crissy and I agreed we would never have asked that, it was a CONTEST). There were about 100 entries from the hospital, which had it's own judging category. Crissy asked if she could get the cool mounting at the end of the contest, and George said he didn't know, he was hoping to have the exhibit travel, right now he's talking to Frontier Airlines to see if they want it for their concourse at DIA (which, unfortunately, you have to be a ticketed passenger to get to). We also asked George what criteria my picture won on. It was really cool to hear him talk about my picture (loved the light, the rusty equipment in the background, the light on the clouds, the way the clouds formed a circle around the windmill...)

Anyway, I was just blown away to get second place. There were some really great pictures. Crissy and I had to go out for margaritas to celebrate, so exciting! And I'm hoping to trade my camera for a new lens that I've had my eye on for a year (a 28-200 for my Rebel). Anyway, just wanted to share :)

7:05 Drop off

Rose are red,
This is loca,
Becky told me that
Starbucks was out of mocha!

Ok, should be loco, but not much rhyms with mocha. But I did enjoy my grande half-caf soy white chocolate mocha very much.

7:30 Ariel fell asleep in bjorn

8:45 4oz and bottle. And that's when I noticed, OMG, Ariel has a tooth!!!!! Becky, did you see one of her bottem teeth just broke through????!!!!!

9:05 We are getting ready to go to Crissy's for a playdate, Ciao!

9:30 We actually leave house.

9:45 Arrive at Crissy's. Ariel was happy and ready to play. Since I'm an awarding winning photographer now, here's some pictures of the princess:





Crissy was going through some old clothes and asked if I wanted any. Adam REALLY wanted this Elmo outfit. I think he only knows Elmo from diapers, but he really likes him. Here he's feeding Elmo a bottle (he doesn't know it's a red ketchup bottle). And Becky, you'll be happy to know that Adam has demanded to wear his snowboots again this week.





And a kiss, and 'nother kiss for Elmo:



11:30 After a short bjorn nap, Ariel was ready for a bottle. Look ma, no hands!



12:30 Both Crissy and I tried to get Ariel down for a nap in bed, and Ariel just refused.

12:45 Nap in bjorn

1:30 Crissy made Rice Krispy treats (don't tell Crissy's mom that this was her lunch :) )

2:15 4 oz bottle.

I just have to write about how much Adam loves Crissy. Just this week, he spontaniously started calling her Aunt Crissy. If he sees our phone, he says, "Call Kissy?" When I say, "Guess who's coming to our house," his guess is always "Kissy!" And lucky for me, he says, "Kissy up!" almost as much as "Mommy up."



Oh, and Alex and Gavin were around too, but they were playing so well that we didn't really notice them much. That's a good thing, trust me.

2:45 It felt like we had stayed long enough, time to go home. And plus, Crissy had to go pick Marcus up from school.

3:00 Ariel just hung out while I put pictures in my photo album and then updated the blog. She played with her toys and talked to herself.

3:45 Adam woke up from his car nap and was VERY grumpy.

4:00 Pick up. Bye Bye Aweeal (well, that's what Adam would have said if he wasn't crying.)

May 3, 2006

7:00 Drop off. Asleep, Adam's room, floor, yadayada...

8:00 Wake up, 4 oz bottle

8:30 Gavin and Crissy came to play. Crissy wanted me to get a picture of Ariel's new gummy smiles, but I was too busy eBaying Mary Kay products to get my camera. Bad Wendy!

9:00 Ariel went to sleep in her carseat, the first step of our Fabulous Plan™ - Starbucks and library storytime.

9:30 I was holding a slightly whining Adam and suddenly he puked all over me and all over him. I managed to get us both to the shower without puking on him myself.

9:45 After Adam and I were dressed again, we decided that Crissy should take Gavin, Alex and Ariel to storytime. Crissy will keep Ariel all day, and Alex as long as necessary while I watch Adam. He doesn't have a fever, so who knows what's going on. But I did change his bed sheets yesterday, so I anticipate some bed puking later.

Thanks for helping, Crissy, it's so nice to have a friend like you!

