Another Great Day

Well, we had another great day here in Rochester! This morning the kids spent time with Daddy, and then he had to go to work at 1:00, so then it was Mommy-time! So first we had to take naps (the kids, not Mommy). Of course, this is time they do not seem to coordinate well, so Zachary slept for a couple of hours, and then Olivia finally decided that she needed to take a nap, too. About 15 minutes after she fell asleep, Zachary woke up.

So then I decided that it was getting pretty warm in the house, and why not open up the windows? Of course, the previous owners had taken all the screens out of the windows, so I had to go to the basement and find the right ones. And then I proceeded to put them up in all the windows - about 17 in all! A good little job to get done, and then I opened up all the windows - it was perfect! The breeze was so refreshing coming through the house. It was about 75 degrees and sunny here today - just gorgeous weather. So then we all got dressed in our summer clothes and decided to go outside for a bit.

So I went out to the shed and found a whole bunch of sandbox toys, and Olivia just went absolutely nuts! She played in the sandbox for about an hour making sand castles and burying Mommy's feet in the sand. Oh, what fun. And then Zachary loved playing in the sand, too, although he was mostly interested in playing with the trucks and then later tasting the sand. Olivia's high moment was that she found a baby worm, and after some convincing, decided to let it go in the grass so that it could grow up some more before it played with her later.

Then some supper, and after a while bathtime (always a highlight of the day), and then Zachary went to bed, and Olivia is just enjoying some quiet time before going down for the night. She's been playing with a bunch of her toys - of course, it's been interesting watching her play with her "naughty" bunny, which is always crying or fussing and which always wants to be carried and so she repeatedly tells the rabbit that she does not want to carry it and that it needs to go to bed (rather forcefully told). It was kind of cute, and I noticed that she only did this when Zachary was fussy before bathtime. So we've decided that maybe Olivia isn't quite ready to babysit (especially fussy kids).

Anyway, not much else happening here. I've just been rather tired these days. Some nausea here and there, but nothing to complain about. Actually, I kind of wish I had that more because that's the only way that I know that the baby's okay - I know it sounds kind of silly, but I can't feel the baby yet, and just always want to know that it's okay. More later...

posted by Elena