Holly: Week in the Life Day 6 - Photos and Words

 Yayday! Friday! Friday is here. So, we live like right next to an ice cream spot. It's always a part of our week....

 Still diapering the youngest. He's two. I love that I can change Drew's attitude about getting changed (um, he doesn't always want to sit still for this) by tickling him. I tickle him until he answers, "Yes, Mama!" He is laughing hard and saying it and then he cooperates. Some might consider it torture, but he really loves it.

Our corner to cross to go to school. K saw his best bud already on the other side and was impatiently waiting for the walk sign to get over there. Sometimes D walks, but many times I end up carrying him back, so I usually bring the stroller. A goes in the door on this side, but then we walk K over to his door on the other side.

Oh boy, we haven't seen you in about 16 hours! Always a happy reunion in the morning on the way to their preschool classroom.

I was eager to steal some morning time getting my little travelogue art journal finished for a guest blog post. If we aren't out running errands or visiting a playground in the morning, we come back here and D typically asks for "Ba and T", which means a sippy cup of milk and TV. This morning I was happy to oblige.

Have I mentioned D's current obsession? Dinosaurs (aka "Rawrs") are everywhere at our house. All shapes and sizes. And they are usually arranged with things in their mouths. Like toy cars.

D found some toys that had been hiding in our closet for awhile. It was like Christmas.

Everyday we walk this sidewalk and see big kids on the field. My daughter's first grade class is usually out at the other end of the field and on the playground right now, on our way to go pick up K from Pre-K.

Then, we walk around to the other playground that is empty and have some outdoor playtime with our other Pre-K friends. More friends are out now that the weather is finally getting nicer. K has started this dare devil trick where he climbs on top of the cage bridge. Eek!

These two have become inseparable this year. My heart is going to break for all of us when they move to another state in a few short months. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Besties.

We walk back home around the other side of school. It usually involves a race to see who can give me a heart attack. My kids are city saavy. They do know to wait for mom to cross any streets, alleys or curb cuts, but I still get nervous with them too far ahead.

D fell asleep at noon today! Packing. Tonight, I get on an Amtrak train to go to visit my sister in Milwaukee. Yay! Need to be packed before 3PM school pick-up.

K really likes these peanut butter balls, a new little treat we found.  After lunch, he's have a treat and getting some iPad mini time. His favorite is Stampee Minecraft videos on YouTube Kids. He searches for them with the microphone tool and I hear him say (just like Stampee), "Helloooooo and Welcome to another Minecraft video...." love this (but i don't love Stampee).  Also of note, in this picture, is the lovie he is hugging, which is a constant right now, "Foxie" whom happens to be the first gift I gave to his Dad on our first Valentine's Day NINETEEN YEARS AGO!!!

I pre-packed the car before having to run over and pick-up A from school at 3pm. I had promised a DQ ice cream treat today after school, so here we are!

      CURRENT DQ FAVES

• A - Twist Ice Cream Cone, double scoop (which is a small, and they aren't scoops) with sprinkles
• K - Kid Size Vanilla with sprinkles in a cup (and he like so finish whatever D doesn't eat, too) OR M&M mini-blizzard
• D - Kid Size chocolate with sprinkles in a cup (eats about 1/2)
• Me - Small Salted Caramel Truffle Blizzard
• Dave - vanilla cone

We got straight in the car from DQ to head downtown. We were picking up Daddy who would take me to Union Station to catch my 5:08 train to Milwaukee! I was nervous about Friday traffic and didn't want to chance missing my train because the next one wasn't until 8:00pm.  So, we got to Daddy's office and had to wait for him in the car a bit. We were parked under the "EL" tracks and this was D's look everytime a train went overhead.

Whew, I made it but I wasn't on the train yet. By the time I waited in line to use the restroom and waited on the very un-organized Corner Bakery to make a sandwich, I was running to my platform as they were calling "Last Call" for boarding! I had 2 hours of peaceful train ride to Milwaukee with my sandwich, water, chips and iPhone for working on my Week in the Life photos. But, I had a horrible headache, so I wasn't all that productive and just zoned out mainly.

My sister was waiting for me at the station. It was raining and I still had a headache and she had an open wound on her hand from falling on the steps outside of her work. She was also suffering from a reoccuring nosebleed. We were kind of a wreck, but happy to see each other. We stopped at CVS to get us both medical supplies and snacks. Almost to her place by the lakefront. She's pointing at the lake in front of us, telling me about how sparkly it looked the other day.

After taking care of ourselves, we put on a movie from her limited selection (she is moving and no more cable and most of her DVD collection among most everything else is at the new place). We chose to watch "Source Code" with Jake Gyllenhaal and indulge in our snacks. 

My bed for the night. The fold-out couch air mattress. All. To. Myself. No kids will be sleeping on top of my head, tonight! I slept like a tired mom (not like a baby, they don't sleep so well).

-Holly www.paintedladiesjournal.com

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