October 2, 2011
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The second half of September ... Friday after work, we went to 'Gators on the Green' at Zachary's school with music, carnival games, food/books for fundraising, and competitions: balloon toss, tug-of-war, and sack races. This was his first schoolwide event and wow, there are SO many more people compared to private school. (below right, photo of card Zach made for his teacher)
Saturday was pretty low key. Morning jog, followed by soccer game (lost), soccer team photos, and a trip to the mall to get my unstable iPhone replaced. Since I was at the mall anyway, I did some shopping for new clothes too.
I kicked off Sunday with another morning jog, and then took the kids to the Sacramento Children's Museum. What a fun place ... not nearly as big as the one in San Jose, but similar in concept. My kids are pretty simple and tend to do well with open ended play, so we stayed for most of the day. (Made for lots of photo opportunities!)
I really appreciated how the museum respected diversity and was thoughtfully built to accommodate differently abled children. I decided I would show my support by purchasing a membership. When I shared my day with Sandy later that evening (at Sergios with Melissa), I found out hers was one of the founding families! My friends just keep impressing me with what they do - what can I say, I surround myself with the best.
The following Saturday, after Zachary's soccer game (lost), we went to SunSplash. It was a company sponsored event, and included free arcade games, mini golf, laser tag, go-karting, lunch, and of course water slides.
At under 48", Zachary was limited to 4 big slides. Calie played in the kiddie play structure and slides area, and the whole family did the lazy river and wave pool. It was fun, but the signs around the park ("no refunds for long lines") gave me the impression that lines were ... well, unreasonably long during public hours.
After a playing in the sun all day, we grabbed dinner at Dos Coyotes, and the kids fell asleep without any complaints by 8pm. James went to John's Mardi Gras party that night - Happy Birthday JP!
Sunday, we celebrated Alex's 7th birthday party with lunch at his house and Kinect games. Zachary was so happy to see some of the boys from his previous school, it made me question (again) whether we should have changed schools. But I digress - the kids had a fantastic time ... what's not to love? Video games, Beyblades, cake. Happy 7th Birthday Alex!
In the evening, we had 2 boys from his soccer team over for a dinner playdate.
And WW40? James got the whole week off work, while I was in 2.5 full days of face-to-face meetings, including a dinner team builder at Macaroni Grill. I can't complain though, as James was quite productive during his time off, and I loved not having to hustle the kids to school every morning. He organized a day hike to Tahoe (Loch Leven) with some of his coworkers. And Friday, we had Melissa and Rachel's family over for dinner: a 'would-you-like-some-lettuce-with-your-tomatoes' salad with grilled sausages and pesto pasta, and chocolate ice cream for dessert. It was the last week of Thursday farmer's market at work, and I will definitely miss the ease of stocking up on fresh vegetables midweek.
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