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I have this weird mania right now and I finally figured out what it is. I'm nesting. Yes, like the nesting you do when you are pregnant except I'm not. I've got hip surgery in less than two weeks and I'm trying to cover all the bases before I go down for the count. I make endless lists of things to get done before I can't walk anymore. Travis' honey-do list is growing exponentially every time I orbit near it and I'm sure my friends and family are tired of me double checking that they are set to chauffeur FFM around on their set days. FFM is on a crash course of how to do everything himself without Mom to remind him 137 times. You can guess how well that's going.
Today, after I spent the morning volunteering at school I -
Made lunch while supervising piano practice
Made five more freezer meals + dinner
Cut back stuff in the yard before spring gets too far along
Lugged the sprinkler around the yard for a deep water for all the trees
Cleaned out and reorganized the pantry
Built and filled two sets of Ikea office drawers
Reorganized office
Cleaned office
Replenished T's oatmeal stock
While at store realized I have a headlight out so F and I dashed over to GMC to get it replaced
Filled car with gas
Stopped at garden center to pick up some essentials for our new veggie plot
Cleaned a bathroom
Rearranged T's office furniture
Made my Costco list
Most of that was before F's 7pm bedtime. No wonder I'm tired. Now, a bowl of Rocky Road and an hour of junky TV are calling my name.
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Happy St. Patrick's Day 2013
What a weekend we had around here! It all started on Friday with the school celebration for St. Patrick's day. Mysteriously several of the drop-off parents (ones who drive their kids to school vs. kids who ride the bus) were requested to come to the classroom for a few minutes after drop off. Hmmm....
Turns out it wasn't anything sinister or disciplinary. First both Kindergarten teachers were locked out of their rooms. None of the keys worked! So ALL of the Kindergarten kids squeezed into the office to ask the office staff if they had a key that worked.
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| Mrs. Flagg asking if anyone has a spare key |
Once they finally got into the classroom the kids discovered (note FFM was the first one who squeezed through the door into the classroom, he was SO excited!) that the leprechauns had been up to some tricks!
It was 3rd grade buddy day and the kids had to clean up the mess before their buddies arrived. What a great way to get kids to clean up, if it's leprechaun mess it's a hoot to clean.
It was feeling like Spring on Friday so after school I took FFM and his buddy Talon to the Botanic Gardens to run and play. There's not much blooming yet, some great bulbs, but it's always a fantastic place for kids to run pell mell without worrying about losing them (or bothering anyone this time of year).
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| This was not as peaceful a scene as it appears. They were hollering at the giant dragonfly sculptures. |
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| Who doesn't love digging in the dirt? |
Saturday was gloomy and damp, but I had a baby shower to co-host so everything was pink and lively for me!
My friend Danielle is having a baby next month and her mom's friend offered to co-host a shower. I got to do all the decor, my favorite part, and then I got to eat all the food and yummy stuff Linda made.
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| The mother-to-be |
Sunday FFM and I got up bright and early (there were some grumblings on both our parts) to see Dr. Scott of Dinosaur Train fame speak at the Denver Museum of Science and Nature. While we were enjoying the show FFM wiggled and wiggled his loose tooth. All of a sudden he leapt out of his seat and said, "It's gone!" Of course I knew what he meant and we scrambled around our seats until we found the teeny tiny first ever lost tooth. He's thrilled and constantly sticks his tongue in the gap.
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| sniff, sniff - another milestone under his belt |
The fun doesn't stop there. We have season tickets to the Colorado Symphony and today was Carnival of the Animals and Peter and the Wolf. We invited our friend Emma to go with us. Little did we know that FFM and his best pal Emma (who I've NEVER seen in a dress, and we see her a lot) would show up in matching outfits.
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| They're so grownup and tall! |
Poor Emma must have been pooped, she dosed off during the Carnival section of the performance. FFM as usual sat on the edge of his seat the whole time.
Happy St. Patrick's day to all of you around the world, wherever you may be!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Ski Photos
Back in December our favorite ski area, Beaver Creek, handed out postcards to mail to your family and friends to show them what a good time you were having. If you brought the card back the next day they'd even spring for postage. We picked up a few cards, including this one
which generated some debate in our family about exactly where the photo was taken. Being that we're BC veterans and have been skiing there for 25 years now you would think there wouldn't be much cause for debate. We finally figured it out and then had a good laugh. See, BC's tagline is "not exactly roughing it" and here they added "not lifting a mitten". There is one on-mountain restaurant, however, that they advertise as "slightly roughing it." Seating is outdoors, toilets are pit, the menu is limited and you grill it yourself. It's called Mamie's Deck and it's tagline is "slightly roughing it."
