A Soccer Game

Well, Mom's perfect day plan got aborted halfway through - but at least I got that first half in, including my yummy lunch, and a bit of knitting.  Daycare called, and my sweet little girl was not being so sweet.  Actually, she was screaming her head off whenever she was put down.  So, just before my yoga class started, I went and picked her up.  It seems like she's probably teething.  As long as she has me nearby, she is pretty content.  

Here she is, shortly after I arrived, (and she stopped screaming), playing with her little friends for the last time.  So sad.  I will probably visit once or twice, and show off her new tricks to the nice ladies there who've been so great to my little girl.  

 

So, what to do with the rest of my afternoon?  Well, we visited Nan at Village Hair Care, where she works on Thursdays, and then we visited my dad's friend Rick at his optics store which is in the same shopping center.  Then we went and had a nice nap at Nan and Grandpa's, followed by a nice dinner.  

After that we went to Westminster to cheer on my 13 year old cousin Steph and her teammates as the whomped their opponents in an indoor soccer match!  It was very exciting!  

Here's Sweetpea with Lara giving high fives to McKenzie in the stands.  

I think about 10% of this crew is actually from my family.  My aunt and uncle, Steve and Duayna attended too - they may be regretting it now though as they got roped into babysitting on Saturday night!!  (Partee!)

Check out this baby's-eye view of a portion of the game.  You may notice the scoreboard which reads 0-8.  Don't worry, the opposing team did eventually get a point.  The final score was 1-10.  And Steph's team even had a sub goalie that day!  But it was pretty entertaining.  Those girls are so fast!! 

Last Day of Daycare (A.K.A. My Perfect Day)

No pictures in this post... sorry about that!!

Today I put my little one into daycare for the last time. Well, maybe one day she'll go back to a regular daycare, but for now it'll just be Mommy Daycare, and the occasional rec-center day care (I'll be sure to post pictures of that happy chaos sometime soon!!)

So what am I going to do with my last day of baby freedom? Well, I'm at the Boulder public library right now, and when I'm done writing this blog entry, I'll head over to browse their knitting books and yoga videos!

Then I'm off to get a bento box and a pot of green tea at Japango on Pearl Street, (I'll take you there when you come to visit!) They have great lunch specials. I've taken the little monster there before with me, and it was a bit more trouble than it was worth doing it alone... she might be better now that she's into the solid foods though, so I might have to give it a try - she does enjoy her miso soup!!

After lunch I'll head over to Om Time for a great, two hour yoga class they hold on Thursdays! I need to think of some new material for two classes I'm subbing this weekend at the rec center!!

Then I'll pick up the kid, and head over to my grandparents for our usual Thursday evening dinner over there.

Sounds like fun, doesn't it? Having the baby around for most of this day would not make it worse, but she would put a cramp in the yoga class... Maybe I can work something out though for future days. How do you feel about babysitting?

Learning Fast

As you all know, our little one is very entertained by my kitchen cupboards.  I have one specially organized so all the things in her reach are pretty much child friendly (no glass or spillable stuff).

Well, I'm going to have to reorganize... she used to only play here when I put her in front of the open cupboard.  Now that she can crawl, she races over to browse the pantry whenever the fancy strikes.  And that top shelf that used to be out of reach - not any more.  Oh well.  

Here are two clips of a longer video I took... The couple minutes you're missing in the middle just show the little monster proceeding to remove most of the dry goods from the shelves.