Action-Packed and Hot
Looking back on my day, I'm almost a little surprised that we did so much, especially given the 100-degree heat we're having. Uh, that's 38 degrees to the rest of the world. Really really hot. So hot that it was a little scary putting the kids in the car - I started the air conditioning right away, but I still worried that the heat would fry their little brain cells. Anyway, here's a run-down of our day. First we went to the coffee shop to meet our knitting friends, but we were the only ones to show up this week, so the three of us sat in the cool shop for half an hour while I drank my iced decaf mocha latte drink, Julie drank her juice, and Sophie slept and then woke up and smiled. Then, we headed over to the Wedge and picked up a case of rice milk and a few other things. I picked up some Hyland's teething tablets to see if they would help Sophie feel a little better while those two bottom teeth come in. She ate them without fuss, and although she's wide awake still, at least she's not screaming. I took a picture of her gummy smile just to make sure I caught it one last time before it becomes a toothy grin.
Just after we got home, I got Sophie down for a little nap and the phone rang. It was Connie, a local knitter who makes socks for Children in Common, a charity that sends clothes to children in Russian orphanages. Connie was ready to come over and pick out some sock yarn. I put on a video for Julie, and Connie and I had a great time pawing through the piles and chatting about knitting, kids, and all manners of other stuff till Julie's video ended and Sophie woke up and Connie finally extricated herself from my conversational grasp. I sure can talk up a storm if you let me. It felt *so* good sharing the joy that is this pile of yarn from the Internet, knowing that Connie will have fun knitting it up and some needy child will have warm feet. Connie let me take her picture with the blankie. I think it looks happy with her holding it. Thanks for coming over, Connie!
Not long after Connie left, the mail arrived, and whatever she took away was more than replaced by the two packages that came today. First, a little package from Anne with some Trekking and some Regia, all very nice.
Then, a good-sized box, which when dumped out revealed this amazing pile of odds and ends from Ellen in Cambridge, MA. This is what she calls "a bit of leftover sockyarn". I'll say. Quite a bit. Yummy!
Thanks to both Anne and Ellen for sharing your yarn with me.
Okay, so after Connie left and the mail was opened, I took a look around. Our house was pretty warm even with the air conditioner cranking away full blast, Julie was looking kind of bored after entertaining herself for almost an hour during the yarn-pawing chat-a-thon, and I've been promising her for days that we would go to the water park. So I scrambled all around the house for fifteen minutes collecting swimming suits, sunscreen, swim diapers and towels, then for another ten minutes trying to find our season passes. I couldn't find them, but I decided either they would just let us in anyway or I would go ahead and pay the admission. Luckily, they let us right in, and as we were getting dressed afterwards I found them - in the bottom of the pool bag. D'oh! The pool was a perfect outing. Julie had a great time, mostly listened to me when I asked her to do something, and we all stayed cool. During the hourly break when they make everyone get out of the water, I took Julie to the snack bar and got her a giant popsicle that I thought for sure would melt before she could finish it, but she surprised me and slurped it right down. Sophie seemed to like being in the water sling and didn't mind being dipped in the cool water, either. We did have to go hang out in the locker room for a few minutes so I could nurse her, but then she slept the rest of the time we were there.
I wa going to tell you all about the amazing BLTs I made for dinner, but Sophie woke up for the 10th time fussing and I decided to just go to bed early with her. So I'm finishing this up Tuesday morning while she nurses again. Tonight's post - adventures in air conditioning!
Just after we got home, I got Sophie down for a little nap and the phone rang. It was Connie, a local knitter who makes socks for Children in Common, a charity that sends clothes to children in Russian orphanages. Connie was ready to come over and pick out some sock yarn. I put on a video for Julie, and Connie and I had a great time pawing through the piles and chatting about knitting, kids, and all manners of other stuff till Julie's video ended and Sophie woke up and Connie finally extricated herself from my conversational grasp. I sure can talk up a storm if you let me. It felt *so* good sharing the joy that is this pile of yarn from the Internet, knowing that Connie will have fun knitting it up and some needy child will have warm feet. Connie let me take her picture with the blankie. I think it looks happy with her holding it. Thanks for coming over, Connie!
Not long after Connie left, the mail arrived, and whatever she took away was more than replaced by the two packages that came today. First, a little package from Anne with some Trekking and some Regia, all very nice.
Then, a good-sized box, which when dumped out revealed this amazing pile of odds and ends from Ellen in Cambridge, MA. This is what she calls "a bit of leftover sockyarn". I'll say. Quite a bit. Yummy!
Thanks to both Anne and Ellen for sharing your yarn with me.
Okay, so after Connie left and the mail was opened, I took a look around. Our house was pretty warm even with the air conditioner cranking away full blast, Julie was looking kind of bored after entertaining herself for almost an hour during the yarn-pawing chat-a-thon, and I've been promising her for days that we would go to the water park. So I scrambled all around the house for fifteen minutes collecting swimming suits, sunscreen, swim diapers and towels, then for another ten minutes trying to find our season passes. I couldn't find them, but I decided either they would just let us in anyway or I would go ahead and pay the admission. Luckily, they let us right in, and as we were getting dressed afterwards I found them - in the bottom of the pool bag. D'oh! The pool was a perfect outing. Julie had a great time, mostly listened to me when I asked her to do something, and we all stayed cool. During the hourly break when they make everyone get out of the water, I took Julie to the snack bar and got her a giant popsicle that I thought for sure would melt before she could finish it, but she surprised me and slurped it right down. Sophie seemed to like being in the water sling and didn't mind being dipped in the cool water, either. We did have to go hang out in the locker room for a few minutes so I could nurse her, but then she slept the rest of the time we were there.
I wa going to tell you all about the amazing BLTs I made for dinner, but Sophie woke up for the 10th time fussing and I decided to just go to bed early with her. So I'm finishing this up Tuesday morning while she nurses again. Tonight's post - adventures in air conditioning!
posted by Shelly Kang at 10:41 PM
6 Comments:
That kangaroo pouch looks really handy! They didn't have them (or at least I didn't know about them) when mine were little, but it would have saved my back a lot of wear and tear. And you can go in the pool with Sophie in the pouch? Too neat!
sounds like you guys had a perfectly lovely day at the water park. Was it an inside or outside park?
Hehe, more yarn! I wonder how long it'll be before it stops coming in alltogether ^_~
It was so great to meet you and the girls yesterday! I will be posting about the yarn's destinatin as I work it up on my blog. I wanted to direct people to a more correct link - to the blog itself - www.scrapovers.com/blog Thanks again! I hope to see you soon!
You've been busy.
I wish we had a more reasonably priced public pool here.
The closest we have is a pool in one of the local hotels.
Sounds like lots of fun!
Was it the SLP water park? That one is pretty nice for all ages of kids. I went there with older ones when I worked for a day care nearby.
yay for yarn!
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