Is today over?

3-24-09

Super long weekend, but busy busy!

Saturday we had a guest. Sabrina! She came over around 9 to spend the day with us. Stephanie was working on the new house, and it was not a problem to have her play at Brenan Park while this was going on. She was lots of fun. I was super nervous. I mean, sure, I may have kids now, but I have never babysat! It is one thing to watch your own kids, but to have someone trust you with their kids, man, that is a lot! I wanted to make sure nothing bad happened and that she had a good time.

My boys were super entertaining for her, which is fun. They are both such hams. We played outside pretty much the whole day. Luckily the rain didn’t come till night and the following morning. I was a little worried we would be stuck inside. My kids don’t mind, but I would have felt rotten for Sabrina.

They ran, they climbed, they bounced. It was all good. She did slip once and smacked her cheek on the slide, which I felt horrible about. She bounced back pretty quick, though, and she didn’t seem to find me offensive after that, so I guess that is good. I still feel bad.

No one napped. Clearly it was too much excitement. We took a walk around the block using Ken’s homemade rope set that we were trying to mimic Maria’s. It was pretty funny. It was like a test run for 3 kids. I had a loaner! LOL! Although, it was more like having a kid and twins, since Sabrina and Dax are the same age. If I had a baby now, totally different!

Dax kept calling Sabrina Miss Breena, which was crazy cute. I watched them have this full on conversation which was funny. Dax also was in rare form with his charm. He did also resort to frat boy techniques to get her attention, which included burping, and at one point, he says all proud, “Miss Breena, look at my butt!” He was so proud. What was even funnier, was when Sabrina walked around him, looked at his butt, said, “Yes!” and laughed. Then they both started giggling. LOL!

Ken and I watched a couple of movies over the weekend. I think we may be caught up on the Judd Apatow comedies for a while. We caught Pineapple Express and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The second was much funnier than I expected, and much better than Pineapple. Both were good.

We did a major Costco run and grocery shopping at Ralphs, so we are in one of those rare times where our house has almost too much food! It was good, though. Costco was awesome since both kids had fun. Bobby has truly embraced the samples. He tried everything. Apparently he will eat anything that comes with a toothpick or is in a little paper cup. Dax also tried a few things, which was cool. We now are thinking of serving all new foods as samples.

One of the funniest, yet kind of disappointing things about Costco this time was that we found the movie Bolt. I had wanted to see it, and I figured the kids would enjoy it. So we picked it up from the display and at the register, it didn’t ring up as for sale. Turned out, they put it out 3 days early. Big problem!! Disney is the type to sue the pants off you had you let even one of those out of the store. They didn’t sell it to us (hence the disappointment) but it was really funny since you don’t think of that happening anymore.

We opted to let the boys be out of the baby jails for bowling on Sunday. They did quite well. There are some rules that will need to be enforced and set up, but over all, I think they are fine. They are both just so full of energy at any given minute, so it is hard for them to sit still for that long. Hopefully the novelty of freedom will wear off and it won’t be as rambunctious.

Yesterday, Bobby has his annual appt with the doc. The nurse who took us back had not worked with kids much, and even had Bobby do a vision test, which was interesting. Bobby knows his letters, but for some strange woman to be asking him to recite letters that are on a board at a distance is a little daunting for even a super social kid like Bobby. She even looked to do a blood pressure test, but then came back after being told they don’t really do that routine for 4 year olds. She was nice, so it was fine.

The doc was pleased with Bobby. He impressed her with everything. He even did well on a test that showed he was good at copying a drawing which was closer to him being 5! Who knew??? He does have some speech issues with his “th” sounds, but we will be working on it now. Also, the issue with his peeing will be looked at. Ken had noted that he pees at an angle because there seems to be obstruction. The obstruction is probably just a small piece of skin there that makes aim harder. I don’t see the problem as much as Ken, since well, let’s face it, I don’t have the same equipment so it is hard to tell the problem. I take Bobby to pee a lot, and he does really well, so I wonder if really anything needs to be done at all. Ken, however, seems to think it is a quality of life thing. So we have a referral to the urologist and we can get another opinion to see what can or should be done.

