Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
today was kind of fun. this morning mom and i drove to the zoo. we went to the gamesville zoo. there's just a small one not far from where we live. it's part of the community college's zookeeper program. it only took us a few minutes to get there. when we got out of the car i heard this strange squawking cry. what the heck was that? mom and i stopped at the bathroom before we went in the zoo. when we walked out again there was a huge bird- right in front of me. a peacock! he squawked at me then wandered off. so that's what made the strange noise.
mom and i went into the zoo and walked around. we visited each of the different cages. mom brought my science field journal and she took notes of all the different things we saw. there were birds. big birds, small birds. you name it chances are we saw it, except toucan. there's no toucans. in the brush next to the walking trail we saw two lady peacocks and they each had a small chick with them. they were scratching around in the leaves looking for things to eat. it was pretty fun to see. we saw some lemurs, sleeping. the gibbon monkeys were whoooping up a storm. they were fun to watch. i think we saw a million turtles too. it was a really nice way to spend an hour.
after the zoo mom and i just went home again. we're going to try and keep cool.
mom and i went into the zoo and walked around. we visited each of the different cages. mom brought my science field journal and she took notes of all the different things we saw. there were birds. big birds, small birds. you name it chances are we saw it, except toucan. there's no toucans. in the brush next to the walking trail we saw two lady peacocks and they each had a small chick with them. they were scratching around in the leaves looking for things to eat. it was pretty fun to see. we saw some lemurs, sleeping. the gibbon monkeys were whoooping up a storm. they were fun to watch. i think we saw a million turtles too. it was a really nice way to spend an hour.
after the zoo mom and i just went home again. we're going to try and keep cool.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
first day without my dad. i miss him. just me and mom. blah.
went to piano lessons today. i did my thing. i'm learning how to play happy birthday. it's going alright. there was a big storm going on during my lesson. lots of thunder and lightning. good thing we were inside. having a big thunderstorm every day between 3-6pm, really weirds out your day. you know it's going to rain, but when? right now it's usually during my piano lesson. i kind of wish it wasn't though. i like the storms and i end up missing most of the exciting stuff when i'm playing piano.
went to piano lessons today. i did my thing. i'm learning how to play happy birthday. it's going alright. there was a big storm going on during my lesson. lots of thunder and lightning. good thing we were inside. having a big thunderstorm every day between 3-6pm, really weirds out your day. you know it's going to rain, but when? right now it's usually during my piano lesson. i kind of wish it wasn't though. i like the storms and i end up missing most of the exciting stuff when i'm playing piano.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
today was busy. i got up this morning and had just enough time to eat a big bowl of cinnamon crunchie pillows before mom was hustling me out the door. this morning we took my dad to the airport. he has to go to austria for a week. booo. i will miss him. he's going to give some talks about stuff he does. i looked over his speech last night- long boring story about fish guts. kind of glad i'm staying home with mom.
it only took a few minutes to drive dad to the airport and drop him off. we said good bye and off we went to do other things. mom drove us into town, except we missed the turn we wanted and ended up in the plaza with jiffy lube. mom looked at her reminder sticker and said- oh what the hell. it's wed (that means lady's day $8 off your oil change.) we're right here and the oil does need to be changed, let's go to jiffy lube. alright! donuts.
we drove in to jiffy lube and talked to the guy. turns out that once again we need more than just an oil change. the car battery was testing low so mom said- go ahead and change that too. while the guys worked on the car mom and i went over to Ddunkindonuts. i ordered a box of holes- MOSTLY CHOCOLATE! the counter guy gave me some knuckle bumps and a box full of chocolate donut holes. i am happy.
it only took a few minutes to get the car sorted out. i ate a few holes while we waited. nom nom nom. delicious. i was rather annoyed with mom when she took the box off me and said i couldn't eat them all. moms, always ruining fun. car got done and mom drove us on to our next location- the dollar store.
dollar store is not really that great. they didn't have what mom was looking for but i scored a pool noodle. this day just keeps getting better. mom says if the sun ever comes out, we can hit the pool and try it out.
went to a few more stores with mom. she's looking for this special kind of knife that she uses in book making. no one has any. what the hell? mom did find a mango cutter to buy though. it's pretty cool.
after all that shopping mom and i went home. the weather is really weird- kind of cool and it could rain any second. we're just going to hide out inside until the weather figures out what it wants to do. ate some lunch and watched movies with mom. today she put on something called- superman. i have never seen this film before. it started off kind of boring and slow but by the end i was really into it. superman can fly. flying is pretty awesome. i talked mom into making me some paper airplanes and i threw them all over the room, along with my socks. i practised flying myself by jumping from the coffee table to the couch. mom was not impressed.
the sun finally came out around 6pm. mom got me a big bowl of soup which i ate up. then we went SWIMMING! it's been ages. a week's worth of rain will really cut into your splash time. i got to use my new pool noodle. it was great. the pool was a little on the cool side but i didn't care. i had a nice long slash and play. after the pool it was home for a quick bath.
so my first day without dad was alright. mom and i had some good fun. it's time to curl up on the couch for a bit of toystory and then bed.
it only took a few minutes to drive dad to the airport and drop him off. we said good bye and off we went to do other things. mom drove us into town, except we missed the turn we wanted and ended up in the plaza with jiffy lube. mom looked at her reminder sticker and said- oh what the hell. it's wed (that means lady's day $8 off your oil change.) we're right here and the oil does need to be changed, let's go to jiffy lube. alright! donuts.
