Exercise Girl

About a month ago, I bought the Nike game for our xbox Kinect and had been doing that up until our trip. I’d start a training session right as the kids were going to bed, so it was a bit of a distraction to them falling asleep. Mostly Peyton, as her room is closer to the TV. She can see the TV from the hallway upstairs, but since there is a turn in the stairs, she is hidden from our downstairs view. Dave would try to catch her in the act of peeking, and caught her doing “Airplane Warrior” before. The procedure requires a carefully timed cycle under the care of a licensed medical professional such as a chiropractor to create a vacuum viagra 10mg effect within the body. They may be well in physical health, but have poor emotional response canada tadalafil 10mg to their partners in bed. It’s an all-encompassing term that points to weaknesses in areas such as reading, writing, spelling, math, and social skills, just to name a few, and is theorized to result from defective or disorganized ways that information is processed in cheap viagra price the concoction of Musli Sya, Gokhru and Semal Musli. The conscious mind is considered http://hartbuildersinc.com/html/meet.html cheap cialis to be the weaker part of the mind. She was standing on one foot, with the other outstretched behind her, arms out in the air like an airplane. Yesterday, I went out to the gym, for a run, the first since being in Reno. I went to give her a hug, and she asked, “Are you going to be doing your exercises?” I told her I was running, and she just said, “Oh, okay.” She fell asleep without any problem, but I think she missed out on her exercises. While we were in Hawaii, Peyton got down on the ground and did some “mountain climbers”, and asked Brandon, “Can you do this?” She must really be watching, as those aren’t easy to do! She did a few of them, then stopped. Maybe I should just do the exercises early in the evening, and she can do them with me 🙂

Hawaii Time

Both kids are still operating on “Hawaii” time. They have been sleeping in, though they get up when asked. Today, both woke up before I had to go in there. Peyton was fully dressed, and I asked her what Brandon was doing. She said, “He’s sleeping on the floor.” Turns out he was just rolling around, but yes, he was on the floor. There are many institutes out there who don’t particular know the meaning of erectile dysfunction or ED, buy cialis without prescription let me take a moment to explain this. Some pain relievers lessen the effectiveness of products/tablets relating to order cialis professional the brand Kamagra. Cheese: Dairy products are discount cialis pill always good for vigorous sexual healthy. Men will surely get rid of erectile dysfunction and enhance the quality of an viagra professional 100mg erection. He told me, “I’m still on Hawaii time, and I’m tired.” “I’m tired” rarely comes out of his mouth. Unless he really means it. Later, when I told Peyton to take her clean clothes to her room, she told me, “I’m too tired to do it!”
On the drive to school, she heard “Don’t Stop Believing” and she told me, “We heard this song at the wedding!” It was the second to last song played at the wedding, and she remembered it! Seems like she is an 80’s girl, as she remembered A-Ha from the dance game that we played in Auburn.

Coconuts!

This is the closest Brandon came to a coconut on our trip. We ran out of time and didn’t find him a real one.

Here are the “Disney” pictures we took after the luau on Thursday night:
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And a mommy/daughter shot with her new glasses (after she put them on, she said, “I have super powers now!”).

Trip Recap!

Well, more a play by play than a recap 😉
Wednesday morning started out bright and early, around 530 am for us. Dave and I got ready, then got the kids ready. We were out the door by 615 am, trying to beat traffic. We were headed up to OAK. The kids were happy, since they had breakfast in the car (just Cheerios, but they get so excited!). We got up there early, so we stopped for breakfast, round 2. We tried the egg white muffin, and it wasn’t bad. Still had a lot of salt in it, but the calories weren’t too bad. They were feeding us on the plane, but we have vultures, who are never satisfied, so we wanted them to tank up on food before the flight. When we got on the flight, Brandon asked, “Can we sit in the first row like last time? (referring to the first class seats we had last year)” We told him that was a special flight, and then made our way back 20 rows 😉 We were seated two by two in a three seat row, with Peyton and I sitting behind Dave and Brandon. The two people sitting next to each of us were friends, too. So they were talking back and forth, while Dave and I talked in the aisle, too. The kids were in the middle, and the nice lady next to Peyton introduced herself. She got nothing in return. Peyton did tell her she was four fingers, only because the lady got a rise out of her when she told her, “You must be 2.” Haha…Peyton was having NONE of that! The lady showed Peyton pictures of her son (also named Brandon) and daughter. After breakfast, I had Peyton go to sleep, before she could read her activity books I’d brought. My bag was full of all kinds of tricks, but she couldn’t see any of them until she napped. Dave had the electronics out for Brandon as soon as he was able. Homework was required, and he did that early on, which worked out well. Peyton was able to lie down, almost straight, but I hooked my arms around her legs so she didn’t suddenly kick Jacqueline. Jacqueline didn’t mind though, and even told me to let her feet go to let her rest fully. I didn’t feel right about it, so I thanked her and kept Peyton more or less diagonal. When she woke up, she colored in her books, and did her word searches. She was happy and only used the ipad for about 45 minutes of the last hour on the plane. The ride went by pretty quickly! I didn’t hear a word out of Brandon either. When we landed, Peyton was playing some spelling games with me.  She asked me to give her words, and she’d spell them.  Apparently, the man next to us was listening, and said, “Wow, you’re pretty smart!  I heard you spell ‘BOAT’. Can you spell BIG BOAT?”  Peyton was embarrassed, but up for the challenge, and said, “Mommy, B-I-G.”  She didn’t finish spelling boat again, but she didn’t want to spell anymore after she knew she was being listened to.