Poor kid had 4 shots! 1 was the TB test, which is awful. Then he had 3 more. We had him cover his face with his blanket and I held his hand. He did really quite well considering. Poor kid, though, it was awful. Bobby is strong, too, and I can tell you, Dax is stronger, and I don’t look forward to this set with him. The good news? Well, Bobby doesn’t need anything until he is 6. He is ready for all schools and is good to go. It just means one less thing I have to deal with for preschool and kindergarten.

After the doc, we headed to the Museum of Natural History, which was fun. I was a little bummed to discover that the dinosaur hall was closed and will be until 2011. Luckily, there are enough other things that Bobby enjoyed. The animal halls were well received and he had a lot of fun. We got a membership, which gives us access to the tar pits and some other western museum. I don’t remember this museum charging in the first place, but I want to take Dax back, so it actually pays to get the membership since it gives us a year of visits. They have this dinosaur encounter puppet thing that looks cool, so I would like to let the boys check that out. It looks like it may be freaky for them, but I think they would like it at the same time. So we will see. If it spooks them too much, we walk away. Seems reasonable.

After the long morning, we went back home. Ken had a class, so Bobby and I vegged out and watched Pinocchio and Land Before Time. I didn’t want Bobby going outside since his body was pretty tired from shots and exhaustion. It was also kind of cold out, so we didn’t head out. The boys were wild and about 15 minutes before jammie time, they went outside. I didn’t let them. Dax had asked where Lycos was, so I told the boys they could go let her in. So they happily ran to the back door to let her in. Instead, they let themselves out. I got up and saw them running wild in the yard, clearly saying “We’re free!” Sigh. I called them back in, and it was instant bedtime. They took it better than I thought they would. Bobby told me he was sad, though, and I had a heart to heart with him. He seemed happy about that, and all was well. He passed out pretty quick, which isn’t too surprising. It was a long day!

I have a busy week ahead of me. I have a dentist appt this afternoon, which Dax is going to with me. I am hoping he can be good for those 30 minutes! It is good for him to go, though, since he will be there for his own teeth soon enough. Tomorrow, I need to take Bobby back to the doc to check on his TB test. Thursday evening, I am heading out to visit with Conner. I have not seen him in ages, and he invited me to come out and see his place and “the attic” which he has converted into this clothing warehouse type place for the friends he has to pretty much donate the clothing they don’t wear anymore, and you can then perhaps take ones there you like. Kind of like a giant clothing store. Awesome! I can’t stay too late, as I do need to get up at the crack of dawn, but if I get there by 6:30, I think I can mange to hang out for a couple hours without being completely useless on Friday.

I think this weekend is free, so this is good. I am sure something will come up, as if often does, but I am glad that as of right now, I know I can sleep in on Saturday!

This last Saturday was awesome for sleeping. The boys stayed in their rooms until 7! I didn’t even hear them! Dax came clomping into our room at 7. He had put on his rain boots, and was so proud. He stood at the foot of the bed, all quiet. So I smiled and waved at him, which made him smile and wave. He was so quiet! It was funny. I got up and the morning was good.

Yesterday morning, Bobby came into the room and crawled onto the bed. I told him to come and get under the covers with me since it was so cold. He was so happy all snuggled up with me. It was awesome!

Ok, am I getting a cold? Am I suffering from allergies? I wish I knew. I am all sniffly. I keep sneezing. Not fun on any level. I am spent! I feel fine other than that, which makes me think it is the allergies thing, but I have never really had those problems in the past, so it is odd. Then again, the windy dry crazy weather with the touch of rain may be part of that. It sucks. I just took some of the first aid kit nasal decongestant tablets to see if that helps. Our first aid kit is more like a medicine cabinet of samples. It is very odd. You think of a company first aid kit as just band aids and things for if your arm falls of or something. Not every kind of pain med, tums, etc. It is very odd. But it is open in the kitchen for all of us, so I often help myself. I am not the only one. I am shocked they haven’t stopped that service.

Apparently we may hit our cash goal! Who knew? I figured we were hurting, but the big customers have been doing well. This is good!

I need to figure out something fun to bring Dax so he isn’t bored today. I will bring him some books and perhaps some new toys? I don’t know what I have that will be that exciting. Coloring books? Possible. Luckily I think with my appt being at 4, I am probably one of the last appts so it won’t be a big deal if it takes some time.

Turkey Jerky from Costco is not as good as Jack Links jerky.