we drove in to jiffy lube and talked to the guy. turns out that once again we need more than just an oil change. the car battery was testing low so mom said- go ahead and change that too. while the guys worked on the car mom and i went over to Ddunkindonuts. i ordered a box of holes- MOSTLY CHOCOLATE! the counter guy gave me some knuckle bumps and a box full of chocolate donut holes. i am happy.
it only took a few minutes to get the car sorted out. i ate a few holes while we waited. nom nom nom. delicious. i was rather annoyed with mom when she took the box off me and said i couldn't eat them all. moms, always ruining fun. car got done and mom drove us on to our next location- the dollar store.
dollar store is not really that great. they didn't have what mom was looking for but i scored a pool noodle. this day just keeps getting better. mom says if the sun ever comes out, we can hit the pool and try it out.
went to a few more stores with mom. she's looking for this special kind of knife that she uses in book making. no one has any. what the hell? mom did find a mango cutter to buy though. it's pretty cool.
after all that shopping mom and i went home. the weather is really weird- kind of cool and it could rain any second. we're just going to hide out inside until the weather figures out what it wants to do. ate some lunch and watched movies with mom. today she put on something called- superman. i have never seen this film before. it started off kind of boring and slow but by the end i was really into it. superman can fly. flying is pretty awesome. i talked mom into making me some paper airplanes and i threw them all over the room, along with my socks. i practised flying myself by jumping from the coffee table to the couch. mom was not impressed.
the sun finally came out around 6pm. mom got me a big bowl of soup which i ate up. then we went SWIMMING! it's been ages. a week's worth of rain will really cut into your splash time. i got to use my new pool noodle. it was great. the pool was a little on the cool side but i didn't care. i had a nice long slash and play. after the pool it was home for a quick bath.
so my first day without dad was alright. mom and i had some good fun. it's time to curl up on the couch for a bit of toystory and then bed.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
it's raining out. like lots of rain. today mom and i just hung out in the livingroom. i made a fort out of pillows and blankets on the couch. i played with my marbles for a bit. mom did her work. she's making lots of books.
we watched the day after tomorrow and twister. not much to do when it's constantly raining.
went to piano practice. it was nice to get out of the house for a bit. lucky for us there was only a little rain when we went out. mom made me wear my big yellow puddle jumping boots anyway. good thing too since there are puddles everywhere. i'm guessing there will be mosquitoes eventually too.
piano lessons were fun. we just played around. we're starting to learn how to play happy birthday. it's kind of hard. aabafeaaba gf? i don't know. i was having a hard enough time just getting the aaba part down. i'll keep working on it.
we watched the day after tomorrow and twister. not much to do when it's constantly raining.
went to piano practice. it was nice to get out of the house for a bit. lucky for us there was only a little rain when we went out. mom made me wear my big yellow puddle jumping boots anyway. good thing too since there are puddles everywhere. i'm guessing there will be mosquitoes eventually too.
piano lessons were fun. we just played around. we're starting to learn how to play happy birthday. it's kind of hard. aabafeaaba gf? i don't know. i was having a hard enough time just getting the aaba part down. i'll keep working on it.
Monday, June 25, 2012
monday time again. this morning i talked with jammma, grdad and eleanor. it was fun. after chatting mom dragged me out to get the chores done. today's goal was to get everything done before the rains came back. we did the trash and recycling. we dropped the laundry off to get cleaned. mom drove us to the library. we returned a bunch of books. mom picked out some new ones. i wanted to use the computers in the kid's room but the place was packed. mom said we couldn't wait around. so it was back in the car to put the laundry in the dryer. i started the machines. mom drove us to the park so i could have a run around while the clothes got dry.
at the park mom and i walked the big loop all the way around. when we were done she made me run the whole length of the field myself. then i finally got to play on the equipment. i did lots of climbing. i had fun. considering it rained all day long yesterday stuff was pretty dry today.
went back and picked up the dry laundry. mom took us home so she could fold and put it all away. i just hung out and watched pbskids. we had a little break and then it was off to walmart to get the shopping done. as a special treat mom said i could have lunch at mcdonald's. awesome. i ordered a mango smoothie and some french fries. it was great.
after i ate it was shopping time. mom and i walked around the store putting things in the cart. we got all kinds of random things. nothing super interesting, except a new popsicle mold. mom finally found the perfect one. whoo-hoo. i guess there are popsicles in my future. i can't wait.
mom paid for everything and back home we went, just in time. a huge rain storm came while mom was unpacking all our stuff. rain rain rain. lots and lots of rain this week.
at the park mom and i walked the big loop all the way around. when we were done she made me run the whole length of the field myself. then i finally got to play on the equipment. i did lots of climbing. i had fun. considering it rained all day long yesterday stuff was pretty dry today.
went back and picked up the dry laundry. mom took us home so she could fold and put it all away. i just hung out and watched pbskids. we had a little break and then it was off to walmart to get the shopping done. as a special treat mom said i could have lunch at mcdonald's. awesome. i ordered a mango smoothie and some french fries. it was great.
after i ate it was shopping time. mom and i walked around the store putting things in the cart. we got all kinds of random things. nothing super interesting, except a new popsicle mold. mom finally found the perfect one. whoo-hoo. i guess there are popsicles in my future. i can't wait.
