February 18, 2012
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I continue to take cardio boxing with my friends Melissa and Bev. It was a good exercise weekend, as I also ran ~3.5 miles Saturday morning with a group of coworkers. My goal is to exercise 3x a week, but I’m happy with twice. The kids also continue basketball (Zach made a basket today!) and dance (we signed Calie up for a recital.)
Can you tell I lopped off 7″ of hair? Trying to wean myself off the ponytail, I asked my hair stylist to cut it “just short enough that I can’t put it up.”
In terms of special events, last weekend, we had 2 Valentine parties. On Saturday, we had Melissa, Bev, and Sara’s families over for a barbecue where the kids signed cards for their classmates amd decorated special cards for their teachers. Now that Zach is in public school, he has *32* cards to sign – compared to 18 last year!
On Sunday, Calie had a bunch of her classmates over for lunch. The kids created Valentine’s monsters using stickers and also decorated Mardi Gras masks using plastic jewels. They had a fun time, and it was great meeting all the parents – we usually just rush by each other during drop off and pick up. Calista got her first flower from a boy, her friend Thrivik – she was over the moon!
The weather was terrific, so after lunch (pasta spread), the kids played outside. A few of Calie’s classmates had siblings Zach’s age (including Justin from his basketball team) so Zach had fun too.
Later that same day, we celebrated Thrivik’s birthday at a local bounce house place. Happy 4th Birthday Thrivik!
Last week was pretty crazy at work. Four full days of meetings … going over reviews, plan of record, and a 2 day leadership summit. Day 1 of the summit ended with an open bar and dinner buffet with multiple stations. SO much food. Prime rib, roasted duck, tapas, seafood ceviche, Indian food, and a dessert spread with petit fours and a chocolate fountain. (It wasn’t all about food, but that’s the part that’s not confidential!
) The event ran into the night with casino games and raffles,but I didnt win anything. After the 2nd day of the summit, my manager took us out for wine tasting followed by dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. Calie got sent home earlier that day with a mild fever so James and I had to rearranage meetings on Friday. Ack! (Calie was totally fine but the rule at daycare is that she needs to stay home for 24 hours.) Anyway, the full day of meetings felt very busy but also very inspiring – I networked with some really impressive people, and I’m pretty excited about taking some of the learnings/ideas and sharing them with my own staff.“Sick” Calie at home doing art … the gorgeous orchids Thrivik’s parents brought us … and a card Calie made for her friend Nicole (a picture of Nicole thinking about eating 5 eggs so that she can get a cookie.)
Yesterday/Friday night was girl’s night out, celebrating friendship with Kathy, Sandy, Melissa, Karen, and Rachel! We tried a new restaurant called Ambience – excellent food and presentation. I highly recommend their 7 course tasting menu. My favorite was the filet tartare with raw quail egg … and I loved the citrus enfused caviar. And I normally don’t drink, but after a long work week and a sick kid, I definately deserved a glass of sparkling wine. Cheers to good friends!
Also this weekend … Zachary’s went to a birthday party at Sky High. Happy 8th Birthday Christian! (Wow,Zach is turning 8 soon. Time is flying by … we must slow it down with a vacation…
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