The
weekend after Labor Day, we left on a Thursday and traveled to Randy and Anna’s
house. Upon our arrival, we went over to
Julie and Kyle’s for dinner and enjoyed some steak and salmon to celebrate
Anna’s birthday/retirement. The next
day, we hopped in the car for a trip a little further away to celebrate Uncle
Chuck’s 60th birthday party on Claytor Lake in Virginia. It was quite the family reunion! The family had reserved several cabins close
together and it worked out really well.
Several family members helped out, but Aunt Wiz did a great job
organizing food and lodging. The girls
did real well playing with the other kids and enjoying being around
family. Our cabin was big enough for Deb
and Sarah to have their own room and Allison and I had our own room, which
worked out well if Sarah cried because I didn’t have to get up! On Sunday morning, we agreed to leave as soon
as we got up, so we were on the road by 8AM and were home by 4 with 2 stops to
feed Sarah. In all honestly, it went way
better than we could have imagined, but each of us did spend a significant
amount of time in the back of the Traverse trying to keep Sarah happy. She did well the first 3-4 hours, but after
that, I’m sure it is quite boring to look at the ceiling of the car all day
long!
Allison
has started to play soccer at her daycare.
They offer a class for one hour a week that allows her to learn the
basics. It sure is frustrating to try to
teach your kid something you really don’t understand. But, every kids plays it and she likes it, so
I’ll kick a ball around and ask Pete for tips on what I can do to help her or
check on the internet! Her potty
training has been going well. She does
well with 1-2 accidents a day and does much better at school than at our
house. No clue why, but probably has to
do with the other kids going to the bathroom and the schedule is pretty
consistent.
Sarah
is down to 5 feeds a day and has started eating some solids. I had forgotten many things, but feeding
these mushy foods to a kid that doesn’t like them has to be one of the most
frustrating things. If Allison doesn’t
want her hotdog or chicken nuggets, but all means, I’ll just eat them. But, feeding Sarah mushed peas is just
gross…and she knows it and I know it. As
mentioned above, Sarah is sleeping more consistently and heading to bed around
7:45 with Allison.
Sarah’s Things of the Month
Sarah is extremely tired after a day at school. You can just see it in her eyes how she just
wants some peace and quiet. Well, sorry
about that one…cause as long as Allison is around, things won’t be too
quiet. Anyway, she is struggling to stay
awake until 7:30 sometimes, so we will probably start feeding her solids when
we get home, feed her once in the evening and start putting her down
earlier. She has had bites of mushy banana and some level 1 baby foods and rice cereal. She seemed to like the mushy banana best so far...
Allison’s Things of the Month
As we have mentioned, we have worked on potty
training. It can be pretty funny,
especially when she is successful. If
you had a hidden camera in our house to see Deb or I do the “Potty Dance” after
she goes, you would probably think we were idiots. A trick we learned was to ask her if we can
“hear the tinkles” which get her excited to get on the potty and go. Hey, whatever works.
A few more items from this
month:
·
Brad was in town
and it was great to see him. I left work
early one Friday to play golf with him and Jeremy and went to dinner. He was doing well and it was fun to have the
3 of us together for a few hours.
·
We attend Lobster
Fest at the Bassett’s. It was
well-attended and we enjoyed some fresh lobster!
·
I’ve been to the
only Colts loss so far this year (vs. the Dolphins) with Ferrand.
·
We went to
Hoosier Park for dinner for Jeremy’s birthday with several other couples.
·
We had the
Wahmans over for a Colts game and Uncle Mark brought over some dinner one
night.
·
We had some
screen doors installed this month. They
look great and should allow for some more light.
·
Deb had a continuing
education course the last weekend of the month.
Beth, Matt and Mom helped me with the girls. We fed the ducks with Matt and Beth. Beth and Mom helped out and played with the
girls at the house.