mom paid for everything and back home we went, just in time. a huge rain storm came while mom was unpacking all our stuff. rain rain rain. lots and lots of rain this week.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
dad and i got to spend some time together this morning while mom went out real quick. there aren't many yardsales on today on account of the weather.
when mom came back she loaded us into the car and we all went shopping at the mall. how odd. dad needs new clothes for his big talk. none of the stuff mom and i picked out the other day fit. so dad and i went from store to store looking for just the right pants. not very exciting but hey, i'm spending time with my dad. at this one store dad found like 6pairs of pants to try on. eventually he found just the right pair. mom dug up a shirt for him to wear. alright dad is now set to give his talks.
after all the clothes were bought we walked over to cinnabon. mom got some sweet treats for us to take home and i got a mango strawberry chiller. not sure exactly what that is but man it was tasty.
we went back to the car and mom drove us off to dad's work. he's got stuff to do at the office. mom and i are going to go find some place cool to hide out.
when mom came back she loaded us into the car and we all went shopping at the mall. how odd. dad needs new clothes for his big talk. none of the stuff mom and i picked out the other day fit. so dad and i went from store to store looking for just the right pants. not very exciting but hey, i'm spending time with my dad. at this one store dad found like 6pairs of pants to try on. eventually he found just the right pair. mom dug up a shirt for him to wear. alright dad is now set to give his talks.
after all the clothes were bought we walked over to cinnabon. mom got some sweet treats for us to take home and i got a mango strawberry chiller. not sure exactly what that is but man it was tasty.
we went back to the car and mom drove us off to dad's work. he's got stuff to do at the office. mom and i are going to go find some place cool to hide out.
Friday, June 22, 2012
not so rainy today. chatted with jammma and grdad on skype for a bit this morning and then it was off doing things with mom. we went to an estate sale. mom found a few random things to buy. santa claus was there. i swear to god. i saw him and said hello. mom got his card. mrs claus was there too. she talked with me while we all waited to buy our things.
got home. finally. it took for ever to get out of the estate sale. mom and i are going to hang out watching some movies. the rain should be back soon. booo rain.
got home. finally. it took for ever to get out of the estate sale. mom and i are going to hang out watching some movies. the rain should be back soon. booo rain.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
PIANO LESSONS! that's about the most exciting thing i've done today. you know, florida, summer time, tropical depression off the coast. it's not much fun right now. it's gross and rainy. piano is fun though even if it is the same thing over and over. abcdefgabcdefgabcdefg. 2black keys, 3 black keys, this is middle c. blah blah blah. it's fun though.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
what did i do today? i don't know, stuff. it's kind of rainy out. not a super lot but just enough to be annoying.
mom and i did some shopping for dad. he needs new pants and a shirt for his trip. it was our job to go out and find him some stuff. we went to a couple different stores. mom found the prefect shirt but tracking down the right pants was more of a challenge. it took awhile but we ended up for 3 pairs of maybe pants. mom says if they don't fit we're taking dad out on saturday and he can pick out his own darn pants.
shopping wasn't all bad. for a special treat mom and i had lunch at the mall. i got a fruit and yogurt cup with granola crunchies on top. it was delicious. mom got a 5aday. and then before we left mom took me to the smoothie stand and i ordered my very own mango strawberry smoothie. it was awesome. i love smoothies.
mom took me to the pool after i ate my dinner. that was fun. no one was around so i had the place to myself. i swam around a bit and then dad showed up! he took off his shirt and jumped right in the pool with me. we had a nice swim around before going back home.
mom and i did some shopping for dad. he needs new pants and a shirt for his trip. it was our job to go out and find him some stuff. we went to a couple different stores. mom found the prefect shirt but tracking down the right pants was more of a challenge. it took awhile but we ended up for 3 pairs of maybe pants. mom says if they don't fit we're taking dad out on saturday and he can pick out his own darn pants.
shopping wasn't all bad. for a special treat mom and i had lunch at the mall. i got a fruit and yogurt cup with granola crunchies on top. it was delicious. mom got a 5aday. and then before we left mom took me to the smoothie stand and i ordered my very own mango strawberry smoothie. it was awesome. i love smoothies.
mom took me to the pool after i ate my dinner. that was fun. no one was around so i had the place to myself. i swam around a bit and then dad showed up! he took off his shirt and jumped right in the pool with me. we had a nice swim around before going back home.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Monday, June 18, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
hung out with dad for a bit this morning. we played some video games while mom went out early to the yardsales. i like spending time with my dad. he gives me cereal that i like and sneaky sips of his coffee. we do guy stuff. mom came home with an arm load of books. they were all for dad. phew. i've got enough books to read. these ones were super big.
mom and i drove dad to work for the day. booo. he's got some big talks to work on though, so i guess that's ok. bye dad, see you later. mom and i went around to a couple more yardsales before driving out to the fleamarket. whoo-hooo.
the fleamarket was ok. i got a bag of donuts and a chocolate milkshake, to share with mom. we walked around and looked at all the different stuff. we saw the chickens and roosters. i stopped and chatted with them. i speak rooster you know. i like visiting with all the different animals. i saw the man who runs the rock and fossil stand. he's got an african grey parrot that sits on his head. it's very silly.