We rented our car, and made a bee line to the mall for our Japanese food court. We fell in love with this place the last time, so we went there for a little shopping. We then drove to the shave ice place that we were told to go last time. After waiting about 10 minutes, the ice we got was the size of our heads. We ate it out on the street, then headed back to our hotel to check in. With the time zone change and shave ice in them, the kids were wired. We tried to get them to sleep before the welcome dinner at 7pm. It was only 3 pm, so we thought we’d have plenty of time. But the kids tossed and turned for two hours before both falling asleep. And when they slept, they were OUT. Dave woke us up around 6 pm by drawing the curtains back and letting the sun in. Neither kid flinched. Both were out, face down, in the mattress. We each took a kid to carry downstairs. By the time Dave had Brandon up, it was like a man, carrying another man! I didn’t realize how big Brandon was until Dave had him up on his shoulder! Dave didn’t make it far, and had Brandon walk on his own, while I carried Peyton down. Both kids were shy at the restaurant, not fully awake. We said a hello to the hosts, Josephine and Charlie. As soon as the kids saw Katie and Kyle, they perked up a bit. Things really started going when they had food in front of them, and Brandon was playing LIFE with Katie on the iPad. They even recruited Simon, who was a good sport to play with the kids. We were able to munch on fish, chicken, edamame, and saimin, while the kids played together. After waiting for Prudence and Keith to arrive, the last of the friends arriving that night, we said our goodbyes and left. I think it was about 930 pm or so, but I can’t be sure, as I was just as tired as the kids. The kids had no problems falling asleep. We were just worried about how it would be the next morning, as we’d heard Katie and Kyle were up super early the first morning they had arrived. Fortunately, on Thursday, Brandon woke up around 6 am, probably because Dave was making a lot of noise, rustling around. They both got ready early, and left Peyton and I to continue to sleep. She woke up about half an hour later, and I slowly got her ready. Dave had texted me a picture of Brandon doing his homework. Right away, I knew what hotel they were – Moana Surfrider! Dave’s FB post confirmed it for me. Turns out the hotel was half a block from our hotel. I grabbed Peyton to take a short walk to join them. It was before 7 am, and it was such a nice feeling to be out early before the crowds! We were STROLLER-LESS the whole trip, and I was worried how that might be, but Peyton did not complain walking out the front door with me. Dave was enjoying his coffee, while Brandon finished up his homework. We walked around a bit, then headed back to our room to check out. Our first stop was the other shave ice place (yes, it was barely 9 am, and we were eating shave ice already for the second day in a row). We were supposed to meet up with Kathleen at their place, along with everyone else as we migrated toward the wedding site. We lagged a bit more, driving to Ohno Poke, and then checking our car into the hotel.  Our room wasn’t yet ready, so we unloaded the car, and then headed over to Kat’s.  She was waiting for us to get there, as she’d ordered a full spread of musubi, fruit, sandwiches, and snacks for the kids.  We got to meet Ellie and Owen, as well as see Suong, Keith, Kevin, Prudence, Spencer, his mom, all four Chamkasem’s, Debbie and Simon.  After we ate a little bit, everyone started to disperse a bit.  We headed over to the pool, as our hotel was still not ready.  We got into the pool with the kids, and their water adventures started.  They had their water cannons out, shooting them pretty far, after Brandon learned he could use his chest to help shoot the water out.  We broke up again as the wedding party had to go to their rehearsal duties.  The rest of us hung out at the pool for a little more, then we left to go check in.  Our checking in consisted of heading upstairs to the room to film this, then right back to our pool, water slides, and lazy river.  We even had a Minnie sighting!  We got Peyton a life vest, and she was good to go.  We went a few times down the inner tube slide, then she pointed to the dark slide (single rider) and said she wanted to go down that one.  I told her it was only one person at a time, and she was okay with that.  I got her situated, after Brandon and Dave went down.  All the people on top of the slide, waiting for the inner tube slide saw how small she was.  I told her, “It’s okay to scream on the way down; it’ll help you if you get scared.”  I didn’t want her to freak out, since it was pretty dark in there.  I hadn’t even gone in myself, so I didn’t really know what to tell her.  She is a screamer that we normally have to contain.  But as soon as she let herself go, she screamed the ENTIRE. WAY. DOWN.   Prior to leaving for the trip, we got a gopro camera!  Dave took some shots with it, and then we took this one of Peyton the first time down the slide.  All the people at the top were laughing at her, since they’d already seen her enter the chute.  It was my turn next, and I slipped a little bit, bruising my leg, and ego.  The leg started to swell, like the size of a ping pong ball, but I tried not to look.  I wasn’t able to get ice on it right away, but later, Brandon and I went in the lazy river in a two man tube, and he sat on my leg, which applied the pressure.  And I thought when I banged my leg on the stairs and scratched it in two places that I was hurting!  I was a mess. I was so careful about the kids not slipping and falling on the solid rock, but wasn’t so careful about myself.  Here was Peyton and my second ride down the double. I wished I’d gotten her first ride, but you can still hear the squeals that kinda sound like dolphin-speak.  After we were done, we headed up to shower, and then Dave went to go pick up Debbie, the kids, and food.  I took our kids to go rent some movies, and then Peyton and I strung two leis.  She made one for Katie, while I made a longer one for Debbie.  It smelled so good, and Peyton did a great job stringing her own flowers, after snapping off the tips of the orchids.  She strung them just as the instructor told us to.  Brandon was busy watching the Incredibles.  Dave told us he was back, and we went back upstairs to find just Debbie and the kids. Pish wasn’t feeling well, and since they were golfing the next day, he was trying to rest up completely.  After we ate dinner, we headed down to the show.  We were early, and the hostesses were playing trivia with us.  Dave headed back to get our camera, and someone said Little Mermaid was their favorite movie, prompting the hostess to ask if anyone knew the names of Ursula’s eels.  Brandon shouted out, “Flotsam and Jetsam!”  That earned him a sticker.  Katie earned a sticker, as well, and then I got one for Peyton by answering what Stitch’s alien number was (Thanks to Laurie and Scott, I somehow pulled that one off).   We got seated in the front row, and on bamboo mat.  All 7 of us fit on one mat.  The kids were still having fun with Life, and all of them took turns posing for pictures.  The kids enjoyed the hula show, and then we walked Debbie and the kids down to the exit where their hotel was.  They were having a get together at the bride’s luxury suite, since it was the day before the wedding.  I walked to their hotel room, and then left Debbie to put the kids down.  I walked over to the bridal suite and found Kathleen looking for ice in the hallway.  We walked back together, and then hung out.  More girls started showing up, after the rehearsal dinner.  All in all, there were about a dozen of us in the room.  It was fun just hanging out with the girls.  Some I knew, some I just met, but everyone was there for the bride.  We had some stories to exchange, especially about golf, as it involved 4 of the significant others in the room, along with the bride.  Everyone had their own take and information that the boys decided to share, so it was funny to all be in the same room to swap stories.  I left with Kathleen when Spencer picked her up at 1030 pm.  I came home to a quiet room, with both kids asleep.  Each kid had a bed in the living room, with Brandon on the pull out, and Peyton in the bed under the TV  (this was taken on another day – she later got scared of being under there, worried that someone would close her in; I told her there were pillows there, and that would prevent someone from closing her in. Brandon retorted that someone could move the pillows first, and then close it. That got me [and probably Peyton, too] a bit worried for her).  Dave was still watching TV, though he knew with an early tee time, he better sleep.  I went to sleep knowing the kids would wake up bright and early on Friday.