So the rest of this blog is not about cute little Ariel. It's about a sick toddler. So if you don't like puke, then don't read anymore.

10:40 After watching some Bob the Builder, Adam came over and puked all over me. Shower #3 for the day.

11:00 While reading a book, Adam had another tiny puke. His tummy is just about empty so the towel took care of this mess. So Crissy, guess this wasn't a fluke.

The next few hours are a blur. I did almost get Adam to take a nap, but then he sat up and puked on my pillow. We got up and walked around a bit, then I sat on the brown chair. He fell asleep again, then woke and puked right in my face. At least it was mostly water. And hey, I told you to stop reading if you didn't like hearing about puke. It's currently 1:30 and Adam is laying on me asleep while I'm at the computer. I've won all the Mary Kay I need, so I guess I should do something else productive.

2:30 Adam seemed to be better, and demanded some milk, so I gave in. He had a few ounces, then had a huge puke all over me, right as Crissy was calling to see if she could keep Alex longer. Uh, yes please?

3:00 Puked on again. But only needed a new shirt. Then Adam and I took a little chair nap together.

4:40 I thought he was getting better. He went 1 1/2 hours without puking. Demanding milk and water. And then he puked all over the kitchen. At least it was on the easy clean linoleum. Oh, and a bit on the dishwasher.

5:30 I was sitting there, peacefully eating my salad, and Adam puked all over me AGAIN. At the TABLE. And Jeremy pretended not to notice.

6:15 Attempted to get Adam down for bed. He was laying there nursing, then puked all over me and the bed. I made Jeremy get dry clothes on him while I took a shower.

7:45 Adam has been sleeping for about 30 minutes but I'm not placing any bets.

Crissy - thank you so much for your candy surprise. I ate it all up :)

May 1, 2006

7:05 Drop off. Ariel was asleep, but Becky got to witness the end of Adam's fit this morning. He was very upset that I wouldn't let him wear his fire-truck jammie shirt for the third day in a row.

8:00 Ariel woke up.

I finished putting my Texas pictures up. Still backwards, new ones start on page two, the trip starts on page 12:

Texas Pictures

8:20 We are off to Crissy's. No fabulous adventures planned yet, but we'll wing something.

8:30 Arrive at Chez Crissy. Crissy got to say hi before Ariel ate. The boys were playing, Adam learned how to say "Poopyhead" in about 30 seconds. Joy.

8:50 Crissy fed Ariel 3 oz bottle




9:30 Ariel fell asleep in Bjorn

10:00 Crissy convinced me to try a Mary Kay facial. She even convinced me to take before and after pictures, but they are too scary (even the after) to post. I will say that after rubbing off my top layer of epidermis my skin is softer, if not a tad redder as well.

10:30 Commencement of Fabulous Plan™- trip to mall. First stop - Bath and Body Works. With their current sale and my coupon, I got 6 shower gels for $25. What a deal! And the kids tried on every tester lotion and ended up slicker than greased pigs.

Second Stop - Payless Shoes. I wanted to see if they had generic Crocs for Alex (they didn't, the saleslady did mention they had Hello Kitty ones and Alex was all over that but I convinced them they would be too small) and sandels for Adam (he wouldn't try them on). So a strike out there, but I was ok with that after my great Bath and Body Works plan.

Third Stop - Crocs kiosk. Alex tried on the next size up and determined they were too big. His ones from last year are too small, so it looks like this may be a Crocs free summer (try to contain your excitement, Becky).

11:45 Lunch break The big people had fish tacos, Ariel had a 4 oz bottle.

1:00 Bjorn nap

1:30 Leave mall - Crissy and I went our seperate ways. She went to Walmart, we came home.

2:00 I tried to put Adam down for a nap while Ariel played in the exosaucer but that didn't take.

2:20 Fed Ariel 4 oz bottle

2:40 Put Ariel down for bed nap.

3:30 Finally got Adam down for a nap. Alex and I went outside and did some yard work and had a snack.

3:40 Ariel started fussing, I put the paci back in and she went right back to sleep.

4:20 Adam woke up. Very cranky. Wah!

4:30 Pick up (Becky had to wake Ariel).