after the fleamarket mom drove us home. it's so hot and nasty out. mom and i are going to hide out inside. dad should be home in a bit. we're going to hang out some more.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
not much to report. today i did piano lessons. it's pretty fun. we're playing those electric keyboard things and they make all kinds of different sounds. we worked on the musical alphabet: ABCDEFGABCDEFGABCDEFG. over and over again. we also had to figure out which was our right hand and which was our left hand. i'm thinking playing piano is pretty darn easy. i know all this stuff.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
today has been just as busy but we actually did less stuff. got up this morning and mom was once again full of go go go. i had a bowl of my sugar coated crunchie pillows and it was jump in the car time. mom drove us to the park were we went hunting for shark's teeth last week. we were a little early but eventually a couple cars pulled up and kids got out. hi kids. today we went up with some of the gainesville homeschoolers.
everyone got their gear together and we set off into the woods. mom held my field notebook and she took notes of the different things we saw. she took some pictures too. my current obsession is mushrooms. every time i saw a mushroom i insisted mom snap a picture of it. after about 30, she gave up. there were lots of mushrooms. we also saw a bunny, hiding in the trees. there was a small fish pond with a bunch of goldfish swimming around. while we were looking at fish a frog kept talking. it sounded like a tree frog, no one could find him though. we saw some flowers and a couple butterflies. at the end of the walk mom saw a red crested woodpecker. i didn't see him though. i was too busy jumping on ant hills.
when the walk was done we all gathered at the picnic tables and had snacks. we talked about the different things we collected on our walk and made some leaf rubbing in our notebooks. pretty fun day.
when our meeting was done everyone said good bye. mom and i went down to the creek. we're hunting for shark's teeth! well mom's there to hunt shark's teeth. i'm all about splashing in the water, seeing if things float and generally making a mess. i was soaking wet and covered in sand before mom even made it into the water.
we spent about 2hrs slashing about in the water. mom found a bunch of teeth. i found a couple clam shells. so i kind of helped.
mom and i trudged back to the car. how are we going to get home if we're soaking wet and covered in sand? mom pulled a big bottle of water out of the trunk. she made me take all my clothes off and splashed me down with water- i'm clean! then she pulled out some dry clothes for me to put on. awesome. mom washed the sand off her feet and home we went.
back at the house mom gave me a quick bath just to make sure i was totally clean. i had my hair washed and everything. mom got her shower. we had some pizza for a late lunch. what a fun day. i asked mom to put on toy story. so we watched that for a bit before we both fell asleep on the couch.
dad's home now. this day went super quick.
everyone got their gear together and we set off into the woods. mom held my field notebook and she took notes of the different things we saw. she took some pictures too. my current obsession is mushrooms. every time i saw a mushroom i insisted mom snap a picture of it. after about 30, she gave up. there were lots of mushrooms. we also saw a bunny, hiding in the trees. there was a small fish pond with a bunch of goldfish swimming around. while we were looking at fish a frog kept talking. it sounded like a tree frog, no one could find him though. we saw some flowers and a couple butterflies. at the end of the walk mom saw a red crested woodpecker. i didn't see him though. i was too busy jumping on ant hills.
when the walk was done we all gathered at the picnic tables and had snacks. we talked about the different things we collected on our walk and made some leaf rubbing in our notebooks. pretty fun day.
when our meeting was done everyone said good bye. mom and i went down to the creek. we're hunting for shark's teeth! well mom's there to hunt shark's teeth. i'm all about splashing in the water, seeing if things float and generally making a mess. i was soaking wet and covered in sand before mom even made it into the water.
we spent about 2hrs slashing about in the water. mom found a bunch of teeth. i found a couple clam shells. so i kind of helped.
mom and i trudged back to the car. how are we going to get home if we're soaking wet and covered in sand? mom pulled a big bottle of water out of the trunk. she made me take all my clothes off and splashed me down with water- i'm clean! then she pulled out some dry clothes for me to put on. awesome. mom washed the sand off her feet and home we went.
back at the house mom gave me a quick bath just to make sure i was totally clean. i had my hair washed and everything. mom got her shower. we had some pizza for a late lunch. what a fun day. i asked mom to put on toy story. so we watched that for a bit before we both fell asleep on the couch.
dad's home now. this day went super quick.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
today was my mom's turn to go to the dr's. i got up this morning and had just enough time to choke down a bowl of white sugar coated crunchie pillows before mom rushed me out to the car. we drove to her dr's office. i got to sit and watch while mom had all her tests done and answered questions. not very exciting and actually kind of gross. i hid behind the curtain for part of it. no one wants to see their mom naked, thing of nightmares.
when mom was finished with her appointment we went back home to do more laundry. yup, that's right. 2 loads yesterday and 2 loads today. that's a lot of laundry but now everything in the house is clean. we've got clean clothes, sheets and towels. even blueberry is fresh and clean. he smells wonderful.
i've decided my finger is healed up enough so while the laundry got clean mom and i went swimming. i spent almost 2hrs in the pool. alex and his mom came too. i touched alex's shark truck and that made him super mad. oops. as long as i didn't touch his truck, he was happy enough to play with me.
when the laundry was done mom and i headed home again. i got a smoothie for lunch. mom put on toy story for me to watch. we had a bit of quiet time watching movies until it was PIANO LESSON time!
