August 12, 2008

• Out to Dinner

  Tonight my parents were taking their kids and my uncle and cousin out to Red Robin for dinner. They invited Dan and I and the kids to join them, but I had forgotten that Dan already had plans to insulate his new garage with a friend tonight. I batted around the notion of just staying home, but then I thought.... Red Robin! Seriously, who passes that up on account of having three little kids to watch?! Thankfully, we ate outside, and were the only ones out there, so the kids could get down and move around a bit. And I got my strawberry lemonade/ Bonsai burger fix for awhile. (It's what I always get there.) (Although "always" is like 2x/year now. But it's still all I ever get. )

  Tomorrow is Will's last day of camp. This is his 4th week of camp this summer, and he has really, really loved it. It's amazing how the dynamics at home change, too. When he's home, he and Hallie play hardcore, and Tristan tags along. but when Will's out of the picture, suddenly Tristan becomes Hallie's best playmate! I got the entire house vacuumed this morning thanks to Hallie entertaining Tristan in the upstairs hallway. She does this goofy, slapstick comedy that Tristan just eats up, laughing so hard he sometimes literally falls over.  Which of course, fuels Hallie's drive to make him laugh, making her act even more zany and creative.... giving me more time to get my stuff done!! Yay for siblings. Will, meanwhile, is having a blast at nature camp, learning about the 10 commandments in addition to all kinds of crazy stuff about animals, the woods, etc. (Yesterday I asked what he'd been learning, and he told me, "The 10 commandments! I know some of them. Don't make any other gods. Don't boss your mom and dad around. Don't want to take your neighbor's things, like his toys or his cars..." I think he is getting the general idea.

  Tristan is finally starting to say a few words, like water (wa-wa), ball, Ace (my sister's dog), dada and mama. Unfortunately, I am not "mama", I am "mom". "Mama" is his pacifier!! What is with that!??! So when he runs around asking for his mama, it's not really me he wants... it's just his paci. Nice, huh?

  On my previous entry, I had a link to the final lap of the men's 4x100 relay where Lezak pulled off the amazing come-from-behind win for the USA. Apparently, NBC has an inferiority complex, though, because they filed a complaint about their footage being posted on youtube without permission... waaaaahhhh... So. That's why the link goes nowhere. Sorry about that! It was a sweet video, though. (Dumb NBC.)

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