Weekend Anticipated

We had a nice week- very fast, but fun. School continues to be really great for A. B has been a bit of a bugger because he's got a load of teeth coming in at once. He is really starting to blossom though, in terms of his interests, sense of humor, and increasing walking proficiency. We had a great date night last night, when our friend Kim came over to sit on the couch (babysitting our kids is easy!). I'll go to her place in 2 weeks to watch her 10 week old daughter, so she and her husband can have their turn for a date. There weren't any movies we wanted to see last night, so we just went out to dinner. It was fun watching Mike enjoy his sashimi platter (I do not share his sushi love, and had Thai noodles).

Mike has been hard at work framing the basement. His electrician cousins are coming tomorrow, then we'll be ready to sheetrock. I think we're close to a decision regarding lighting fixtures, floor tile, and carpet. I have to take another look at paint, and make sure we've found THE couch. The window measurement specialist (Jed) will be calling in a few days, and we'll order two new windows for the basement.

Other than the basement project, I don't think we have any plans for the weekend. Mike is taking his cousins to the Gophers' game Saturday night with our season tickets, so I rented a movie I don't think Mike would care if he missed (The Painted Vail). I'll let you know what I thought of it.

Oh, by the way...

I suppose you might be wondering, you know- no news is good news.... but it's not that bad- I just forgot to post- I passed my board exam!!!!! I got an email on Monday (the 17th), and my scores were available online. What a relief- I'm going to enjoy the next 5.5 years! Thanks to everyone who offered such great encouragement, and afterwards such nice congratulations.



Now for some pictures:

The Gang plays golf

At the State Fair

A's latest gymnastics award ceremony

Better than Climbing Everest

For those of you who know our dirty little secret about how many er's we had on the tivo (the whole last season +), and who wonder why we even still watch it- WE ARE DONE!!! Mike and I accepted the challenge, and slowly but surely, and with a large surge at the end, finished every last episode of ER, and LOVED IT! So there!

Stuff

Sorry it's been awhile- I'm writing from the house of sick. We're all almost recovered now, but it wasn't fun wondering who would be the next to fall, and when. Friday night, A woke up in the middle of the night and had her 1x vomit- in the toilet no less, yay Daddy! Thanks for your wonderful aim and timing. Saturday we bought a pop up trailer! Woah, that is weird to even say, I don't feel like we're old enough to do something like that, but I guess we are. You may recall from an earlier post that we tested one out for one of Mike's tournaments, and it went really well. That's the one we ended up buying. Saturday night the kids slept over at G and G's, and Mike and I went to the Gophers game with Eric and Katie.

Thanks for all of your comments about little B- he is doing much better, although I don't think his appetite is back on track just yet. Tomorrow A has her kindergarten screening through the city. I'm kind of excited to see how that goes. I'll let you know!

I too love how this blogging thing has turned out (I don't know if Mike would agree, but oh, well). Jeny wrote in a recent post how much she loves it, and I have to agree. It's really nice to look back and see some cute/sweet things the kids did on days when they are driving me crazy! I've been working on publishing the posts from 2006 in a book...more on that later.

Sick B

Poor little babe- B threw up last night (x2) for the first time. He didn't sleep well last night, and isn't eating today. The worst part is that Grandpa and Grandma J were babysitting last night! Thanks for all of your help G&G; we really appreciate it!

Bridget, Steve, and Maren are in town for yet another post-doc visit of Bridget's. I had hoped to let Bennett and Maren have a little cousins' playdate while A was in school, but we'll see if B is up to it or not.

Mike and I planned out our cabinetry design last night. I'm really excited about them now- it turns out we are going to order cherry cabinetry for the whole basement, I think it'll look great.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Happiness is...

getting a sweet, gentle hug from my daughter, and having her say, "you make me so happy, Mom." How blessed am I?

Our Little Darlings

Thursday after school we went to get haircuts for both kids. Its amazing how much older a haircut makes Annalise look. She had individual school pictures on Friday. School has been really great so far; we are so glad to have chosen Little Flowers for Annalise. Bennett is having lots of fun in his first ECFE class too. He completed his first artwork yesterday- a squirrel holding an acorn, with plenty of marker and roller paint adornment. Here's a pic right after we got home from haircuts on Thursday.

We finally caught him!

Although B has been walking for a few weeks now, we have yet to capture the moment on film, because when I set him down and move a distance away to start filming, he starts crying.