mom drove us off to piano to find the piano lessons, just as a huge storm rolled up. we went to one place and there were no piano lessons. what the heck? they must have moved. so we went to the other address mom had and right at the place we need to turn was a big accident and the way was blocked. oh no! driving rain, heavy winds, general scary weather and we can't find piano lessons. mom drove through a store parking lot and luckily it met up with the other end of the street we needed. we made it to piano lessons just in time.
phew.
piano lessons were awesome. i get to stand and press buttons. every button you press makes a sound. i am in love. today we learned our abcdefg's. the music alphabet is way easier than the regular one. it was just me and this girl. supposedly other kids will be there next class. i had a great time. i can't wait until thursday.
got home from piano lessons and fell asleep on the couch. too much excitement for me. i only slept a bit. before i knew it dad was home. we're going to hang out and talk about stuff. tonight pbs is showing something about the war of 1812.
when mom was finished with her appointment we went back home to do more laundry. yup, that's right. 2 loads yesterday and 2 loads today. that's a lot of laundry but now everything in the house is clean. we've got clean clothes, sheets and towels. even blueberry is fresh and clean. he smells wonderful.
i've decided my finger is healed up enough so while the laundry got clean mom and i went swimming. i spent almost 2hrs in the pool. alex and his mom came too. i touched alex's shark truck and that made him super mad. oops. as long as i didn't touch his truck, he was happy enough to play with me.
when the laundry was done mom and i headed home again. i got a smoothie for lunch. mom put on toy story for me to watch. we had a bit of quiet time watching movies until it was PIANO LESSON time!
mom drove us off to piano to find the piano lessons, just as a huge storm rolled up. we went to one place and there were no piano lessons. what the heck? they must have moved. so we went to the other address mom had and right at the place we need to turn was a big accident and the way was blocked. oh no! driving rain, heavy winds, general scary weather and we can't find piano lessons. mom drove through a store parking lot and luckily it met up with the other end of the street we needed. we made it to piano lessons just in time.
phew.
piano lessons were awesome. i get to stand and press buttons. every button you press makes a sound. i am in love. today we learned our abcdefg's. the music alphabet is way easier than the regular one. it was just me and this girl. supposedly other kids will be there next class. i had a great time. i can't wait until thursday.
got home from piano lessons and fell asleep on the couch. too much excitement for me. i only slept a bit. before i knew it dad was home. we're going to hang out and talk about stuff. tonight pbs is showing something about the war of 1812.
Monday, June 11, 2012
this morning i got up, mom made me eat some cereal- maple and brown sugar crunchie pillows. i was rather put out as i only ever want to eat cinnamon crunchie pillows. i made grumpy faces at mom for a bit. got dressed and mom hurried me out the door before 9am. what the hell? my shows are on. mom said we're going to the dr's.
the dr is only down the street. got out, got checked in and waited for my name to be called. it's a kid's dr, so there's lots of fun stuff to do while you wait. i played with the train set.
so my name got called and i followed the nurse lady to the back. she measure how tall i am and how much i weight. my blood pressure got taken and my temperature. i sat in a room with mom for a bit. the dr came in and he had me take off all my clothes and throw them at mom. that was fun. the dr poked and prodded me, asked a bunch of questions. he tickled me. he listened to my breathing and then to my heart. all of a sudden he just grabbed my junk. hey now! i'm a big boy now and part of the big boy exam is checking to make sure peepee hose is normal. someone could have mentioned that to me.
the dr left and the nurse lady came back. she took me down the hall to test my hearing and vision. i had some headphones and every time there was a beep, i had to say beep. turns out my hearing is just fine. the vision test i had to say which was the E was pointing. sometime the E was big and sometimes the E was small, i answered all the questions correctly though. so i see and hear just fine. i really am just ignoring my mom when she asks me to do thing. haha.
after the hearing and vision test it was back to the room for the last job- a finger poke. i did not like that one bit. the nurse lady poked my finger and it bled. kind of hurty. she collected the blood and it's going to be sent off for tests. she gave me a bandaid. i didn't shriek or scream when she put it on. mom was impressed. i also got a lolipop. i guess the dr's isn't so bad.
mom and i left the drs and went home again. there's a lot of laundry that needs doing so mom gathered it all up and we dropped the clothes off to get cleaned. while everything was in the washer mom took me to the park. i didn't want to go swimming because i have a bandaid. i could bleed to death or something.the park was fun, but a bit hot. it is summertime in FL.
had a good play and then went back to put the clothes in the dryer. mom and i just went home. it's too hot to really do anything outside right now. i relaxed on the couch for a bit watching some pbs kids. went with mom to collect the clothes from the dyer. big chores are done for the day.
mom put on back to the future for me and i fell asleep. it happens. mom fell asleep too. lazy afternoon for us. after our naps mom dragged me out to the car and we went to walmart. kind of late in the day for that kind of thing but mom is looking for popsicle molds and other stuff. got a bunch of stuff but would you believe walmart didn't have a single decent popsicle mold for us to buy? what the heck. we got a bunch of strawberries and mangos though.
looking forward to my dad getting home so we can hang out.
the dr is only down the street. got out, got checked in and waited for my name to be called. it's a kid's dr, so there's lots of fun stuff to do while you wait. i played with the train set.
