Friday-Saturday-Sunday Weekend Chatter

[lilyelayne]

Figured we'd try a whole weekend thread, since Saturday mornings tend to be slow.

[lilyelayne]

Why did I decide to make cupcakes for this party? See also: why didn't I buy a cookie scoop?

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Mar 4, 2016 9:34:05 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Why did I decide to make cupcakes for this party? See also: why didn't I buy a cookie scoop?

Haha, that is a good question

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I've decided to take Monday off from work to celebrate DD's birthday. I'm thinking it's the start of a new tradition, to spend her birthday together and do something fun

All that remains is to decide what to do. What is "fun" for a 1 year old? I'm hoping you ladies have ideas for me!

[dmorgendorffer]

lilyelayne, how many do you have to make?

Its snowing here this morning, my office building doesn't have water, and only one elevator is working (and you cannot take the stairs up - only down). All this was the perfect storm for me to not stop to get coffee thinking I would just have some at the office, the office not having coffee because there is no water, and I don't want to leave and wait in the ridiculously long line for the elevator again. At least it is Friday.

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dmorgendorffer Woah, that is just everything at once! I cannot even imagine working without coffee. How is that even possible? Lol

[mishka29]

Mar 4, 2016 10:09:17 GMT -5 dmorgendorffer said:

lilyelayne, how many do you have to make?

Its snowing here this morning, my office building doesn't have water, and only one elevator is working (and you cannot take the stairs up - only down). All this was the perfect storm for me to not stop to get coffee thinking I would just have some at the office, the office not having coffee because there is no water, and I don't want to leave and wait in the ridiculously long line for the elevator again. At least it is Friday.

Oh wow sounds like a disaster over there. Hopefully they get that stuff working again.

[mishka29]

It is possible! I'm not a coffee drinker. But I do have a Coke at lunch so that's my caffeine for the day.

My cubicle neighbour has returned from an assignment. She's a nice person but a little clueless. She makes the worst file decisions and I hate hearing about things she approves that should have been refused. Sometimes I wonder if she's applying the wrong legislation bc she does whatever she wants. Annoying!

[danitaec]

@alyllyra, for M's birthday we went to the aquarium. He seemed to enjoy it.

[dmorgendorffer]

@alyllyra I want to take DD to the aquarium soon, I think she would have fun looking at everything. Going to the park in theory should be fun for a one year old but DD is pretty hit or miss on if she actually likes it.

I've also been trying to think of fun sensory type activities we can do at home, I think I am going to try making some edible finger paints.

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danitaec dmorgendorffer Aquarium sounds really fun. That's a great idea, thanks!

I'm still open to other ideas if anyone have anything

[kartish]

@alyllyra is there a children's museum in your area? We have one and I think V is probably at an age now that he'd enjoy it. Also do they have a kids gym? V loves going to the open gym sessions.

We took V to the nature park, and looked at the rescue birds the other day. It was fun but the birds didn't hold his attention at all.

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kartish I think lots of museums here have kid friendly exibits and activities. I'll have to look into it, thanks!
No childrens gym though. She apparently has fun at the nanny service while I go to the gym, but I don't really count that as an activity we do 'together'

Sounds fun though. What do they do at the open gym sessions?

[kartish]

Mar 4, 2016 11:18:04 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

kartish I think lots of museums here have kid friendly exibits and activities. I'll have to look into it, thanks!
No childrens gym though. She apparently has fun at the nanny service while I go to the gym, but I don't really count that as an activity we do 'together'

Sounds fun though. What do they do at the open gym sessions?

The gym has a ball pit, little trampolines, swings, climbing things, balance beams and some other gymnastics equipment, then a bunch of mats and soft obstacles. They have age group classes that work on different things each week, but the open session your LO can just explore and do whatever they want. I just wander around with him and make sure he doesn't get into trouble, and try to entice him to try new things (ie, not just the balls!).

They also have a skill session each day, so the coach helps the kids try something advanced.

[lilyelayne]

@alyllyra DS loves going to the park. He's a big fan of the slide & watching big kids play. Hit or miss on swings. I think the aquarium sounds like a great idea, since she can get right up to the glass, and there's a good bit of color & movement.
dmorgendorffer I'm making 100 mini cupcakes and 50 regular cupcakes. It's not that bad once I get in the groove. Sounds like you should've worked from home today! How'd your H's first interview go? Or is it today?

