Wednesday: I had trouble getting out of bed but that was made better by Papa dropping off an apple fritter on his way home from dropping Nate off at school. Hannah had doughnuts at his house for breakfast. She was very excited about that. After work, I picked up Hannah and we came home to watch some cartoons and rest. Then, we played with some flash cards until Brad got home.
Thursday: Pajama day! Well, half of the day anyway. We slept in until after 9 a.m. and it felt so good! Hannah said she likes sleeping until after the sun comes up. Me, too, kiddo! We lounged for a while. Hannah played on her ClickStart computer while I did a bit of laundry, then we got dressed and took the dog for a walk in the sunshine with Hannah on her tricycle. We walked past the ice cream van (yes, really) but I hadn't brought any cash with me. Hannah still had to look at all of the choices before moving on. The lady in the van gave her a lollipop even though I didn't have any money. That was very nice of her. Hannah hollered a "thank you" as she rode away. We played at the playground for a bit then came home before it was overrun by kids getting out of school. Hannah colored on recycled paper for the longest time then asked to watch a movie.
Showing posts with label playground. Show all posts
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Wednesday
Hannah and I took some sandwiches and a soccer ball to a little park down the street from my parents' house. Papa stopped by on his way home from shopping to say hi and Hannah tried to get him to go on the slides. He only stayed for a few minutes but it was nice to see him. Hannah then fell in love with the tire swing and that is all she wanted to play on. It was a really nice day for a picnic and we were comfortable in short sleeves on a beautiful fall day.
After the park, we stopped at Target for a couple of things and then came home.
After the park, we stopped at Target for a couple of things and then came home.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Wednesday
Hannah, Petey, and I walked to the park today. It was a fun time until Hannah told me "no" when I asked her to hold on to the swing. As we headed home, Hannah threw a fit. Everyone for four blocks knew that Hannah did not want to go home based on the tantrum she had all the way home. We kept it pretty low-key after that and played around the house.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Wednesday
We went to the park today. A good time was not had by all.
I called first to make sure that the YMCA was not going to be there to run us over. When we got there, there was another little family with three kids. One little girl showed an interest in Hannah so Hannah made them fast friends. I think the other child was closer to 2 1/2 or 3 years old so there was a little bit of a "language" barrier between the two, but that didn't stop Hannah.
At one point the other girl's grandmother(?)/older guardian called her away from Hannah to play ball and didn't invite Hannah to play along. I'm not sure why and I didn't ask. Maybe it was the color of Hannah's hair, or the clothes I had on, but the elder woman didn't seem to like us.
Hannah sulked and started to bury herself in playground bark. Of course she got something uncomfortable in her eye and I asked her not to play in the bark anymore.
When the little girl and her grandmother were done playing ball, Hannah was able to play with the little girl again if for no other reason than the guardians of the other children weren't paying attention. The girls found some large strips of bark that the Y kids had ripped off the trees last week when we were there and thought it would be fun to climb up the curly slide while holding the jagged hunks of wood inches from their eyeballs to then throw the bark off the top of the slide and then slide back down and start over. I asked Hannah not to do that since it didn't look safe. I had to ask her three times because the other little girl kept telling her it was OK. Not OK. We had a little talk about listening to Mommy and not other children.
The next game was to play in the bark. Again, I asked Hannah not to because she would rub her eyes and we'd have the same problem we had earlier. Again, the other child kept telling her to play in the bark. Again, Hannah would not listen to me. We left. Hannah threw a tantrum all the way to the car.
I called first to make sure that the YMCA was not going to be there to run us over. When we got there, there was another little family with three kids. One little girl showed an interest in Hannah so Hannah made them fast friends. I think the other child was closer to 2 1/2 or 3 years old so there was a little bit of a "language" barrier between the two, but that didn't stop Hannah.
At one point the other girl's grandmother(?)/older guardian called her away from Hannah to play ball and didn't invite Hannah to play along. I'm not sure why and I didn't ask. Maybe it was the color of Hannah's hair, or the clothes I had on, but the elder woman didn't seem to like us.
Hannah sulked and started to bury herself in playground bark. Of course she got something uncomfortable in her eye and I asked her not to play in the bark anymore.
