Y Challenge

Al and I are in the "Y Challenge" -- We have a pedometer and a cyclometer and we have to keep track of our miles, or fractions of. It took an hour to install hers on the wheelchair; it involves lining up magnets on the spokes and wire placement and programming the "computer." What a pain.

Evan has started "screeching" or banging his head when things don't go his way. Not a good thing. We are going to ignore it.

Ho Hum

You know it's a boring life when the most exciting thing you've said all day is "5 minutes till Lawrence Welk!"

Al and I went to the Y this morning. I really like that jumpy machine that moves your feet. I have no idea what it's called. It's some kind of cardio machine...

Tampa Day

We went to Shriner's yesterday. Al is good; everything went fine. We have to get some minor wc adjustments and deeper shoes for braces. We were waiting in the O&P waiting room when 5 of the TB Buccaneers came in and signed pennants for the kids. I forgot the players' names but this guy is not one of them. He's probably a star QB or something...

Watching "Bideos"

When Alison was 1 she watched Barney with this look, Ev is watching either the Wiggles or Thomas...

I took Evan to the Infant & Toddler Expo at Harborside. It was very dumb. I had to pay $3. admission just to walk around and look at people's advertising. There were supposed to be pony rides, games, and shows. They had a goat, a snake, a moonwalk, and 2 clowns. We left after 20 minutes.

Settings

I'm fooling around with different camera settings. This is the "portrait" setting. I don't know... I may try setting the stops myself next time...

Two Headed Kitten

The Honda van wouldn't start at Ev's playgroup today. It had to be towed to Firestone. It needs a new starter.

Evan went down the "big" slide at KJD park. This year he's more interested in climbing and sliding than eating the shredded tire pieces on the ground.

Kittens Everywhere

Free Kittens! Come and get them. Anyone who would like a cat, let me know. we have grey tabbies, solid greys with white faces and feet and black kittens. Males and females. email jcarville1@yahoo.com for more kitten pictures.

Day 4 of crappy weather

The rain and clouds are getting depressing. It's still too hot to really work outside and too yucky to swim. Alison is working on her Thespian project for "I Hate Hamlet." She has to design tickets, a program, poster, and press releases.

The cats are so messy. I have to redo their litter box every day, sweep their room and wash the floor. Evan's been crawling up onto the table and countertops and getting into trouble. He hasn't fallen yet.

Alarm Sabotage

Someone unplugged my alarm clock last night. I plugged it back it, reset it, and fell asleep. Well, not only did the monster unplug it but he turned the volume down to zero as well. So I woke up late -- didn't hear the alarm at all. Barely got up in time to get Al ready for school. Put my whole day off. I've felt crappy all morning and afternoon. Got a t-shirt for $1. at Lamb of God Thrift store. Cool.

Bad Mirror

I was at the Y this morning and the place was filled with "serious workout people." I was noticing that there weren't any "fattish" people in at that time of day when I suddenly caught sight of one walking in the side wall mirror. "Oh, here comes one," I thought. Then I stopped short, turned and really looked. AGGGGGHHHHH!! It was me! How depressing. I exercised the crap out of myself today, literally. At least Evan behaved and stayed in the child care for almost an hour...

A funny thing... Evan calls his potty the "bobby." He calls Melon "minnow" and balloons "balls." The new Super Target has these big red balloons at the front and he loves them.

No rain, low pool

The pool has a leak so when it doesn't rain we have to fill it with the hose. We've tried to fix these leaks so many times and then another one pops up. I've started watering the yard plants. Got a new sprinkler. It was $1.88. It cost less than the bag of candy I got at the same time...

Made it to church

The kids are doing a little better today. We made it to church and I got to do the sound. Yay! That was fun.

It's incredibly hot, in the 90's still and NO rain.

The 3 of us alone...

Mike's gone to NY. Just the 3 of us and we had a busy weekend planned. Unfortunately, both the kids got sick. So we're at home with fussing and coughing and wiping noses every two seconds... Fun. Don't know if we'll make it to church tomorrow...

Stars & Stripes Forever

Alison plays the piano at church on 9/11. There are 3 teen piano players and one guitar player. They all played on Sunday. Really nice kids!

Evan's Haircut

He doesn't look too happy but Evan got a haircut last week. He was good, didn't squiggle too much. He is into cars and garages this week. Also balls. Soccer balls mainly. His favorite video this week is Kidsongs "Let's Play Ball."

Crazy cats

Nadia loves boxes. You can hear her at night batting beer and coke boxes around the floor. The new cats are named Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby, and Cindy. Of course there were 3 boys and 3 girls so what else could we name them?

Sam

We're now running a zoo practically. We have 8 cats and the dog. They are all getting on fine which is a miracle. The small cats are separated into their own area of the house. It's going to cost quite a bit to fix all these cats...
Evan's cold is better. Al might have a bit of it now. She's been tired for a few days.

Busy days, busy nights

We went to Alison's Open House last night. What a hectic schedule. She has to travel about 1/4 mile between some of her classes. She flies. I could barely keep up... I don't know how she does it with a crowd of students on the paths and in the halls...

Ice Cream Face

His favorite part of dinner... He won't eat ice cream from a bowl, it has to be in a cone.

Evan shops!

They have a neat supermarket at the Imaginarium. Kids can use carts or baskets and shop and then go to the checkout and scan everything.

Alison played the piano at church today. "Stars and Stripes Forever."