so my name got called and i followed the nurse lady to the back. she measure how tall i am and how much i weight. my blood pressure got taken and my temperature. i sat in a room with mom for a bit. the dr came in and he had me take off all my clothes and throw them at mom. that was fun. the dr poked and prodded me, asked a bunch of questions. he tickled me. he listened to my breathing and then to my heart. all of a sudden he just grabbed my junk. hey now! i'm a big boy now and part of the big boy exam is checking to make sure peepee hose is normal. someone could have mentioned that to me.
the dr left and the nurse lady came back. she took me down the hall to test my hearing and vision. i had some headphones and every time there was a beep, i had to say beep. turns out my hearing is just fine. the vision test i had to say which was the E was pointing. sometime the E was big and sometimes the E was small, i answered all the questions correctly though. so i see and hear just fine. i really am just ignoring my mom when she asks me to do thing. haha.
after the hearing and vision test it was back to the room for the last job- a finger poke. i did not like that one bit. the nurse lady poked my finger and it bled. kind of hurty. she collected the blood and it's going to be sent off for tests. she gave me a bandaid. i didn't shriek or scream when she put it on. mom was impressed. i also got a lolipop. i guess the dr's isn't so bad.
mom and i left the drs and went home again. there's a lot of laundry that needs doing so mom gathered it all up and we dropped the clothes off to get cleaned. while everything was in the washer mom took me to the park. i didn't want to go swimming because i have a bandaid. i could bleed to death or something.the park was fun, but a bit hot. it is summertime in FL.
had a good play and then went back to put the clothes in the dryer. mom and i just went home. it's too hot to really do anything outside right now. i relaxed on the couch for a bit watching some pbs kids. went with mom to collect the clothes from the dyer. big chores are done for the day.
mom put on back to the future for me and i fell asleep. it happens. mom fell asleep too. lazy afternoon for us. after our naps mom dragged me out to the car and we went to walmart. kind of late in the day for that kind of thing but mom is looking for popsicle molds and other stuff. got a bunch of stuff but would you believe walmart didn't have a single decent popsicle mold for us to buy? what the heck. we got a bunch of strawberries and mangos though.
looking forward to my dad getting home so we can hang out.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
today it was me and dad, doing stuff all day long. i love sundays. mom tried to get me to go to the library with her and to the grocery store but i said- no. i'm spending the day with my dad.
dad and i played lego all day long. it was great.
there was a big thunderstorm today but eventually the sun came out. first time in days the sun's been out. mom made me eat dinner and then we all got in our swims suits and hit the pool. i showed mom and dad how great i'm swimming now. it was nice.
got home and we all had showers. now it's time to sit on the couch and watch tv together.
dad and i played lego all day long. it was great.
there was a big thunderstorm today but eventually the sun came out. first time in days the sun's been out. mom made me eat dinner and then we all got in our swims suits and hit the pool. i showed mom and dad how great i'm swimming now. it was nice.
got home and we all had showers. now it's time to sit on the couch and watch tv together.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
not much to say about today. mom got up and made us blueberry waffles for breakfast time. i ate 2. they were very tasty.
after breakfast everyone got dressed and it was time to take dad to work. there was lots of rain and it was early so not many cars out on the road. much different from yesterday. yesterday there were a million cars taking everyone to dad's work.
dropped dad off and mom drove us around to a couple yardsales. the first sale was a fund raiser for a school so it was inside. mom found some random educational things to buy me and that was pretty much that. we drove off to the next sale . there was nothing really there. i saw lots of things i wanted but mom wasn't interested.
got home and that's that. just going to sit and watch some movies while the rain pours down. not an exciting weekend that's for sure.
after breakfast everyone got dressed and it was time to take dad to work. there was lots of rain and it was early so not many cars out on the road. much different from yesterday. yesterday there were a million cars taking everyone to dad's work.
dropped dad off and mom drove us around to a couple yardsales. the first sale was a fund raiser for a school so it was inside. mom found some random educational things to buy me and that was pretty much that. we drove off to the next sale . there was nothing really there. i saw lots of things i wanted but mom wasn't interested.
got home and that's that. just going to sit and watch some movies while the rain pours down. not an exciting weekend that's for sure.
Friday, June 8, 2012
it's raining out. lots and lots of raining. this morning i got up and plopped down on the couch. my dad was already gone. the rain woke me up and i had to go pee. mom let me sit there quietly for a few minutes before she started in- what do you want for breakfast? cinnamon crunchie pillows. mom says- no. so i opted for a cup full of maple brown sugar crunchie pillows. they're good enough.
mom's phone rang and it was my dad. he wanted a ride to work because it's so rainy out. so i had to get off the couch and get dressed. mom and i drove to the Y and picked up dad. we dove him off to work in the rain. there was some traffic. i guess everyone else was getting rides today too.
dropped dad off and it was off to do the grocery shopping. we were there super early so no one was about. mom and i did the shopping in piece. there was a big list of things to get. lots of things mom likes were on sale today. got the shopping done and mom drove us home again.
mom unpacked the groceries and then it was back in the car for us. we're going to some estates sales- in the rain. the first sale we went to was in a nice neighborhood nearby. the house was nice and clean. everything was organized and well priced. mom found a few things to buy. nothing super exciting. the next sale was not too nice. an older lady lived there and she just wasn't up to the challenge of keeping it clean. things were old and sticky. mom and i didn't buy anything. we just went off to our next mission- post office.
mom drove us to the post office. i put the postcard up on the counter and the girl told me it would be $1.05, so i handed her the money to pay. no big deal. one postcard on it's way to england.
