Janie went to Emma’s birthday party today. It was a spa day for the little ladies. Janie arrived a little late but also didn’t want to do the face masks. She did, however, get her nails painted.
Meanwhile, Peanut took a big nap while she was away.
Napping
We celebrated Mama and Dada’s 17th wedding anniversary today at Trabocco and Peanut slept through the first half of it. Didn’t know he could still sleep like this.
Cleaning, Snacking, and Napping
The kids did a lot of sweeping out front this morning and then took a break outside with a snack.
Peanut later took a nap on the couch in the middle of all of the laundry piles.
Busy Saturday
Mama kinda overdid it today. We had a bunch of make-ups to do and they all got scheduled on the same day as Janie’s soccer game.
It started with make-up kung fu classes for both kids at 10:00 and 10:45.
Then it was off to Aquatech for swim make-ups for both kids at 12:00pm. We barely had time to grab lunch so we stopped for burritos on the way home and ate in the car.
Peanut was so tired that he fell asleep in the middle of eating his burrito. Poor guy. Once we got home, Janie had just enough time to change into her soccer stuff and Peanut continued to nap in the car parked in the garage.
We arrived at the soccer field by 1:50 to warm up for the 2:20 game.
Peanut enjoyed being a spectator and trading Pokemon cards with Evan.
Janie did well considering she was so tired from a full day of activity. However, her fuse was pretty short at one point and did better once she was moved over to Uncle Jimmy’s team to finish out their game as goalie.
Mama knows better than to schedule so many back-to-back activities in one day. We were so done after soccer that we also canceled on our dinner plans.
So sweet…
This is the best. This is one of the reasons we had two kids.
Peanut’s Day Off
Today, Peanut had no school and Mama was off. Janie had to go to school so we dropped her off and then helped out the teacher by making a bunch of photocopies.
Then, we went to the Oakland Zoo for a Mama and Peanut day of fun!
He was most excited about riding the gondola.
We saw the black bear up close as sh was eating breakfast.
We got to ride the train and found ourselves faced with a potential runaway wallaby at the gate.
Peanut also rode the cars and the plane ride that he’s now tall enough to ride.
On our way home, we met up with Auntie Eleen and Maya (who also had no school today). We had a big spaghetti lunch and then went home for a nap.
At the end of the day, we picked up Janie from AIK and she was so happy to show Peanut around.
Stories
Janie read stories to Peanut today. So sweet.
Sleeping Babies
It must be nice to sleep in your own bed again after 2 weeks away from home.
Sleeping Kids
Alaska Cruise: Day 3
It’s Day Three of our Alaska Cruise: Juneau, AK
This morning, it was business as usual. We had breakfast at the Lido Bar and then we went back to the observation deck to play.
The kids loved the “water elevator” on the ship.
One of the chess tables was free so Janie played a game with Dada.
For lunch, we ate at the taco bar that was by one of the pools.
Then there was just enough time to get in a hardy nap before we arrived in Juneau.
When we docked, the kids were excited to see where we ended up. We had been at sea for almost 2 days.
When we disembarked, we got a family photo while waiting for our dog sledding excursion to begin.
We all rode in a van up into the deep forest and arrived at a summer camp built for dogs training for the Iditarod Race. Look at all the dogs!!
Our driver and guide, Brittany, took us on a little tour and described how they train the dogs, how they get their care, and even fed us cookies and hot chocolate!
Then it was time to meet some of the dogs. There were 12 chosen to pull us today and they were all so excited to get started. One gave Peanut a giant kiss on the face.
Then we all got into a cart and off we went!
After the ride, we went to visit the puppies.
Dada held one of them while the kids said “hello” and petted him.
They also enjoyed feeding him treats!
We were all wet by the end but it was so much fun!
Back in town, the kids took one last photo together and then it was back on the boat!
