Nov 23, 2009
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Weekend Visitors
Nov 10, 2009
Busy Weekend
We have entered the season of weekend trips to Fresno. We spent the weekend there because we had a family event on Saturday and I ran the Two Cities (Fresno and Clovis) Half Marathon on Sunday. It was a fun, busy weekend.
Matthew had a half day of school on Friday so we left as soon as I picked him up and--after an unplanned stop at the house to find Jonathan's bunny and go potty--we were on the road by 12:30. Got into Fresno around 4:00 (drive time included a stop to get gas and a stop to get coffee on the way out of town and another bathroom stop in Los Banos) and hung out at my parents' house for the rest of the evening. My dad watched the boys while I went to the marathon expo to pick up my number and goodie bag. Got a very cool participant shirt--a long sleeved women's fit tech shirt. The goodie bag was great too, with a few different kinds of energy/nutrition bars, mini bottles of olive oil and vinegar, gluten-free corn cakes and a couple of different energy drinks. We fed the boys at home and Eric and I went out with Bridget, Joey and Oliver once Eric arrived. He had been working out of town so he just met us there.
On Saturday morning we did a bit of shopping and had lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory. I love that they have a gluten-free menu. Afterward we met up with my college roommate, Janina, and her baby daughter Brie. We took the kids to the park and enjoyed catching up and watching the kids play. I think Matthew may have a new, much younger girlfriend. Brie did her best to keep up with the big boys on the playground.
Nov 2, 2009
Halloween 2009
Maybe they should hire a 4 year old for their PR...
Jonathan's explanation for why the Bay Bridge broke: "Maybe a giant alien robot broke it off with his claw."
I believe this is part of the plot of Monsters vs. Aliens. But, you have to admit it is really a more acceptable explanation for the failure than, "The fix didn't work."
Oct 26, 2009
Well Child Visits
Both boys had their well child visits with the pediatrician today. Usually I schedule Matthew's appointment near his birthday but I figured we're now at a point where it doesn't matter so much if I do it right away. Better to get it all over with at once.
I will not dwell on how long we had to wait, even though we arrived 20 minutes early. I will say that even after arriving 20 minutes early we didn't get checked in until 10 minutes after our appointments were to have begun. Matthew was not the only kid in the waiting room doing homework.
I had a list of questions to ask the doctor and I was grateful that we weren't rushed in and out despite the crowd in the waiting room. I left armed with referrals to specialists for each kid. (Eye doctor, orthopedist, speech therapist...) They also got their H1N1 vaccines--we were lucky to have our appointments before the office has their vaccination clinic. Jonathan, in addition to the swine flu vax, got three other vaccines. Poor guy wasn't too happy. I have a feeling he's going to be sore tomorrow.
Matthew's Stats:
Height: 45 inches
Weight: 45 pounds
Jonathan's Stats:
Height: 39 inches
Weight: 36 pounds

