So here's what I missed that I can remember.
12/16/12 - Birthday!!!
Today was Blake's 2nd birthday. I can't believe he's two! I had a construction theme for him. I had an inside "sandbox" with rice in it and I bought little construction trucks for the kids to play with in it. It was unseasonably warm at low 50s so we probably could have even gone outside, but didn't. I made dirt dessert for the cake and had traffic cones (cheddar bugles) and building logs (pretzel sticks). I made the office into tent and tunnel town and brought all the construction trucks and tools we had into the living room. The kids had reflector vests, hats, tool aprons, and goggles to choose from to wear. Trystyn, Gabe, and Lily were the kids that joined the boys in the festivities. Blake had a BLAST! He was so excited and such a ham. Joseph was more interested in opening the gifts than Blake was, but Blake was excited about the gifts. Uncle TJ and Aunt Ally got him a shopping cart which he LOVES and played with all night. We all had a great time.
12/15/12 - Dayton Flyers
Yesterday Joseph went to his first Dayton Flyers game with me, Jim and Uncle TJ. He was enthralled when we got there and a little timid. He only wanted me to hold him and to sit by him. We told him he could use his outside voice even though we were inside, but he didn't want to do it. He thought it was hilarious when Uncle TJ yelled BOO. He even had the girl in front of us laughing. At half time TJ took him around to check out the arena and that seemed to loosen him up. When he came back he was all into yelling and even wanted to sit on TJ's lap. He seemed to have a great time! Blake had a blast with Nina and was asleep when we came to pick him up.
12/14/12 - Kingdom of Bounce
Today was Joseph's last day of preschool before break. We brought the teachers little gifts which Joseph was super excited to hand out. Blake actually went in the child watch for a little bit which was nice. That night TJ and Ally came over and we went to the Kingdom of Bounce which had some bounce slides and mazes. Joseph LOVED it, but it took Blake quite awhile to warm up to it. I let him play some of the video games (the ones that were working) and he ended up getting the highest possible tickets on the Spongebob game twice so he was able to get 2 snakes and 2 parachute men. Then he started to want to go on the slides when it was almost time to go. But he did them a couple of times. Then we got a little snack because the pizza wasn't coming until 7. We got there late because of terrible traffic. Jim ended up leaving early because he wasn't feeling good and he was meeting Mike and Chad to see the Hobbit. The boys fell asleep on the way home.
12/13/12 - Basketball
I tutored tonight and Joseph had his last basketball class. I rushed home to get him and ate dinner really quick. The guy doing basketball didn't quite understand how to work with 3-5 year olds and was trying to do a game between the kids and parents, but he wasn't letting all the kids have a turn shooting so we left early. We went to Jeni's for ice cream because Jim tutored that night as well.
12/9/12 - Country Table
Mom had the boys overnight and met us at the church in West Jeff. Blake did pretty good. Doug had to take him to the back for the last 10 minutes but I didn't think he would last 5 so that's great. Then we went to eat at the Country Table in West Jeff and it was actually pretty good. Then Dad came over and we went out to eat at Red Lobster.
12/8/12 - 8 Year Anniversay
Tonight Jim and I went out for our anniversary. We went to the Short North and had dinner at the bar at Marcella's. Then we walked around a bit and ended up at MoJo Lounge. We were contemplating driving to Dayton, but decided it would be less tiring to just go see a movie instead. We went to the Arena Grand and saw Life of Pi. We had some time to kill so we went to the Ugly Tuna Saloona.
12/7/12 - Magic Mike
I went to book club today, but we opted to not read a book but have a cookie exchange and watch Magic Mike instead. I thought the movie was terrible, but it seemed everyone else did too. The cookies were delicious and I made my new favorite, Carmelitas, which were a huge hit.
12/3/12 - Firefly Play Cafe
I took the boys to Firefly Play Cafe this morning because a mom from the mom's group said she would be there. It was all moms with bitty babies, they were so cute. The boys had a blast and I was smart this time and packed their lunch. Unfortunately, we had to leave because Joseph was making bad choices and bringing toys into the bounce house and so we left. But I think they were ready to go anyways.
12/4/12 - Graeter's
I took the boys to play at Graeter's this morning. I had my Meet-Up Mom Business meet there and then Hip Mamas met there too. The boys had so much fun! There were lots of kids there their age so they were super happy to be playing with the other kids. I really enjoyed talking to the other mom's too. I brought their lunch so they could get ice cream before we left and I didn't ruin their lunch.
12/1/12 - Breakfast with Santa
Today was the breakfast with Santa at Scioto. Jim had to proctor the ACT so he couldn't go, so mom came instead. The boys had a good time. They actually ate their pancakes and then Joseph wanted to go do the crafts while Blake wandered around. Then we saw Santa, which Blake wanted nothing to do with once he got up there. But Jospeh was happy to tell Santa he wanted dinosaurs for Christmas.