When the little girl and her grandmother were done playing ball, Hannah was able to play with the little girl again if for no other reason than the guardians of the other children weren't paying attention. The girls found some large strips of bark that the Y kids had ripped off the trees last week when we were there and thought it would be fun to climb up the curly slide while holding the jagged hunks of wood inches from their eyeballs to then throw the bark off the top of the slide and then slide back down and start over. I asked Hannah not to do that since it didn't look safe. I had to ask her three times because the other little girl kept telling her it was OK. Not OK. We had a little talk about listening to Mommy and not other children.
The next game was to play in the bark. Again, I asked Hannah not to because she would rub her eyes and we'd have the same problem we had earlier. Again, the other child kept telling her to play in the bark. Again, Hannah would not listen to me. We left. Hannah threw a tantrum all the way to the car.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thursday
Garrett got dropped off around 6:15 AM. He said he'd eaten breakfast so Brad just gave him a yogurt cup. Garrett said he was full so he didn't finish it. Hannah didn't finish hers yesterday, either. I suspect the Yoplait may not be as tasty as advertised. He played with toys while Hannah slept.
Hannah woke up around 7:45 AM in her own bed. She had pink moo and toasty sticks for breakfast.
We washed and brushed (Hannah's teeth) and headed out the door to meet Susanne and kids at the Lazy 5 Regional Park. The kids played at the playground for a little while and had dried fruit for a snack. We went over to the water play park around opening time only to find out that they were not going to open until June 4th. Hannah was very upset that we couldn't stay and it took her a little while to calm down. Garrett was really easy-going about the whole thing. He's such a cool little dude.
We decided to let the kids eat their lunches at the picnic tables and move the party to the Coconut Bowl. Lunch was turkey and cheese sandwiches with chips and apple juice. Our friend, Tracy, and her kids came by the park and went to the Coconut bowl with us.
The Coconut Bowl has this play area indoors with a huge climbing structure and foam balls you shoot through air guns. They climbed all over that thing until Hannah got stuck and panicked. Then she said she hurt her leg but was fine after she cried it out. Overall, they appeared to enjoy themselves. We left a little later than I had planned to and got back to the house just before 2 PM.
The kids said they were hungry when we got home, so I fed them cheese and crackers with milk for a snack.
I put them down for quiet time around 2:15 PM even though it was so late because they were going to fall to pieces or knock each other over or both. I gave two warnings for them to go to sleep and they didn't settle down, so I moved Garrett's nap mat to the living room where he fell asleep quickly. Hannah finally conked out just before 3 PM.
Jim picked up Garrett just before 4 PM. We chatted for a bit before he and Garrett went home. Hannah woke up around that time. I let her watch a cartoon while I got dinner started. Brad got home at 5:30 PM.
[Reminder: this is the part about me. It may be extremely boring. You have been warned.
Laundry. That's pretty much it today. Just laundry. Oh, and I changed the sheets on our bed which made more laundry.]
Hannah woke up around 7:45 AM in her own bed. She had pink moo and toasty sticks for breakfast.
We washed and brushed (Hannah's teeth) and headed out the door to meet Susanne and kids at the Lazy 5 Regional Park. The kids played at the playground for a little while and had dried fruit for a snack. We went over to the water play park around opening time only to find out that they were not going to open until June 4th. Hannah was very upset that we couldn't stay and it took her a little while to calm down. Garrett was really easy-going about the whole thing. He's such a cool little dude.
We decided to let the kids eat their lunches at the picnic tables and move the party to the Coconut Bowl. Lunch was turkey and cheese sandwiches with chips and apple juice. Our friend, Tracy, and her kids came by the park and went to the Coconut bowl with us.
The Coconut Bowl has this play area indoors with a huge climbing structure and foam balls you shoot through air guns. They climbed all over that thing until Hannah got stuck and panicked. Then she said she hurt her leg but was fine after she cried it out. Overall, they appeared to enjoy themselves. We left a little later than I had planned to and got back to the house just before 2 PM.
The kids said they were hungry when we got home, so I fed them cheese and crackers with milk for a snack.
I put them down for quiet time around 2:15 PM even though it was so late because they were going to fall to pieces or knock each other over or both. I gave two warnings for them to go to sleep and they didn't settle down, so I moved Garrett's nap mat to the living room where he fell asleep quickly. Hannah finally conked out just before 3 PM.
Jim picked up Garrett just before 4 PM. We chatted for a bit before he and Garrett went home. Hannah woke up around that time. I let her watch a cartoon while I got dinner started. Brad got home at 5:30 PM.