[lilyelayne]

Mar 4, 2016 11:23:02 GMT -5 kartish said:

Mar 4, 2016 11:18:04 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

kartish I think lots of museums here have kid friendly exibits and activities. I'll have to look into it, thanks!
No childrens gym though. She apparently has fun at the nanny service while I go to the gym, but I don't really count that as an activity we do 'together'

Sounds fun though. What do they do at the open gym sessions?

The gym has a ball pit, little trampolines, swings, climbing things, balance beams and some other gymnastics equipment, then a bunch of mats and soft obstacles. They have age group classes that work on different things each week, but the open session your LO can just explore and do whatever they want. I just wander around with him and make sure he doesn't get into trouble, and try to entice him to try new things (ie, not just the balls!).

They also have a skill session each day, so the coach helps the kids try something advanced.

This sounds amazing.

[lilyelayne]

I'm letting DS have some diaper free time because he's got a pretty awful diaper rash. I knew he has a lot of wet diapers but dude this kid has so much pee!

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kartish That sounds fantastic!

lilyelayne DD goes to the park almost every day with me or DH (depending om weather of cource). She loves the swings - she's the only kid at the park that laughs out loud when she swings. The slide is also fun but the swings are the best!

[dmorgendorffer]

lilyelayne, he had one yesterday and another one today. He didn't feel good about the one yesterday. Basically he's been in corporate IT Johnson & Johnson his entire career, and this role would move him to Babycenter (which is owned by J&J), but the culture and processes they follow at Babycenter are completely different than what he is used to so he was thrown by some of the questions yesterday. We'll see what happens, I have a feeling he is just discouraged and second guessing the whole thing.

[cougarette]

The managers made us breakfast this morning, complete with mimosas! I had 2 glasses by 10am! Happy Friday!

[cougarette]

My parents have passes to the aquarium, I need to take DS! I keep forgetting about it.

[aggiebug]

Hola.

I am dragging. Currently counting down to nap time for both of us.

[dreemkin]

aggiebug this is the 2nd or 3rd post that you've opened with "hola" and I haven't seen holachica posting in a while....

Training today on a new computer program for work. It's confusing but it's probably bc it's just so different. Live date is in a week ... yeah, we'll see how that goes...

[aggiebug]

Mar 4, 2016 13:29:56 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

aggiebug this is the 2nd or 3rd post that you've opened with "hola" and I haven't seen holachica posting in a while....

Training today on a new computer program for work. It's confusing but it's probably bc it's just so different. Live date is in a week ... yeah, we'll see how that goes...

LOL! I actually say hola a lot IRL, but I use it less here since we have @holachica. I must be slipping a bit

[aggiebug]

Remember my disaster of a dinner this week caused but a loose outlet? H mentioned we could stop by Lowe's to get a new outlet to replace the one we have. I suggested we take the face plate to make sure we get the correct color. 'they only come in a few colors it will be so easy to get the right color' guess who got the wrong color outlet... Oyi.

[kartish]

DH is working a double shift tomorrow and working on his day off on Sunday. So I'm expecting a grumpy husband this weekend.

I'm also working extra hours this weekend so we also won't see each other except in passing.

[dreemkin]

Mar 4, 2016 17:26:03 GMT -5 kartish said:

DH is working a double shift tomorrow and working on his day off on Sunday. So I'm expecting a grumpy husband this weekend.

I'm also working extra hours this weekend so we also won't see each other except in passing.

Boo!

[seamonster]

We went out of town for the weekend. The heat register won't turn off so we have the air on to try to cool the room. Of course we only have a winter sleep sack for DS and and we put him in a sleeper. Changing to a onsie at this point would just lead to further upsets so I'm dealing with the wake-ups for extra milk.

But H got me a half day spa package during the trip. Looking forward to some me time. Maybe I can make it through the massage part without falling asleep.

[aggiebug]

Omg I was awake from 3:45 - 5:45 last night and only cat napped a few times the next hour. I am exhausted.

[dreemkin]

Why am I up at 6am when I don't need to be grrr! I might have fallen back asleep but now I hear daughter 1 up and playing in her room. Might as well shower and start the day.