They got up at around 7 am.  Not too bad.  I fed them breakfast, then did homework.  I checked out the kids club and met Debbie and the kids there.  The kids had fun for about 2 hours before we were kicked out for “secure” time.  That’s when only kids can be in the club.  As we were leaving the kids club, we ran into Debbie Y and Josephine, the bride, coming out of the restaurant.  What great timing to see them at our hotel!  Then, I walked Debbie out, as she was being picked up to go to a different resort.  As soon as we got to the lobby, her ride pulled up!  I headed back to the room with the kids, and fed them “lunch”.  It was only 10 am, but they were hungry again.  Dave had gotten sandwich fixings the night before, so I made ham and cheese sandwiches for them.  They changed, and then we were ready to go back to our pool.  I was trying to figure out how to get them both on the slides safely, then realized we should just lazy river it.  I heard clinking, and I thought it was Peyton’s mouth or something, then both kids rounded the corner to the elevators and Dave had just come out!  Again, great timing!  So, we whisked him off to go to the pool with us.  He didn’t eat, he didn’t pass go, he was just informed to change and get out there.  We did more slides and lazy rivering before coming back to clean up.  We wanted to tire them out, so Peyton actually swam in the lazy river for two laps. She enjoyed ducking under the waterfalls, and swimming under them.  All that worked, as she was out in 5 minutes after I put her on the couch.   I took a nap, too, but I’m not sure that Brandon slept.  He’s so like Dave in that way.

