June 12, 2009

• A few more fun, but pretty laid back weeks. The weekend we got back from Maui was Memorial Day Weekend, and we went to Sam and Melissa's for a yummy barbecue, complete with ribs, salad, corn on the cob, and homemade sorbet!

  

  The following Friday was Zachary pre-K graduation. At the ceremony, all the kids sang and recited a poem.  As they walked up to get their 'diplomas', the teacher read what each child said they wanted to do when they grew up. Zachary said he wanted "to help people like his mom." Which cinches it - he has no idea what I do at work.

  

  The ceremony was followed by a potluck picnic at a park, and a pool party at Lucas' house. Zachary had a great time ... it was such a fun day for him

  

  The Saturday after graduation, I took Zachary to play at the MyGym open house ...

  and in the evening, I went out to dinner with my girlfriends. We all wore white t-shirts and ate with our hands - no utensils or napkins allowed. I was surprisingly neat (I'm only messy when I have a work meeting right after a meal), but we fixed that with some food fighting. Not one to waste food, I only fought with leftover sauce.

   

  Sunday, we went on a family trip to the mall ... for Calie's 9 month pictures (the day before she turned 10 months) and lunch at The Cheesecake Factory. Calie was fine with babyfood and puffs until the sliced bananas came out. Then she refused the babyfood and started eating the bananas. And that was good enough until our entrees came. She figured from experience that our foods are yummier than her foods. And she was right again - she loved their broccoli white cheddar soup. In the late afternoon, I took Zachary to play at the park.

   

  This past weekend was bleh. Calie spit up Thursday and Friday night. It sucked that it was the middle of the night, but I figured that's just what babies do ... especially since she was fine and happy during the day.  I took Zachary to swim class on Saturday, followed by a family swim event at the same aquatic center. But then Sunday, Zachary threw up. So I stayed home with him on Monday. When James took him to school Tuesday, he heard that another girl was sick. And Lucas was sick the previous week. And I found out my coworker's daughter had the stomach flu too. Something nasty is going around and it's very contagious!  I hope I don't get it - so far I only have a sore throat.

  

  As for Calie's milestones ... she's 10 months old! She's more aware of how people use tools/objects - she presses shoes to her feet and bows to her forehead. She uses a spoon to eat (messy!). She's also consistently waving and blowing kisses. Best of all, she finally figured out how to make the M sound, so she says "mamamamamama." I don't think she's really referring to me, but I still respond.  

    

  On the work front, it's been pretty busy (Obviously I can't get into details since it's confidential.) But it's exciting, I enjoy it, and I don't log in until after the tots are asleep. Since they go to bed at 8-8:30am, I have plenty of time to catch up on emails before I turn in, and it's been working so far. Sometimes I even have time to blog, type out a few FB responses, and even watch Paris Hilton's My New BFF.

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