Week in Review

So I find I don't post when I don't have pictures and that is just silly. So, here is what we've been up to this past week.
Saturday we took the boys to the Street Fair and the Taste of CDA event. It was hot and fun. We ran into a lot of program friends. I bought Mason a gun that shoots ping pong balls using basically a rubber band. It was $12 and worth every penny although it is currently out of commission until we pick up more ping pong balls. Talan lost half and Mason lost the other 2. That was our first day of no nap for Mason and has started a new trend. :(
Sunday we went back to check out what we missed, primarily the Art on the Green. The kids were not interested in the kids activities which I had envisioned them loving, thus is life. We did hook up with Barclay and Michael and his three kids. We hadn't met Michael yet but we liked him immediately. Joe and Michael had a lot in common: real estate and the restaurant/hotel business. I, of course, loved his kids. They are all so sweet and cute. Mason and Mavrick took an instant liking to each other and were holding hands and running all over within minutes. I just adored baby Merrick and was very impressed by his agility and talking, he will be two next month. Meadow seemed to stick close to Barclay so hopefully she will open up more later. She is a bit over powered by all the boys. We all ended up swimming, some nude, in the river across from the festival. Joe's back was hurting so Talan and I gave him a hot river rock massage. Joe liked it and found it relaxing. Talan, despite how dirty it all was, got into it too. ;)
Monday we had a play date with our friend Barbara K whose grandchildren were in town from Canada. The twins were 3.5 and a perfect fit for my boys. They played in the kiddie pool, shot water guns and then enjoyed Barbara's hot tub. We nibbled at lunch and then headed home to nap (sort of).
Tuesday we went to Kirsten P.'s house which we haven't seen her or her boys in almost a year. Zane and Mason had some friction due to differences in playing style. The twins are 3.5 now and Talan enjoyed watching them. Kirsten and I got a chance to catch up, a little, and then it was time for naps. I was so tired I made the boys nap with me in Momma bed. Quasi successful but restorative nonetheless.
I set up for the first time this giraffe pool that I bought months ago. It was a slide and the giraffe's head sprays water if the hose it hooked up to it. The kids loved it. Terran tried to go down the slide and was far too big for it so I had to tell him it was off limits. Some of the new neighbor boys wanted to join us but I told them no. Mason has made some very poor decisions when playing with these two boys (ie. going into cars and stealing coins so he can buy ice cream from the ice cream truck) so I am not letting him play with them. This was not well received and I felt mean but I am not going to support that friendship.
Wednesday I met with Margaret at Mother's Haven in the morning while Missy watched the boys for me. I have agreed to teach two sign language classes starting in Sept. We made a flyer and sent them off to the people whose names she had collected as being interested in a sign language class. It was a very productive meeting and Margaret was impressed by how much we got done. This is all due to Joe. He is always emphasizing taking action steps. So instead of doing the flyer later and getting the addresses later etc. I just did it right then on the spot. I had brought my jump drive so I was able to reconfigure the flyer to Margaret's new letter head. She was amazed and thought I was very savvy. :)
Missy had a tough time with the boys as her Mason did not want to share anything with my boys. I remember that stage. I reassured her it is all normal. She has agreed to babysit the boys for me while I teach my sign language classes through the Post Falls Park and Rec. I will pay her, of course.
The boys and I ran home to change into our bathing suits and then we met Harini at her house to head up to Silverwood. It was so packed at Silverwood it was unpleasant, in my opinion. It was a lot of work, loading my car seats in her car etc but the boys had a great time. That is until the tipped my stroller over and the both banged their heads on the rocks they landed on. It was surreal. My fault thought as the stroller was on a incline and I was distracted helping Harini get her boys ready to leave. Talan feel asleep in the stroller (so of course I worried about a concussion) and missed out on ice cream. I had a Gatorade as I was feeling so dehydrated (it was 92 degrees). So we eventually got home at about 6pm and I needed to pack and do laundry.
Today, this morning, we are hooking up with the mom's from speech therapy (I now call this my 2 year old mom's group) for a couple hours at Blue Grass park. We are bringing Missy and Mason. Then I need to do some very last minute packing and then we are off to the airport for a 4pm flight. Whew! Busy busy.