Another Doozy

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With Carson here Wednesday afternoon and yesterday being our 5 year wedding anniversary, it's been a few days and a few bazillion pictures since I last updated. Let's waste no time getting started...quiet time only lasts so long, you know...

So, as I'd mentioned, the boys are taking gymnastics classes this summer. It was something I was wanting to save for a cooler weather time of year but when I heard that they offered classes for both E and D at the same time, I had to sign up. I'll have Wabie here in the fall and I'm not sure if I'll be up for a mom/tot class with Diddles anyway.

It's at a rec center for one of the neighboring towns so it's not too far away. In fact, it's the super cool spot where we had Easton's 4th birthday party and where we sometimes go to the indoor play area for free. Anyhoo...they have a really nice gymnastics facility. The boys were soooooooo eager to get inside:


These are the classes we are doing with Tabor and Holton. When they called the 4 year olds, E and Tabor walked in holding hands. Pretty cute. And Dalton cried because he wanted to go with them and not stay with boring ol' Mommy and Holton. But Diddles forgot about it soon enough when we sat with his little class. There are4 kids total, 3 of them boys (go figure!): Dalton, Holton, and Colton. Ha ha ha! The kids did some warm ups, then we moved over to the balance beams where Dalton rocked everyone's socks off (because he can walk sideways and backwards on the beam so well, somehow). They had a little obstacle course set up for the kidlets as well:


But by far the favorite part (for both my boys) was the foam pit:

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Deidra (Holton & Tabor's mom) and I were advised to stay out with our big ol' bellies and all we might not get out again! :) But Dalton had fun jumping in again and again. When E's class was over there I saw him being wild and crazy of course. That boy has no fear.

I was able to see Easton in his class but couldn't always hear and certainly couldn't get close enough for good pictures, this was the best I got when they were right by us:


The parts of his class I overheard was his teacher telling him, "You can't always go first" but she'd make the mistake of saying, "Who wants to go first???" and my little gymnast would raise his hand...what's so wrong with that, I ask you? He's 4 and he's willing...at least he's raising his hand instead of just jumping up or cutting in line. Anyway...

After gymnastics we walked out to a very ominous sky with funnel clouds! Ack! I turned on the car and they were giving a warning over the radio for right where we were but the kids were being loud and it was hard to hear completely what they were saying. I called Jason for more of an update and we started to scurry home. The sky was much better over our neighborhood so that's why we were heading that way despite the funnel clouds overhead. Kinda crazy. I think they're following Dalton...at my mom's on Sunday and then to gymnastics on Tuesday. :) The news reported that viewers said a tornado had touched down in our actual town but I never did go back and see if that was true or not...sometimes I'm better off not knowing these kinds of things, honestly.

One last thing from Tuesday...this is yet another reason why I try to stay out of maternity clothes for as long as possible:

Those are capris that clearly don't stay up on my belly and a maternity shirt that somehow isn't long enough to cover the stupid maternity waistband let alone my 6 month belly. I'm only going to get bigger...what the heck do I do??? I guess that's what I get for wearing other people's hand-me-downs that are maybe not the best fit for me. I should stop complaining...those capris and shirt were free to me, after all. Beggars can't be choosers, am I right? Still...

Wednesday morning found me fasting, drinking the sorta-icky glucose beverage, then taking the boys up to the lab for my glucose tolerance test and some additional lab work. They did really well while we were there and so Easton wondered why he was not given any stickers by the lab techs. :) Usually they get stickers even when they're not the ones getting poked. Oh well. And apparently too tired to walk, E hopped on with Lil' Bubbs on our way out:


I think he might've been hungry. I had them fasting with me so we could hit Panera nearby after the stick. Jason had a meeting out of town so he couldn't join us for breakfast:




We were still in Boulder when Carson's mom called asking for help that day. But it wasn't going to be till the afternoon so I took the boys to the free weekly show at the library. We got there and apparently 150 kids turned out for last week's free show so they had to move it to a church across the street...a bit of a pain but we got there in time. However, the day's entertainment did not. She got there 15 minutes after the show was supposed to start and still had to do 5-10 minutes of setting up her lame magic act. My poor children...and the others too. That's a loooooooong time to wait. I tried to get a candid shot of Easton sitting with his arm around Dalton but he caught me with the camera and instead wanted Dalton to look at the camera with him:


The show was too long for Dalton's age group and we couldn't get out of there fast enough when it was over. Plus we were expecting Carson soon. That went well. Carson actually slept really well while he was here...the only problem with that was that my boys didn't get to see him much. We were eating lunch when he got here, then my boys went in their rooms for quiet time and nap while Carson hung out with me, then Carson went down just before they came out and Carson was still sleeping when his mom came to get him. Oh well.

