Saturday- Craig's Birthday Party Day...

Ami and I have been preparing for Craig's party since yesterday when we got ingredients for his brownies and cupcakes.

Today started out rough, however, when we woke up for Nina's early class. Leaving at 8:30a.m. is really hard.
I knew she'd have fun and work through being tired and she did- although she had her moments.

We decided not to go to the Market fun time where they kick off  The Family Table week after class but opted to chill at home and eat lunch and make the cupcakes and brownies.

The Family Table is a new event that recruits willing participating chef- owned restaurants make their menus and spaces more family friendly.

Afterwards, we went to Market Square where Family Table stuff was continued. I met a lady whose friend is a pediatrician and started the whole revamping child's menus at restaurants and making the Farmer's market more family friendly.

We talked and I told her about our former pediatrician who told me to switch from feeding Ami breast milk to cow milk and feed her hot dogs to get her weight up.
She was floored and appalled as is most ppl Mike and I tell the story to. She asked about the pediatrician and I said, "It's Dr. Johnson at Pratt Pediatric."
Heh heh...
It would be so nice for the kids to have a doctor know more about nutrition than I do. I mean actually know more, not think they know more.
I don't understand why ppl don't correlate eating healthy foods with being healthy.
Ever since I've been eating better, I've been getting sick less often- honestly. I also don't have heartburn nearly as often and I haven't had much tummy trouble otherwise. I used to have spells where I was nauseated in the mornings and couldn't do anything before 11a.m. I don't get that anymore.

It was so nice talking to the lady because we were on the same page. She didn't look at me like I was crazy.  We talked about how kids will eat what the adults are eating and we just need to be persistent with foods that kids don't at first try or like.  I put carrots on Ami's plate often. Does she eat them?  No. She'll bite sometimes, but I know she's getting familiar with them and eventually, she will eat them. Who doesn't love carrots?

We wanted to stay longer, but it was so hot and humid.
To cool off, we went to Hyperion for some iced tea and a banana.

And then we saw and fell in love w this bike.

We frosted Craig's brownies and cupcakes.
Ami was so cranky I made her lay down and take a nap before we left. Thank goodness I did. She was in such a good mood at the party.

A little marathon of Adventure Time.  They were so good.

The Outside is for the Birds.

Yesterday we stayed inside because the heat index was through the roof.
Today is no different.

We had cereal for breakfast.  Ami had her Strawberry Fields and I had my U.
We patiently waited for Papa to wake up to go to the library.

While we waited, we put together her play huts.  She wanted a steering wheel for her car so I improvised with the ship wheel.  It was ok for a couple of seconds...

Eating lunch. Oatmeal w dried fruit.  Ami is a bottomless pit today.

We hung out at the pet store.

These fish were awesome!  They are Dinosar Bichir.

These were awesome, too!!! They were Black Ghost Knife.  Unfortunately, both species were not for beginners :(

We ate an early dinner of steamed veggies w Goddess dressing, the last of the strawberries and whole wheat linguine and spaghetti sauce.

As a treat, we ate in Ami's room...

While she has been artsy fartsying around, Ami has been talking to this unicorn, lifting it up to the easel and asking it if her drawings are cool.

I also just got a call that my marching band design is going to be turned into a flag, So that's kind of nice to hear.

My guitar lesson moved to Friday, so I think Ami and I are going to maybe make some cookies, take a bubble bath and chill out for the rest of the evening.

When Papa gets home, he's going to draw on my belly for a 26 week progression shot. I'm pretty excited...

Art Classes are the Best Classes.

I taught my first art class with the I.D.s yesterday.
I brought a color wheel and talked about color.
Their activity was to paint (well, technically draw because they were using water colors) from their imagination or   from anywhere one picture using warm colors and one picture using cool colors.

I have 9 students who are all pretty high functioning and pretty mobile.
Most of them understood the activity which was awesome.
Next week we'll probably use acrylics and mix some colors.

Maybe they can make their own color wheels... maybe that's too advanced.

After the class, I went to Target. I thought that maybe stupid drivers/ppl only existed in my neighborhood but that's not the case. They exist in the town ten miles north of us, too.

I'm thinking I want to have my camera ready every time I enter/exit our neighborhood specifically to start a blog, introducing our dumb ass neighbors. Maybe I'll just post them all on here. I'm hoping this will reduce our stress level.

I met up with Papa and Ami at the library and watched Papa start his chalk drawing.
I had milk in the car so Ami and I had to leave shortly after he started. It was poor timing on my part.

 The floor...

I did get Ami/Ollie organizing done in their room which is a spectacular feat. I need to pick up some more bins but otherwise, we're good.

I think Ollie's baby shower should just be a party w no presents, just celebrating her upcoming birth... otherwise I have no place for anything!  Generally, we've been trying to get rid of items as we receive them, but it's so hard.  It was easy getting rid of old clothes of Ami's that we really won't need for Ollie, like summery 0-3s. Ami isn't her clothes, she far exceeds their cuteness- also I've been watching the new Hoarders episodes on Netflix.

Play dough...
An evening stroll to the playground with Papa...