Very tired. Bullet points.

[sarahmichelef]

Long weekend, no post.

• Swapped one husband/daddy for two parents/grandparents (mine).  Daddy changes more diapers than grandparents do.  Also knows where to put dishes away, gets up with the kiddo on alternate mornings, and snuggles me.
  
• Failed in our attempt to get wings for the parents (Duff's was too busy on Saturday night and closed (or at least not answering their phone) today), ended up at Don Pablo's and at home, respectively.
• Got grandparenty portraits taken with the kiddo.  Are v. cute.
• Acquired 3 camp chairs for six bucks each at Linens & Things.  Yay.
• Attempted to go to a free concert at Crystal Beach on Sunday late afternoon/evening but the weather was craptacular.  Well, at that point it was just veryvery windy and chilly.  So we taught TRex how to roll down hills and let her dig on the sand for a bit before heading out to try to find a less cold/windy spot to have our picnic.  We ended up at the picnic tables by the (closed) concession stand at Old Fort Erie where we had our dinner and went for a walk before it started to rain in earnest.  True to form, the Canadians didn't care to see our identification, but the Americans did.  (Though they didn't balk at my expired passport - must do something about that.)
• Today, we went to the zoo where TRex got to feed a giraffe a zwieback cracker.  In fact, when we got there and I asked her what she wanted to see first, she said "the daffes!  I feed the daffe a cracker!"  She'd seen this before, but not done it, but I would have thought that it was long enough ago that she wouldn't remember, and I certainly didn't say anything to her about it.  Her brain is a scary, scary place.
• Then we went to the playground, which she left WILLINGLY.  That was just weird.  She decided, after I warned her that we were going home when the bells played (it's right next to a church), that it was time to go home.  *boggle*
• Tomorrow, parents leave at oh-hell-yes-they-ordered-a-cab-o-clock and I have to teach.  But before then (read: tonight) I have to get my stuff together for leaving in the morning (backpack, purse, gym bag, kid's library books and CDs that have to go back), take a shower, decide what I'm wearing tomorrow (based on what doesn't need ironing), and crash.
• ETA: I am a total flake.  On Sunday we also all had brunch with belmikey which was lovely as always.

Comments

[a-c-fiorucci.livejournal.com]

We're going to the zoo next weekend (I hope). Should be interesting.

It's amazing to watch the brains work, isn't it? I've given up trying to figure out where N gets things, he's obviously paying WAAYY more attention that I am.

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

I really think it's that we've learned to filter our experiences, whereas they haven't yet. Every life experience is equally important to them.