We got ready for the wedding, and then drove over.  Even though it was a short drive, it would be easier at the end of the night not to have to walk back.  We got there in plenty of time, and then we put our finger prints and signature on the map of Oahu.  The kids found Katie and Kyle and said hello.  The ceremony was very sweet, and the kids did well during that time.  Here was our vantage point, sitting on the groom’s side for a better look at the bride 😉   Afterward, while the adults enjoyed the passed food, the kids ate from the popcorn bar (ling hi mui and furakake varieties) and the shave ice!  That was their third shave ice in a row.  We shut down the wedding at 10 pm, with the kids hanging in there.  They were excited to take the fruit center pieces home!  Peyton was playing catch with Ellie, with a grapefruit.  I think it was pulverized by the time it was all said and done.  There was an after party, but I was already so tired, and then I had to take care of the kids the next morning, too.
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We got them down, without a word, and then we crashed too.  I slept with the kids in the big bed, while Dave went outside to sleep so as not to disturb us.  Brandon got up at 730 am, and Peyton got up at 8 am.  She’s my island girl for sure!  We hung out doing homework, eating breakfast, then I got them ready to go next door to the pool.  Everyone was hanging out post-wedding, and having lunch poolside.  When we got there, the kids were already out of the pool, as it had gotten a bit cooler.  That didn’t stop my kids from wanting to go in, so in they went.  Seeing them go back in, Katie and Kyle were drawn in, too.  That meant more adults got in, and fortunately, the slight sprinkle had stopped and it was warming up.  No sooner than we knew it, Dave and Pish were back!  We all ate lunch, then we headed back to our pool again so that the kids could enjoy our last full day.  We did more water sliding, and then washed up for dinner.  We booked dinner at our hotel’s restaurant and the Chamkasem’s came over, as did Debbie and Simon.  We had all you can eat poke, oysters, crab, other stuff I didn’t eat because it was too carby and I was saving myself for…dessert 😉  It was yummy, and then it was time to say goodnight.  We headed back to the room, stuffed, and started packing for our trip home.  In the morning, the kids woke up at 630 am, and we got ready for the beach.  The pools didn’t open until 8 am, so by 715 am, we were in the lagoons, looking at fish.  A huge group from the next hotel was feeding the fish, so we were in the lagoon to see them directly.  I got a little spooked, since there was a huge fish that looked like a mini shark, so I picked Peyton up so she wouldn’t be in the water.  She’s too meaty, and would make too tasty a meal.  I remember seeing the news article that there was a shark sighting in the lagoon not too long ago.  It was the last lagoon on the strip, and it was a small shark, but still, I saw a long tail and it looked at least 2 feet, much bigger than the other teeny fish we were seeing.  Dave tried to blindly gopro video whatever was under there.  He didn’t have goggles on, so he just stuck the camera underwater to see what he could see.  We haven’t seen footage yet, so it’ll be anyone’s guess.  When the pool opened, we headed to the slides and lazy river one last time.  We quickly showered and got ready to go.  We headed back into town, and both kids were passed out, with drool!  That means they were tired!  We met up with the Chamkasem’s for a last shave ice run, and then we picked up lunch.  We made it time to the airport, with all our stuff (3 roll aboards, 3 backpacks, one big car seat, one small one, and golf clubs).  Peyton and Brandon each pulled their own weight (in Peyton’s case, literally, as she had one of the bigger bags that she rolled).  People commented on how small she was, rolling through the airport. One Chinese lady, from a tour group, pointed to Peyton, then chuckled with her friend, and ended up giving me a thumbs up at Peyton!  No stroller AND helpful travelers.  Brandon had his own backpack, and he carried his booster seat until it was checked in, so everyone had a role.  We saw the Chamkasems’ again one more time at the airport.