our last chore of the day was to stop at the Y and pick up dad's keys. he accidentally left them there. oops. mom and i got them though and some paperwork to sign me up for swim lessons. awesome.
since it's so crap and rainy out mom says i can sit on the couch all day watching toystory movies. whoo-hooo.
mom's phone rang and it was my dad. he wanted a ride to work because it's so rainy out. so i had to get off the couch and get dressed. mom and i drove to the Y and picked up dad. we dove him off to work in the rain. there was some traffic. i guess everyone else was getting rides today too.
dropped dad off and it was off to do the grocery shopping. we were there super early so no one was about. mom and i did the shopping in piece. there was a big list of things to get. lots of things mom likes were on sale today. got the shopping done and mom drove us home again.
mom unpacked the groceries and then it was back in the car for us. we're going to some estates sales- in the rain. the first sale we went to was in a nice neighborhood nearby. the house was nice and clean. everything was organized and well priced. mom found a few things to buy. nothing super exciting. the next sale was not too nice. an older lady lived there and she just wasn't up to the challenge of keeping it clean. things were old and sticky. mom and i didn't buy anything. we just went off to our next mission- post office.
mom drove us to the post office. i put the postcard up on the counter and the girl told me it would be $1.05, so i handed her the money to pay. no big deal. one postcard on it's way to england.
our last chore of the day was to stop at the Y and pick up dad's keys. he accidentally left them there. oops. mom and i got them though and some paperwork to sign me up for swim lessons. awesome.
since it's so crap and rainy out mom says i can sit on the couch all day watching toystory movies. whoo-hooo.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
today was kind of fun. mom signed me up for a kid meetup. we all met at a near by park. (mom and i got there just in time after making a quick stop at walmart to pick up pasta strainers, a stand trowel and TORPEDOES!) there were like 20kids all milling about. i saw a couple kids i've seen before at other dates. one of the boys is a little older and he was being cheeky so i copied him. mom was not impressed. so the park was pretty good. we all stomped through the woods to a stream. there was a bit of a muddy bank to clamber down and then we all stomped around in the water. that's right today's playdate was stomping around in the water. awesome!
really the playdate was about find sharks teeth in the sand. mom showed me how to fill my strainer full of sand and slowly shake it back and forth until all the sand flowed out and only rocks and bits remained. if you do that enough eventually you'll find a shark tooth from millions of years ago. i was more interested in splashing about. mom pretty much just left me to it. she was busy sifting sand. she found a bunch of teeth. i only found a few shells. it's hard work. making splashes is much more satisfying. it started to rain around noon time so everyone got out of the water and headed home.
got home and it was bath time. mom scrubbed all the sand off me. i got dried up and fresh clothes applied. the rest of the day is movie watching on the couch.
really the playdate was about find sharks teeth in the sand. mom showed me how to fill my strainer full of sand and slowly shake it back and forth until all the sand flowed out and only rocks and bits remained. if you do that enough eventually you'll find a shark tooth from millions of years ago. i was more interested in splashing about. mom pretty much just left me to it. she was busy sifting sand. she found a bunch of teeth. i only found a few shells. it's hard work. making splashes is much more satisfying. it started to rain around noon time so everyone got out of the water and headed home.
got home and it was bath time. mom scrubbed all the sand off me. i got dried up and fresh clothes applied. the rest of the day is movie watching on the couch.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
this morning my grdad and jammma had to leave. boooo. we all got up early. everyone got dressed. mom loaded us in the car and drove us to a nearby restaurant. there was much chatter and eating. except me, i didn't really eat anything. mom ordered me a biscuit but i thought everything smelled bad so i didn't want to eat.
after breakfast it was back in the car and mom drove us all to dad's work. dad got out and got covered in hugs and kisses by his mom and dad. embarrassing when you're 5, super embarrassing when you're old like dad. haha.
mom drove us back home and it was bathroom breaks all around and lugging bags out to the car. i can't believe it's been a month already. i wish jammma and grdad could stay longer but mom says they have things to do back in derby. oh well. they'll be back again eventually.
so all the bags were packed in the car. we all got in our seats and mom drove us down to orlando. it was kind of rainy but no big deal. it's a long drive but there was hardly any traffic so the trip went quick. it only took us 2hrs to get to the airport. mom found the good parking right near the entrance. she showed grdad how to get a luggage cart. all the bags got loaded onto the cart and into the airport we went.
jammma and grdad's flight wasn't for hours and hours. we got there kind of early, the check in desks weren't even open yet. we just walked around the airport for a bit. orlando has a pretty awesome airport even if it is full of screaming kids going disney crazy. we stopped for some lunch. i had garlic bread and dipping sauce in addition to a super yummy chocolate milkshake. mom's lunch wasn't so awesome. she ate most of her spinach stromboli thing before finding a dead ladybug in it. yuck. the food place gave her the money back though so no big deal.
after lunch we walked around a bit more. the check in desk finally opened so grdad and jammma got rid of their bags. mom sat down on a bench and i went off and had a walk on my own with jammma and grdad. we talked about stuff. we walked back to mom and said our final goodbyes. sad but not too sad. i didn't cry. mom and i walked over to the elevators. one was being worked on. i asked the guy what was going on. he let me behind the safety gate and i got to watch the repair man working on all the different wires. pretty awesome. that's something you don't get to do every day. the working elevator came. i gave one last wave to jammma and grdad and that was that.