[Reminder: this is the part about me. It may be extremely boring. You have been warned.
Laundry. That's pretty much it today. Just laundry. Oh, and I changed the sheets on our bed which made more laundry.]
Monday, May 18, 2009
Monday
Hannah woke up around 9 AM in her own bed. Pink moo, toasty sticks.
We took our time getting up and out even though it made us late for a playgroup meet-up at Damonte Ranch Park. We got there around the time the others were leaving. We took Hannah's tricycle with us and she rode that for about seven minutes total. It was very hot. Susanne and kids met us after their gymnastics class and we hung out there for a little bit.
Susanne invited us back to her house for lunch and we gladly accepted. The kids had fun and played together well today. She fed us leftover pizza. The kids also had apple slices and Cheetos with theirs and Hannah ate fairly well. It was really nice to visit with Susanne again since we haven't seen each other for a while.
Hannah did not go right to sleep when we got home even though she needed to. In fact, she refused to sleep and got into trouble for playing and making noise when she was supposed to be resting. I made her stay in bed for the full two hours she would have slept so I could get bills paid. When I went to let her get up, she was conked out.
Snack was pink moo and some leftover corn bread.
Brad got home around 5:15 PM.
We took our time getting up and out even though it made us late for a playgroup meet-up at Damonte Ranch Park. We got there around the time the others were leaving. We took Hannah's tricycle with us and she rode that for about seven minutes total. It was very hot. Susanne and kids met us after their gymnastics class and we hung out there for a little bit.
Susanne invited us back to her house for lunch and we gladly accepted. The kids had fun and played together well today. She fed us leftover pizza. The kids also had apple slices and Cheetos with theirs and Hannah ate fairly well. It was really nice to visit with Susanne again since we haven't seen each other for a while.
Hannah did not go right to sleep when we got home even though she needed to. In fact, she refused to sleep and got into trouble for playing and making noise when she was supposed to be resting. I made her stay in bed for the full two hours she would have slept so I could get bills paid. When I went to let her get up, she was conked out.
Snack was pink moo and some leftover corn bread.
Brad got home around 5:15 PM.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Monday, a trip to the park, a friend over
We woke up after 9 AM which was late for our plans today. We scrambled to get ready. Hannah had chocolate milk and toasty sticks.
On the road late, but we got to the play date at the park just around 11:30 AM. We met some new friends from the Mommy Connection play group that we belong to. Hannah played and played and played. Even though we brought lunch, she really only ate one bite of her sandwich, a Cutie mandarin orange, and some juice. There was too much going on to sit still and eat. We stayed for about an hour and a half.
We offered to let Sonja (5) come over so Tracy could do her shopping. Hannah finished more of her peanut butter and jelly sandwich and shared her Cheetos with her new friend who also ate the rest of her lunch. Hannah and Sonja watched "Bolt" for a little while. Then they played outside and found some mud. Sonja was here for just about two hours.
Hannah had an accident on her way to potty that ended up with me putting her in the shower and washing the bath mats and the floor. Oh, and shoes with princesses on them generally do not do well when wet.
I gave Hannah a popsicle for a snack at which point she had a tantrum that she wanted an ice cream sandwich. She said the words "I tired" so I sent her to bed to finish her tantrum. She fell asleep at 5 PM. Brad got home at 5:30 PM.
On the road late, but we got to the play date at the park just around 11:30 AM. We met some new friends from the Mommy Connection play group that we belong to. Hannah played and played and played. Even though we brought lunch, she really only ate one bite of her sandwich, a Cutie mandarin orange, and some juice. There was too much going on to sit still and eat. We stayed for about an hour and a half.
We offered to let Sonja (5) come over so Tracy could do her shopping. Hannah finished more of her peanut butter and jelly sandwich and shared her Cheetos with her new friend who also ate the rest of her lunch. Hannah and Sonja watched "Bolt" for a little while. Then they played outside and found some mud. Sonja was here for just about two hours.
Hannah had an accident on her way to potty that ended up with me putting her in the shower and washing the bath mats and the floor. Oh, and shoes with princesses on them generally do not do well when wet.
I gave Hannah a popsicle for a snack at which point she had a tantrum that she wanted an ice cream sandwich. She said the words "I tired" so I sent her to bed to finish her tantrum. She fell asleep at 5 PM. Brad got home at 5:30 PM.
Friday, April 25, 2008
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