Off and Running

Vacation is in full swing. I'm very excited! Remember how I thought yesterday afternoon after naps if it was nice out, we could potentially go to the playground? Well, it wasn't nice. It was raining and cold. And this morning, it was snowing furiously... for a little while and then the sun came out. It's bone chillingly cold though. I think I should either start watching the weather, paying attention to the news or checking the weather on the Internet because my prediction about the weather couldn't have been more wrong!

This morning, Ed and I went to Body Pump together at the gym. It was the first time we have taken it together. Up until a couple weeks ago, there wasn't a class we could both be at and have the kids in the babysitting... so it was fun! We had to leave a few minutes early to get to the movies on time. We took the kids to see "Curious George". Eddie's friend from school came. They all had a fantastic time. It was funny because I pre-ordered the tickets online and printed them out so we could save some time knowing that we'd probably just make it in time... No one asked to see our tickets or anything! I was surprised. It was $48 for our tickets and $22.00 for 3 drinks and 2 popcorns. This is definitely not the 70's. Remember movies were like a couple bucks? And this was a matinee! It was fun though and I'm glad we went! George was charming and cute... the animation was perfect. After the movie, Eddie's friend came over to play... Kevin and Ryan took a nap... I ran out to do a quick errand. It was all good.

Well, let's see... tomorrow we have a playdate at 10:00 at Gymboree with Eddie's preschool. It was actually scheduled for last Sunday but was cancelled when we got all the snow. After Gymboree, we'll all go to the gym. Eddie will go to a lunch & tennis thing... and we'll take Kevin and Ryan to the Splash Pool.... then home for naps.

Here's what we have planned for the rest of the week: Monday we plan on going to a craft day at a local craft museum. Ed has an appointment with a physical therapist since he just found out he has two herniated discs in his neck... so hopefully he'll start PT soon... the doctor wants him to go 3x a week for 6 weeks. I called the insurance today just to make sure it was covered and it is! $15 copay per visit ... so the 6 weeks will cost us $270! But if it can prevent surgery, it will be well worth it! Tuesday, we are getting together with Kelly and the kids and some friends to have a Kids Crop at the library. That should be fun. Eddie loves to scrapbook - it's so cute! Wednesday we are going to open play time at a local gymnastics place... Eddie has swimming lessons in the afternoon and I have an appointment with our Family Service Coordinator from Early Intervention to set up Kevin's speech therapy which he will be starting soon. Thursday and Friday are open! If we do have a nice day, we'd like to get to the zoo... and somewhere in there, Ed will take the kids out for an entire day so I can have some time to myself and I will do the same for him. Friday night is scrapbooking at Kelly's and that will leave us Saturday and Sunday before Ed goes back to work on Monday. So, I'm looking forward to having lots of time together and it will probably be the first vacation that we've taken where we didn't need another vacation to recuperate from the vacation!

OK, bed time! Stay tuned.... more posts to follow...