Made it to the Weekend!

[lilyelayne]

Celebrate!!

[lilyelayne]

Canines are the worst. DS is a disaster. Thank goodness for nursing or I don't know that I'd have enough patience to get through the day.

One of my college BFFs is on her way to spend the weekend with us! Hoping the thunderstorm holds off so we can go swimming tomorrow.

[dreemkin]

Weekend away. So far there is no frig in the hotel (guess I figured that was a standard amenity) and the pool is in a detached spa building... but we had fun playing yahtzee and monopoly express. We drank a lot of whiskey too. Oops. And had "hey honey" time! Now I'm passing out because I'm slightly sick and I haven't seen 12am in a while.

ETA: sick = head cold, not the brown bottle flu (I'm not that old...yet)

[tortor4]

Haven't been around all week but I just caught up! Busy week here but nothing too exciting. We're heading to a bag sale this morning then I need to find a couple more things to finish up the gallery wall I've been working on in my dining room. Later we have a graduation party for one of our friends daughters. Hopefully it's not outside, it's way too hot for me today!

[dreemkin]

Omg, I slept in til 9:30! And the whiskey cured my cold! Saturday is off to a good start!

ETA: tortor4 I was hoping you didn't leave us!

[tortor4]

dreemkin nope, you can't get rid of me that easily lol! Glad you're having fun and your cold is gone!

C has started calling me "mummy". It is so stinkin cute.

[kartish]

lilyelayne canines are awful, just awful. Hopefully he cuts them soon!

dreemkin yay for no more cold, hope the rest of your weekend is fun!

Just work today, DH is grilling burgers for dinner and I should be getting off a little early today, so looking forward to a nice evening at home tonight.

[aggiebug]

Did I tell you about the pictures we were told needed to be taken this week? H was told DD needed 18 month pictures taken in studio, on a stool with a foot tucked because the first child in each of the last 3 generations has had this done. H had never seen the pictures so he was like umm that costs money. Anyway we pieced together an appropriate outfit from her wardrobe trucked over to the mall with a coupon to get this one photo annnd due to some type of miscommunication the place wasn't open due to a lack of a manager with a key. After running a few errands and over 2 hrs with a no show manager we quit for the day so I guess I get to do it some other time. Silver lining the poor associate was so nice and said she would offer us a free cd of all images. So win?

[lilyelayne]

Bat signal mmarie!

Hey tortor4 been thinking of you!
aggiebug ugh for ILs and a disaster of a photo attempt. Yay for free stuff though.

Went to the farmers market & swimming this morning. Currently cooking stir fry while DH & my college BFF play with DS. Thunderstorm is just rolling in. We played board games during nap and will probably do more after bed.

Also DH snapped some super cute pics of me & DS nursing and reading a picture book. I melt when he asks "book? Mik mik? Book?" cause he wants to do both. So glad DH captured the moment. Toddlers can be fun.

[kartish]

aggiebug that is an interesting and very specific request. But the pictures should be cute, even if their by demand. But yay for free cd!

Our nice night at home has turned into a dinner with cousins. You know the family that you make plans with all the time but nothing ever comes of it? Well apparently they actually wanted to go to dinner this week. Lol, should still be a nice evening.

[mmarie]

Hey!!! Thanks for the bat signal lily! Not a whole lot going on here. Busy with work and trying to keep my sanity. We went to an OOT wedding last weekend which was fun. We went to the fair yesterday but it was so damn hot and humid that we just got a funnel cake and strawberry lemonade and left. Wanted to go back today but it rained all day. Oh well. I work the next 4 nights so it's nice to just relax today. Swim lessons are done for the summer and she ended up loving it! Gymnastics still have 2 more weeks.

[mmarie]

Oh. And my mom is doing better. Still not 100%. Infection is all gone but she is still working on getting stronger and gaining weight. She still isn't able to watch dd yet though, so H has been a SAHD which he is loving but it's stressing us out financially. If he did get a job, it would probably just go to day care and some of the little things we have been missing the last feweek months. He is trying to find some place that will be flexible enough to work with my crazy random schedule. So far, no luck.

[dreemkin]

Saturday was fun. We went to the best (and only one I'll eat at) burrito/fresh Mex place, Qdoba, for lunch. Since the one around our house has gone, I go every chance we are around one. So yummy! They we were super lazy and got hooked on watching tiny house hunting on HGTV (we don't have that at home) for a few hours in the hotel. Then we went to a mall nearby that had our dinner destination (the cheesecake factory) and a comedy club we had tickets for (we saw Tom Cotter). It was all fun and now we go home today. I needed this time away!

[seamonster]

Been in the blind items hole on parenting. When I went to bed last night I still had 20 pages to go but that may have grown another 20 in that time.

Found a daycare for DS. H loved the Montessori school he was originally hesitant about, but I felt it might be a little much for now. Maybe when he's 3 and ready for preschool. The daycare we settled on is more racially diverse which I think is a good thing at his age.

Bought a new Honda civic. Almost got the Honda fit but we'rewere concerned the stroller wouldn't fit in the trunk. Looking at an older accord in the parking lot at the mall cars have certainly gotten bigger as my new civic was the same size if not bigger than the old accord.

[seamonster]

Taking DS to the children's museum today. If he has a lot of fun I think we'll get a membership and go every other weekend or so since there aren't too many indoor things to do with a toddler and the place is pricey.

[dmorgendorffer]

My view today.

[tortor4]

dreemkin ahhhh qdoba for life! I used to go there all the time before I met DH. So much better than chipotle to me. And I'm really glad you enjoyed your weekend away

seamonster yay for a new car and finding a daycare! And I've been getting sucked in to the blinds thread on parenting too lol.

dmorgendorffer omg what a sleepy little angel. I love it.

Nothing exciting here today. DH took C to Home Depot just the two of them earlier today. Which is only like the third time he's ever taken her anywhere alone. Not that he can't handle it or anything, he just never really has the opportunity. He said the whole time they were gone C kept scrunching up her face and going "mummy?" Like she was looking for me. When they got home she couldn't care less lol.

[seamonster]

The children's museum was fun. Got the membership.

[kartish]

Enjoying a nice night at home with DH. V had a tough bedtime but once he later down in his crib he calmed down.

Fireworks going off right next door now. Our poor pup is hiding behind the couch. I love the big shows but I'll still be glad for her sake when fireworks season is over.

[dreemkin]

seamonster what is the parenting thread you mentioned all about?

[seamonster]

Jul 25, 2016 7:17:20 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

seamonster what is the parenting thread you mentioned all about?

Celebrity gossip. But in blind items where the names aren't revieled at first , but posted later.

[seamonster]

Pulled DS out of the center after an hour. Didn't feel good about leaving him when the teacher didn't even greet us and they were way over ratio when we left. They were still over ratio when we came back and the director said she didn't know that. DS was not happy at all.

Trying the tiger Mom Montessori place instead. Visiting another place this week in case that one doesn't fit DS. I miss his old daycare.

[lilyelayne]

Jul 25, 2016 15:22:48 GMT -5 seamonster said:

Pulled DS out of the center after an hour. Didn't feel good about leaving him when the teacher didn't even greet us and they were way over ratio when we left. They were still over ratio when we came back and the director said she didn't know that. DS was not happy at all.

Trying the tiger Mom Montessori place instead. Visiting another place this week in case that one doesn't fit DS. I miss his old daycare.

Oh no. I hope you find better childcare soon. And good for you going with your instincts and pulling him when things weren't right!