Wednesday evening I went to an info session about nursing school. I was wanting to hear about the prereqs and waiting list. It's not something I'm looking to do till all the kids are in school full time so I've got awhile, just wanted some basic info and to see when I might want to start on some of the prereqs. If I go to that school I'll have to repeat 3 classes I took in college because they're not current enough anymore. Some of the other prereqs, however, have no time limit on them. Whew. I came home to boys in bed already.

Thursday morning we woke up and Jason stayed home from work being that it was our anniversary. We went out to breakfast and the lady who ran the nursing school info session the night before was there. Kinda weird. And she recognized me. Also kinda weird. But anyway, we had a nice breakfast and then headed down to the zoo for the morning:






I don't think J's been to the zoo with us since Dalton was about 4 months old!


I had to try and try to get this shot:


Mostly the kids wouldn't look at the camera at the same time:


Or either of them would prefer alternate poses:


Goofballs.

Kinda weird to see hoodies in June, eh?


This was too cute, when we got to the alligators, Dalton pulled off his cap and held it up to the glass to show them the crocodile on it. He just held it there and held it there for them to see themselves on his hat. :)


Easton hopped up on this rock, posed, and asked me to take a picture of him:

Goober.

But it looked like a nice spot so Jason had him take one of us too:


Because we go to the zoo so often, it has become a lot less of a time to see the animals for the boys (especially E) and a lot more of a "what can I find to climb on/ride on/have as a treat"? kind of time. So, some climbing:




And we got a grape icee to share and then took a spin on the carousel:


Then we came home for lunch and regular nap/Q.T. Jason ended up feeling a little sick and we both snoozed on the bed for about half an hour while Easton played in his room. Then J felt better and got up to get E out of quiet time while I asked if I could keep sleeping...we had a late night ahead of us. When I woke up I showered and we waited for Gramoo to arrive.

She took our picture:


And a picture of our "five years later" family...we've been busy, eh? ;)


Jason and I bid goodnight to Gramoo and the boys and drove down to catch the train into downtown. First stop was Bubba Gump's for dinner. Not the most romantic of spots but we did eat there on our Maui honeymoon so it's all good and nostalgic. This is the third time I've been pregnant on June 11th but the first time I've known about it so I had to enjoy an alcohol-free "Lava Flow" (my fave drink from Hawaii). That was the best part of my dinner but Jason enjoyed his big ol' bucket of seafood:


We had wanted to walk to the Cheesecake Factory for dessert but it would end up cutting it close for our next plans so instead we bought candy bars from Walgreens hee hee!

Then we walked over to the Denver Center Theatre for the Performing Arts to see the Broadway Tour of "Rent". I was excited going into it. I mean, it was on Broadway forever (like, 12 years!) and won the Tony back in 1996. Maybe if we had seen it back then or even gotten into it back then (seems to have quite the following) then maybe we would've felt differently about the show last night but it was definitely not our cup of tea. a.) It just seemed sooooooooo dated...from the themes to the music it just seemed so 90s which is still too recent to be "cool" again. b.) It was kinda too predictable and not-so-clever (Spamalot was clever). c.) We're getting kinda tired of all the theatre stuff we've seen recently having the requisite drag queen role. However, that dude was probably one of the more talented actors with one of the more enjoyable roles, still, after The Producers, Spamalot, and now Rent all having a drag queen it just seems like someone needs to try something new. Anyway, we were kinda bored and felt like we were missing something as everyone around us just loved every bit of everything and would cheer wildly with anticipation after hearing the first few notes of a song. Clearly everyone else was allllllll into Rent and we were not:

That's not to say the evening was all bad. We love having our date nights and there really were some talented people up there and some of the singing was really impressive, but the show overall was just not for us. Which is fine.

It was raining and really late when we got out of the theatre so we dashed to the train stop nearby and rode back to our car before driving home again. Gramoo said the boys did fab and asked for some caffiene for her drive home...poor Gramoo. If it was late for me it was really late for Gramoo. But, we're so thankful to have her to watch the boys for us like that. They love their Gramoo!

Anyhoo, morning came a bit too early this morning so the boys and I made a stop for a venti Starbucks instead of a grande (we share) and we came to hang out at home while I did a bit of catching up from a day of being offline. Looking forward to the weekend!