Proof I am my father’s child. I spent waaaay too many hours this week cleaning out and organizing Gabe’s closet. It was a deeply, deeply satisfying exercise. Who knew putting all the pirate stuff in one bin and reuniting all the knights in shining armor in another bin would be so meditative?
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Electric
We arrived home yesterday afternoon to discover that the power was out in half our house. It was quite fascinating - most of the kitchen appliances were on, but the lights were out. Tess’ room had power but Gabe’s did not. Exactly half the lights worked in our master bedroom.
It turns out a transformer blew out in our neighborhood and managed to fry some of our circuits when it went. This necessitated both a guy from the city water and power, and a private electrician. Needless to say, it’s been quite a thrilling morning when people running in and out and hammering (!) on the side of our house.
Tess has a crush on the water and power guy. She followed him around and smiled and him and generally got in his way until Matt dragged her off to school, quite against her will.
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Gabe meets the penguins at Aquarium of the Pacific (Taken with instagram)
We got to attend a lovely little party celebrating the opening of the new penguin exhibit at the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific on Friday night. It was so much fun to be there with zero crowds. Gabe got to spend lots of time in this little crawl-space on the side of the penguin tank, and he loved it when the penguins would swim right over his head. “Their tummies are white!” he cried.
Tess was a bit dubious about the whole thing but cheered up considerably when she discovered a dessert table loaded with chocolate chip cookies.
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How’s everyone’s Sunday evening?
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My children were not feeling particularly cooperative this morning. They did not want to pose for any pictures. Instead, they wanted to holler things like, “WHERE IS MY MILLENNIUM FALCON?” and “I WILL NOT WEAR SOCKS!” and “I ONLY WANT COOKIES FOR EATING, NO CEREAL NO NO NO!”
This guy says hi though. Or at least, he will after he’s finished with his nap.
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Purple
Today is National Wear Purple for Peace Day. Tess and Gabe are ALL IN. Also, Gabe would like you to know that “Peace Day” means, “No fighting or calling names or making faces at your friends.” So everyone behave, please.
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Chaos (but in a good way)
We all survived the Epic Lego Star Wars 4th Birthday Party of 2012 (so named because it was attended by almost every single one of his preschool classmates). Even the house survived with minimal structural damage, which is really astonishing when you stop to think about the destructive capacity of that sheer number of children.
You cannot fully appreciate all my awesome Star Wars Lego decorations from this distance, but I assure you they were cool.
Legos, bouncey house, and blue cake for everyone!!!
Trooper and Cooper found the whole thing quite exhausting.
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#bad decision making
Well Child (Very Well Indeed)
Gabe’s well-child visit to the pediatrician was fantastic. I’m sure that sounds ridiculous, but it’s true, and I loved it. The doctor asked him all kinds of questions and asked him to do a variety of things, from writing his name, to hopping on one foot, to drawing a picture of baby Tess, and of course he brought his A game and performed for the doctor like he was on stage.
He acted super brave when it was time for his shots, too. I told him it was going to hurt but only for a few seconds, and he needed to put on his game face. He nodded very seriously, squeezed his eyes shut, held my hands, and did not cry for either shot. Then when we got to school, he showed all his friends his cool band-aids and bragged about how tough he was for getting shots without crying. Oh, my best guy is getting so big and brave!
Stats:
Height: 39.25 inches, 25th percentile
Weight: 31.5 pounds, 25th percentile.
The doctor thinks he’s a late bloomer and is actually going to end up being tall. He also instructed Gabe that he needs to try more new foods, and Gabe promised to try and do that. RIGHT. But we’ll see! I bought some cookbooks targeted towards the toddler/preschool set, so we’re going to try really hard to branch out! Wish me luck, friends.
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