So here are these models, sitting just off the advertised "slightly roughing it" spot in BC with a waiter bringing them champagne. Truly, a rough life indeed.
A couple weeks later we found an on mountain photographer at that exact spot. Sadly she hadn't seen the postcard but we recreated our own champagne sipping. At the last minute F turned around to mug the camera.
Taking advantage of a slow morning on the mountain, we did some other fun family photos, including this one:
Time to get my hip fixed so we can continue our fun in the snow!
which generated some debate in our family about exactly where the photo was taken. Being that we're BC veterans and have been skiing there for 25 years now you would think there wouldn't be much cause for debate. We finally figured it out and then had a good laugh. See, BC's tagline is "not exactly roughing it" and here they added "not lifting a mitten". There is one on-mountain restaurant, however, that they advertise as "slightly roughing it." Seating is outdoors, toilets are pit, the menu is limited and you grill it yourself. It's called Mamie's Deck and it's tagline is "slightly roughing it."
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| slightly roughing it |
A couple weeks later we found an on mountain photographer at that exact spot. Sadly she hadn't seen the postcard but we recreated our own champagne sipping. At the last minute F turned around to mug the camera.
Taking advantage of a slow morning on the mountain, we did some other fun family photos, including this one:
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
All Hail Snow
So that little cold, turned into a massive whopper that laid me out for nearly a week. I got little sympathy from my darling husband who was also nursing his own ailment. While Moms don't get sick days (we still have to fulfill our chauffeur duties, homework duties, activity duties, and at least make sure someone fixes meals) I let everything else slide for the week and took a few naps.
Before the great Moore epidemic of 2013 we snuck in a weekend with the Gales, technically my aunt and cousins but more like Finn's aunt and cousins since they're fairly close in age. We headed to their place in Winter Park and bagged skiing for some low key activities like tubing and dinner out (the epidemic was incubating and we were SLLLOOOOWWWW).
A delicious birthday dinner for Melinda at Devil's Thumb Ranch outside of Fraser included a roaring fire pit and s'mores. Yum.
While I laid on the couch most of next couple of days I was feeling better (and was finally fever free) on Wednesday for my regular volunteering at school. Parent teacher conferences started that day and F's teacher kindly scheduled ours during my now regular volunteer shift. Things are going very well at school, F's reading grows by leaps and bounds every week and his writing is coming along quickly. His reluctance to write is gone, he's given up being perfect (a stumbling block before) and the words and sentences are flowing.
Teacher conferences also mean a couple days off school so teachers can meet with all the parents. Since we had our conference on Wednesday we had Thursday and Friday to play. Of course we headed for the hills where there's been lots of snow. F did ski school while I wrapped up my recuperation. Saturday we were supposed to head back to Denver for a birthday party, but when news of the "GREAT" blizzard of 2013 hit we opted to avoid the road mess in Denver had a mother/son ski day instead. Like Travis says, it's always a good day when your lap fills up with snow while you ride the chairlift.
This week I'm plugging in my iPod and playing catch up on all the things that slid last week. Forget cleaning, I'm just trying to unearth most of the horizontal surfaces in our house. I'm also preparing to co-host a baby shower this weekend, here comes Baby Wallin!
Before the great Moore epidemic of 2013 we snuck in a weekend with the Gales, technically my aunt and cousins but more like Finn's aunt and cousins since they're fairly close in age. We headed to their place in Winter Park and bagged skiing for some low key activities like tubing and dinner out (the epidemic was incubating and we were SLLLOOOOWWWW).
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| F and Skylar hitting the tubing hill |
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| proving that wine and s'mores really do go together |
While I laid on the couch most of next couple of days I was feeling better (and was finally fever free) on Wednesday for my regular volunteering at school. Parent teacher conferences started that day and F's teacher kindly scheduled ours during my now regular volunteer shift. Things are going very well at school, F's reading grows by leaps and bounds every week and his writing is coming along quickly. His reluctance to write is gone, he's given up being perfect (a stumbling block before) and the words and sentences are flowing.
Teacher conferences also mean a couple days off school so teachers can meet with all the parents. Since we had our conference on Wednesday we had Thursday and Friday to play. Of course we headed for the hills where there's been lots of snow. F did ski school while I wrapped up my recuperation. Saturday we were supposed to head back to Denver for a birthday party, but when news of the "GREAT" blizzard of 2013 hit we opted to avoid the road mess in Denver had a mother/son ski day instead. Like Travis says, it's always a good day when your lap fills up with snow while you ride the chairlift.
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| There's nothing he likes better than a powder day! |
