Metal Meredith

I haven’t had the time to sit and pound out some profound thoughts, as no doubt everyone expects from me (NOT.) So you will have to settle for a mini-update.

Vivienne LOVES school. She has made a few friends and is very proud of herself for learning their names this week: Allison and Julia. There is also a boy names Sam and another girls named Hannah. She is reluctant to wake up at 615am each morning, but who in this house isn’t? It only takes a few minutes for her to perk up and find her energy reserves. Of course, by the end of the day she has morphed into Super-Jerk and is a bear to deal with. Poor Henry just wants to play with her and she wants to avoid the very sight of him. Vivienne also lost one more tooth this week. She was elated.

This week, Henry started going to his playgroup at Vivienne’s old preschool. He had loads of fun but was so over-stimulated the first day, he was unable to take a nap. He drew with chalk, painted on chalkboard with water, played with trucks and a tea set, read books and played with a sand table. He was outside and inside and enjoyed a snack with Josiah, Averie and Gianna, his playgroup buds. I bought him his first Thomas train, (which I will avoid from this point forward lest I get further into debt - they are $20 a piece!!) which is named Henry. He has kept that little thing in his grip every day since we bought it. It has gone to nap and bed with him each day and has only been out of his site when he is in playgroup.

Phil took on the giant task of painting his new office space. I thought he was nuts but it clearly made him happy. Today he gets some new office furniture delivered. Hopefully these changes will make the work faster and easier. He is swamped.

I thoroughly enjoyed my first two days of solitude. The first one, I ran all the errands I had been avoiding dragging my kids to. The next I worked at the school downloading photos and organizing the albums online. It was just nice to not have to worry about the next diaper change or if my kids were licking outlets or eating bugs.