mom and i walked back to the car alone. mom asked me not to open my car door but i did anyway. i opened it a bit too far and nicked the paint on the car parked next to us. oh man. i got a wicked telling off from mom. i don't see what the big deal is, our car was fine. lesson learned- nick the paint of a $60,000 car and mom will be rather annoyed. in my defence you'd think a $60,000 car would have a better paint job. that shit just came right off.
when mom was done giving me an earache we drove off into the rainstorm. we made it most of the way out of orlando before a massive storm poured down. hazard lights had to be turned on. it rained so hard everything went grey and you couldn't see the road or the car in front of you. pretty scary. mom and i made it through just fine though. the rain eventually eased up a bit and i fell asleep.
i woke up to mom slapping my leg and shouting- hardwick we're home! i opened my eyes, we were not home, just at the intersection near our house. it's rainy here too.
now i'm home mom and i are just going to take it easy for a few days. i'm going to watch back to the future.
after breakfast it was back in the car and mom drove us all to dad's work. dad got out and got covered in hugs and kisses by his mom and dad. embarrassing when you're 5, super embarrassing when you're old like dad. haha.
mom drove us back home and it was bathroom breaks all around and lugging bags out to the car. i can't believe it's been a month already. i wish jammma and grdad could stay longer but mom says they have things to do back in derby. oh well. they'll be back again eventually.
so all the bags were packed in the car. we all got in our seats and mom drove us down to orlando. it was kind of rainy but no big deal. it's a long drive but there was hardly any traffic so the trip went quick. it only took us 2hrs to get to the airport. mom found the good parking right near the entrance. she showed grdad how to get a luggage cart. all the bags got loaded onto the cart and into the airport we went.
jammma and grdad's flight wasn't for hours and hours. we got there kind of early, the check in desks weren't even open yet. we just walked around the airport for a bit. orlando has a pretty awesome airport even if it is full of screaming kids going disney crazy. we stopped for some lunch. i had garlic bread and dipping sauce in addition to a super yummy chocolate milkshake. mom's lunch wasn't so awesome. she ate most of her spinach stromboli thing before finding a dead ladybug in it. yuck. the food place gave her the money back though so no big deal.
after lunch we walked around a bit more. the check in desk finally opened so grdad and jammma got rid of their bags. mom sat down on a bench and i went off and had a walk on my own with jammma and grdad. we talked about stuff. we walked back to mom and said our final goodbyes. sad but not too sad. i didn't cry. mom and i walked over to the elevators. one was being worked on. i asked the guy what was going on. he let me behind the safety gate and i got to watch the repair man working on all the different wires. pretty awesome. that's something you don't get to do every day. the working elevator came. i gave one last wave to jammma and grdad and that was that.
mom and i walked back to the car alone. mom asked me not to open my car door but i did anyway. i opened it a bit too far and nicked the paint on the car parked next to us. oh man. i got a wicked telling off from mom. i don't see what the big deal is, our car was fine. lesson learned- nick the paint of a $60,000 car and mom will be rather annoyed. in my defence you'd think a $60,000 car would have a better paint job. that shit just came right off.
when mom was done giving me an earache we drove off into the rainstorm. we made it most of the way out of orlando before a massive storm poured down. hazard lights had to be turned on. it rained so hard everything went grey and you couldn't see the road or the car in front of you. pretty scary. mom and i made it through just fine though. the rain eventually eased up a bit and i fell asleep.
i woke up to mom slapping my leg and shouting- hardwick we're home! i opened my eyes, we were not home, just at the intersection near our house. it's rainy here too.
now i'm home mom and i are just going to take it easy for a few days. i'm going to watch back to the future.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Monday, June 4, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Saturday, June 2, 2012
today we took dad to work. well first we went out for breakfast time. yum! we ihopped it. mom let me order a waffle. it was delicious and HUGE! the restaurant was super busy so the food took a bit but man everything was tasty. after we all ate then it was time to take dad to work.
we dropped dad off- bye dad, see you later. mom drove me, jammma and grdad to the natural history museum. that's a pretty good place to spend a hot day. we walked around and looked at cool old stuff. there was a fossil guy there and we got to touch and look at some different fossils found around florida. we went to all the different rooms and learned about the local area. we visited the butterfly hatchery. i got to see butterflies straight from their cocoons. that was pretty neat. on the way out we hit the giftshop. jammma and mom both bought me cool science experiment type things. i got dishes to grow mold. paper to test for acid and a lemon clock. that's right, you put the probs in a lemon and it powers a clock. so you know what i'll be doing this afternoon. after swimming of course.
we dropped dad off- bye dad, see you later. mom drove me, jammma and grdad to the natural history museum. that's a pretty good place to spend a hot day. we walked around and looked at cool old stuff. there was a fossil guy there and we got to touch and look at some different fossils found around florida. we went to all the different rooms and learned about the local area. we visited the butterfly hatchery. i got to see butterflies straight from their cocoons. that was pretty neat. on the way out we hit the giftshop. jammma and mom both bought me cool science experiment type things. i got dishes to grow mold. paper to test for acid and a lemon clock. that's right, you put the probs in a lemon and it powers a clock. so you know what i'll be doing this afternoon. after swimming of course.
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