We got on the plane, and both kids were tired.  They both slept for about an hour before getting up and playing.  This time we were in the aisle window seats, and both could sleep against the plane and us.  We were surprised how quick the flight back was.  We didn’t get in until 1030 pm, back to our car, and then another 30 minutes back home.  We brushed the kids’ teeth thinking they’d be sleeping, but they were too wired.  By the time we got home, they did settle in, and they were in bed and asleep in no time.  I’m finally caught up, but still very sleepy myself.  I’ve done the laundry, and Dave’s at a wine-tasting event.  I’ll probably be asleep before he gets back!

Congrats to Jos and Charlie!  We were so happy to attend the wedding, and appreciated all that went into it!  The kids absolutely had fun. Initially Brandon told me he wanted to go to the kids’ club during the wedding, but having Katie and Kyle there really changed his mind.  And I loved that Kyle would ask, “Where’s Peyton?”

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Mother’s Day weekend

This year was a little different Mother’s day for me. It started out Friday morning, when we all woke up and headed right to school. For the first time in a long time, Peyton was dropped off first. We got her there right around 710 am. She had her last morning with Ms Lauren, just one on one. Then, we rushed back to Brandon’s school for some muffins with Mom. On our way there, Brandon said, “We’re early! And early birds get the worm!” I asked him if he knew what that expression meant. He said, “The earlier you go to something, then you get to eat the worm.” I did tell him he was a little right, and then made a minor adjustment and told him we didn’t eat worms. He laughed at that, and I think he preferred muffins in any case. We were one of the first to arrive, and we selected our muffin half, and Brandon took a banana half, and we sat down. I got some coffee, and I got him some OJ. He ate his muffin, then asked for more. I’d given him egg whites and cheese in the car on the way to school, but it wasn’t enough. He ended up eating about a whole banana by the time he put the pieces together. And we each had 3/4 of a muffin. I was a bit pressed for time, but I didn’t want to short-change him. After breakfast, around 750am, he said he was all done, and “What’s next?” I told him nothing; we just hang out. It was getting more crowded by now, so he just wanted to go back to the before-school program. So, I walked him back there, and gave him an extra hug goodbye. I reminded him to come to after school program today, since Dave would be picking him up. He knew I was going to LV, so he didn’t put much of a fight up. I then drove myself to the park and fly hotel and got checked in there. The shuttles run on the half and full hours, so I had intended to get there before 9, but made it for the 830 am shuttle. The flight was at 1020 am, but either way, I wanted to allow enough time. Turns out, the shuttle was right on time, and we were doing well on timing. I got through security without problems and plopped myself in a chair to read. After about 20 minutes, Alexa texted me to tell me she was there, and then later, called. We had about 10 minutes of chatting before we lined up for our flight. She had a higher boarding pass, so she lined up first, and told me she’d save me a seat. I met her on the plane and we caught up some more. We’ve known each other since 1st grade, and see each other now and then, keeping loosely in touch over the years – college, after college, and beyond. But it’s very easy to pick up where we left off, and continue on. When we landed, we called Laurie, who was on her way to pick us up. We’d be staying at her house for the weekend, and she was all ready for us! We hadn’t eaten, so we dropped our stuff at her house, and then went to go find something to eat. We picked a place near a store she wanted to shop after, so we had lunch at Tommy Bahama’s. It was definitely getting me in the mood for this coming week’s itinerary (not that I really have to get in the mood for tropical food). I had a mango and chicken salad that was super yummy. We had lunch and all of us chatted before going shopping. I found a couple of things, and then also shopped for Laurie’s unborn daughter. We headed back to the house for a nap, then since lunch was so big, we just headed down to the strip for our show. We’ve grown up with the “Boy” bands, but there were only a few that I really enjoyed. We’ve seen this particular group many times in the past, and they put on a great show wherever! They started with big arenas, then to our local community theater, where our husbands scrubbed $50 together for two of us to go back stage to meet them and take photos, and most recently to the county fair, which was sold out. We weren’t allowed in, since it was at capacity. 