June 1, 2006

• It’s been so busy the past 2 weekends! Here’s my post for 2 weeks ago… Friday afternoon my team at work went to a park to play volleyball as a team builder. Karen and Lydia came by too! That evening, I went to my coworker Chris’ house for dinner. He has an entertaining 3 year old that loves to talk. Much to his dismay, Zachary has already learned, at a young age, to tune out chatter.  Zachary loved their cardboard playhouse. If only I knew how to make one…that and I’d also have to buy something big that we don’t need, like a new appliance or TV. Yea … nevermind…

  
  

     

  
  

  Anyway, Chris’ wife was setting up for a neighborhood garage sale, and we had some items to add. We ended up making $50 selling old computers! More valuable, was the space it freed up in our closet.  After the garage sale (on Saturday), we went to an Intel sponsored carnival. There were games, a jump house, art projects, a big slide, clowns, and jugglers. They also had some police people taking kids’ fingerprints, and a fire truck on site for the kids to crawl in. We met up with a bunch of our Intel friends, who also have toddlers. Zachary really liked the jump house!

  
  

     

  
  

     

  
  

  After the carnival, we headed to Kaitlyn’s 2nd birthday party at Encouragym (where Zachary had his 1st birthday.) Zachary had fun playing at the gym, and even ate well … a few servings of real mac/cheese and some ice cream cake. The food was great, and I was so glad the party was indoors since my allergies have been terrible this season. Happy 2nd Birthday Kaitlyn!

  
  

    

  
  

    

  
  

    

  
  

  Alas, Sandy wins the hula hoop contest. I think the key is to have a waist. I have the child-bearing hips, but unfortunately also the cake-eating tummy.

  
  

  On Sunday, we went to a BBQ … where we had grilled chicken in pitas with delicious Greek sauce. Zachary had fun – he loves following the older kids … and especially enjoyed the toy parachute they had. He really liked playing Yatzee (okay, just throwing the dice!) with Kathy … it’s interesting, my friends without kids (Kathy, Dana, Carol) are so good at entertaining toddlers and coming up with creative games. I wonder if it’s because they aren’t tired and burnt out yet, like me! 

  
  

    

  
  

  Speaking of well needed breaks, I went to see Da Vinci Code mid-week with my bookclub girlfriends. It was okay – I would have preferred more historical data and a stronger female lead character. The book was definately better, but the move is worth watching.

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