My first post :o)

Hi! This is my first foray into bloggosphere. Jef helped me set up this blog (actually, he did most of it, I just picked the template & the name and, well, that’s it. ), so now I can keep you all updated on our daily happenings & post pictures & keep a better record for the boys. 🙂

That said, hello!

A small update on us – the boys (note: “the boys” usually means Jonathan & Daniel, I still haven’t gotten used to including Nicholas – he’s “the baby”, even though he’s 2.5) have begun ice skating lessons. We go every Thursday from 10a-12p. They get a half hour lesson and then enjoy the free skate from 10:30 – 12:00. They seem to really like it. This past Thursday was our second day, and I was able to join them in the free skate. That was fun. Haven’t been ice skating in about nine years! I only fell down once, but I did a lot of wobbling. 🙂 It is neat to see the boys learn new things. Jonathan & Daniel are in different classes (because of their ages), so they each teach each other what they’ve learned. That’s pretty cool in my mind.
Last week (Apr. 14-17), Jef took some time off and we had a mini vacation. On Thursday, we had our first ice skating lesson. We left a little early from that because Nicholas had an eye exam in Seattle. We stopped by the Farmer’s Market & picked up raspberry honey & yellow Finnish potatoes on the way to Children’s Hospital. Dr. Weis is Nicholas’ new eye Dr. Dr. Greenwald moved back to Chicago. We really like Dr. Weis. He tested me on Thursday to see if I have vestibular disease. That is a disease that affects your inner ear (causing balance difficulties) and sometimes presents itself through rapid eye movements like mine. They discovered, though, that I don’t have vestibular disease, because I can control my eyes & focus on things when needed. It was a pretty interesting test, I had to wear special goggles & be spun around and follow a little smiley guy with my eyes … :o) Since I don’t have vestibular disease, it isn’t very likely that Nicholas has it either. They told me what I have is congenital. The possibility of my children having it is one out of two or one out of four. So I guess we need to have another baby to see which of the odds we have. 😀
After Dr. Weis tested me, he looked at Nicholas’ eyes. He just did a visual exam (no equipment), and was pleased with what he saw. He’d given Nicholas a new prescription & could see that it was helping. He also noticed that Nicholas is also learning to “subdue” his eye-shakiness. (that means that he is able to control it, like me) All in all, it was a great visit. I’ve never been so upbeat about an eye exam before!! 🙂
Since we were up in Seattle near UW, we went to University Village to shop. They have the greatest bakery there – A La Francaise. Wonderful breads! We bought two loaves of ciabatta, and one loaf of rosemary & lavender Provence (it was good for tuna sandwiches). 🙂 The boys (all three) were able to play in the playplace there & visit the toy store. They love that. We also went to Borders, but didn’t stay too long because they wanted to play outside again. The playplace there is a nice, open-air one.
Friday we had another full day. We went to the Spring Fair at the Puyallup Fairgrounds. It was rainy & not very warm, but we still had fun. The rain made the lines for the rides not so long. Nicholas went on his very first carnival ride & loved it. He rode these planes over & over again (I think he went on them five or six times)! The only other ride he went on was the canoe ride. He ended up stepping in the water when he was getting out. Daniel fell in the water because he was being impatient, and not waiting for his little brother. But they still had a lot of fun. We got cotton candy & yummy burgers to eat. The boys had their faces painted – Jonathan & Daniel were pirates & Nicholas was Spiderman.
After the Fair, we went to Kamali & Tina’s house to change. Then we went to the Olive Garden with them. Dinner was fabulous! (thanks Kamali!) After a nice, relaxing dinner, we headed home & crashed.
Saturday was officially titled “the nothing day” by Jonathan. We did nothing. I can’t even remember what we did! We played games & watched movies and hung out together.
That was our mini vacation.
This coming weekend we have Jonathan’s birthday party! Jef took off Friday and Saturday, so he will have four days off in a row. We are hoping to see Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy that weekend.
Okay, this is a really long post. I was going to post pictures, but I need to do Quicken & get going. Daniel, Nicholas & I are going to get Jonathan’s birthday present today. 🙂
See you next time!