On the Thursday before we left, Rylan and I met Kelly and Charlie at BounceU. We had met Missy at Monkey Joe's the day before but I figured Rylan still had some jumping left in him.
This was the first time Charlie had been to a bounce place and he did great. It only took a few minutes for him to get used to the soft floor and he took off.
Rylan decided to be pouty for our first five minutes there. He laid on his stomach with his head down whimpering. We ignored him and eventually he just snapped out of it and started running around having a blast. I need to do a separate post on this boys temperament - he is so, so different than Carter!
One of the boys' favorite things was this baseball set up. They loved trying to hit and catch the floating ball.
On the Saturday before we left, I left like I was pretty much packed and ready so we took the boys to Lowe's to do the Build and Grow workshop.
Watch out for this boy! He's pretty good at hammering but misses a lot still and gets my fingers!
Carter hammered in 100% of his nails for probably the first time ever. I think we'll soon try to get him to "read" the instructions (they are all pictures) and figure out what connects to what.
Even though I did the majority of the work on Rylan's, he really liked what we made.
Which was a little game like Plinko from The Price is Right.
On Monday after gymnastics, we went to Monkey's Treehouse with a bunch of our friends from gymnastics. We've only been there for a birthday party so the place is still new to the boys. I had gotten some discount passes from Plum District so I didn't mind spending the money to play with a lot of the same toys that we already have (other than the giant treehouse, of course).
Carter went right back to the store area and got himself all dressed up ...
Rylan had to copy his brother and made me put these goggles on him. They were WAY TOO TIGHT and left very deep impressions on his face for a long time after he finally took them off.
Carter and Rylan really love Luke. They are SO SWEET to him. Carter loves to give hims toys, pat him softly, and give him the sweetest smiles.
While Carter had speech after Monkey's Treehouse, Rylan and I just hung out in the car and played. He was very excited to get to wear Carter's sunglasses.
The first part of this week has been pretty entertaining at our house. The drainage area in the middle of our cul-de-sac was completely excavated and refilled. I have no idea what was wrong with it. I'm guessing it wasn't draining properly. Anyway, we had three days of dump trucks, a cool excavator, and surveyors to watch out the front windows.
Yesterday we met Missy and her kids at Granny White Park. It was beautiful outside - it finally felt like spring (not too hot and not too cold). I got one picture of the boys (minus Luke). Carter is of course crossing his eyes (one of his favorite things to do right now) and I think Will thinks he's crazy!
So the marathon that I was planning to run is this weekend. A few weeks ago I decided that it would be crazy to try to run it. I had to take a few weeks off when I fell down our steps and hurt my back. And then I was still so sore that I wasn't able to run as much or as long as I needed to. Then I got really sick about a month ago - sick enough that I had to get an IV when I went to the doctor. So that set me back even further. Knowing that I was going to be taking a week off when we were in Florida, I decided that I might kill myself if I tried to run the marathon. And my running partner (Missy) wasn't going to run anymore either because of arthritis in her hip that limited her training too much. I'm really disappointed that I'm not running it but it's probably the smart decision (I usually don't make smart decisions when it comes to racing - I usually push myself too much). Anyway, I think Brian and I might do the Insanity training program now. Hopefully we can find the time (and energy) to fit it into our schedule.
And one other random thing ... I mentioned before that the wild turkeys were getting closer and closer to our house. On Sunday when we got home from Florida, we saw a turkey in our front yard. Luckily it was only one and not a few dozen like down the road!
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