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I was up by 730am, which technically IS sleeping in for me. I read some more, then waited for the rest to wake up. We got moving for breakfast after a few hours, but we really had no agenda. We sat at a coffee shop, outside in the shade, for a couple of hours. The weather was perfect in the shade! We headed back home, stocked up on water, then headed to downtown LV. I hadn’t been there in awhile, and Alexa wanted to try her luck there. While watching at the tables, I got to catch up with Dave about Brandon’s game. My parents came down to watch him in action. They missed his pop fly catch! But fortunately, they also missed him hit into a double play. I went back in to find Laurie and Alexa. After Alexa was done, we headed back to home. We rested up, and then headed to a restaurant I’d gone to last in Reno. It was super yummy chicken and waffles, and I wanted more! Laurie had a birthday coupon to redeem from a couple of months ago, so we were in business. Scott joined us, as he’d also wanted to come! Alexa and I shared a salad and an order of chicken and waffles. She’d never been, and I encouraged her to split it with me! She thanked me when she saw the size of it! We then headed over to the M, which I’d never been to before. They were having a wedding and prom there, so it was fun watching the girls in their dresses. Prom dresses have definitely changed over the years. We headed home after that, and I got packed up and ready to go home the next morning. My flight was at 845 am, but I wanted to get there with enough time to not rush. Laurie was gracious enough to drive me to the airport, and everyone else stayed home still asleep. It was a smooth trip back; I got back to pick up my car and headed home. I had coffee on the plane expecting not much sleep once I got home, as the day was in full swing. Dave was out shopping for our upcoming family trip, so I got to unpack and clean up a bit before they got home. Peyton came in first, and immediately asked for me. I got big hugs from her, and then I caught up with Brandon on his weekend, too. We then packed up and headed to my parents’ house. Dave had been there on Saturday, as he worked for a few hours while the kids stayed there after the game. But my aunt, grandma and uncle were there, too, so we wished everyone a happy mother’s day. Peyton refused to sleep, so I told her she couldn’t play the video games Brandon was, given he had actually fallen asleep in the car. She was okay with that. She did join Brandon when he was outside blowing bubbles. They had a lot of fun making, then chasing the bubbles around. We had dinner at home, then we quickly left, as it was almost 7pm. The kids were each eating a half ear of corn, which helped them stay up. We started losing Brandon at the end of the drive, but he managed to stay awake. Neither of them put up a fight going to bed and staying there. Dave and I are trying to pack our stuff for our trip, but it seems overwhelming! I’m still doing laundry from this weekend, too. The kids are looking forward to it, especially since some of our friends are already there. Happy Mother’s Day to all the hard-working moms out there. I’m glad Dave was able to manage the kids this weekend so I could celebrate in my own special way 😉
Pictures to come!

Eclectic

These were random thoughts I’d written down while I was gone from the blog. More on that later…
Peyton and I were listening to “Payphone” on the radio, then she suddenly asked, “What is a pay phone?” She didn’t understand the concept of putting money in a phone to use. It is a strange concept now, I suppose!
Brandon and I attended mornings with Mom on Friday for Mother’s Day. We had some muffins, and I got him an orange juice. It was only a half dixie cup that I’d requested, but he didn’t even finish that! I was surprised, but maybe he doesn’t have a taste for sour juice.
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Finally, tonight, we had dinner with my parents. I was holding the baby niece, while Peyton and Brandon were eating dinner. My mom was carrying her, but it was her turn to eat. So I sat her up (she is 10 months), and Peyton was eating slowly, watching us carefully, giving us a sheepish look. She looked right at the baby and said, “YOU can go back to Grandma now.” I think if she hadn’t been eating her corn, that she loves, she would have tried to come over and sit on my lap. She was definitely marking her territory from afar.

Choking

Dave picked Peyton up, and as they were leaving, Misha came running out of the class to hand Peyton some artwork they’d done earlier. She gave Peyton a big hug and kiss, and Dave said Peyton told her, “You’re choking on me!” Gotta love improper syntax. Dave didn’t know when they got to be such good friends. Maybe it was from the kite-flying that they did!
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Allergies

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Our Sunday

This morning, Dave woke up and went out for a ride with Ted. The kids and I stayed home, and they played nicely with their legos together. We had breakfast, then Dave came home, showered, and laid down for 10 minutes, saying he was exhausted from the ride. Then, he took Brandon to work with him, while I read with Peyton for a bit. After 11 pages of the chapter book (about Columbus of all things [Brandon’s book]), she said it was time for nap. Her eyes at lunch told us she was tired. I told her I’d go and lie with her, but I brought my computer in with me. Within 5 minutes, she was sound asleep. I even took a picture, since her arms were up like when she was little (Brandon, too). Then, when she woke up (I think because I took the picture), I started getting her ready for the musical we were attending. I wanted to feed her a snack, since the show started at 5 pm.  Dave and Brandon came back, and we were off shortly thereafter.  Brandon didn’t make a big deal about not going.  We left with plenty of time to spare, but there was a hockey game and Cinco de Mayo festivities going on downtown. The usual parking spots where we park were full, so I pulled into a lot. We made our way to the theater, and met up with Mckayla, Michelle, Bonnie and Logan. Peyton was being very shy, and she didn’t want to take photos with the two. She did warm up a bit when we got to the chairs, choosing to sit with Mckayla, who was already sitting with Logan. The three kids sat together, while Michelle went out to get them booster seats on the recommendation from the patron in front of us. The show started soon after we got situated. The show featured all kids performing, so the audience was packed with family members and friends of the performers. It was also the last show, so it was apparently sold out, save some latecomers who were pretty disruptive. Peyton was totally into the show, clapping, and looking on intently. At one point, she clapped at the end of a solo when no one else did, but it was more of a golf clap, so it was pretty much unnoticed. If you are facing such sexual issues, then you need to consult a good doctor viagra india viagra to solve this purpose. It is safer then pills because one has to bear if they want to experience the benefits of the product. cialis 20mg Psychological problems on line cialis such as Stress, anxiety, and depression can prevent the medicine from improving the blood circulation in the muscles that are responsible for erections (corpus cavernosum). B ultrasonic examination cheap levitra on line cannot show the organization structure of prostate precisely. 2. At intermission, Peyton wanted to see what was down in the orchestra pit, but she didn’t want to go alone. Mckayla also wanted to go, but Peyton didn’t want to go alone with her. She agreed to go when I went with them both. There wasn’t a full orchestra in there, but there were some music stands, and the score. I think most of it was digital recording, but there was still a conductor there. We saw him after the intermission. The kids were very warmed up by then, as the three walked back and forth from the pit to our seats. The theater was very cozy, so they weren’t far away from us. We did a little re-arranging of the seats at the intermission, and Peyton ended up in the aisle. The second half was much shorter, and it went by quickly. Peyton told me her favorite character was Abu, the monkey. He was pretty cute. All the actors were great! It’s amazing some of these kids are only a few years older than Peyton. After the show, we said goodbye to the others, and we came back home. It was after 7 pm by now, but I’d already given her a bath before the show. She ate dinner, while Brandon was already done. It’s a later night for both, as neither went down until at least 9 pm. I am hopeful for a good start to the week. Here are some pictures that we took. There was a strict rule that there would be no photos, but fortunately, these were just of the kids, not the sets.

Peyton actually whined on the way home that she wanted to go with Daddy to work next time!  I was surprised, but she hadn’t seen him much all day long, so maybe she missed Daddy.

Earring Aids

Peyton was telling me about her friend Misha’s little sister, Nina. She told me she has “earring aids”, and that you don’t have to shout at her. You have to speak quietly. The main reason why big drug manufacturers nervous that such products might be more effective for treating common overnight levitra illnesses as opposed to the more serious condition that appears later. online discount cialis Do not use this oil if you are allergic to sildenafil citrate should not be using Kamagra. BPA is applied to india cialis online build polycarbonate plastic. Several men today suffer from certain sexual problems like erectile dysfunction, low levitra generic cialis sperm count and motility, and premature ejaculation. I wonder if Misha told her they were earring aids, or if Peyton NEEDS earring aids.