The Highlights of our day

Today was the first day that Poy and I are both on vacation and we had a pretty great day.  Here are the highlights. 

We had lunch at The Cheesecake Factory at Washington Square. The kids and I "shared" a pasta dish. Sophie actually only ate some of the chicken and Poy's rice.  She loves rice and always wants to eat all of the rice on Poy's plate. It's pretty funny 'cause he just watches the rice that he wants to eat disappear. Anyway, Nolan as always, was bothered by the color of the sauce. He only eats white sauce and due to the sun dried tomatoes the sauce was more of a pink. The very kind waiter brought us some alfredo sauce to pour on his though, so he ate a bit of that. We shared a slice of cheesecake with strawberries on top, Sophie's choice. It was pretty yummy.

After lunch we headed to the AT&T store and Poy and I both bought new phones. I bought an iPhone which I am excited to play with. Poy decided to get a simpler phone without any type of internet capabilities. He didn't think he would use an iPhone to it's potential, so he didn't want to spend the extra money. Plus, if he has internet on his phone, it's just one more way for him to do work stuff when he is supposed to be off.

This evening we were lucky to get some free tickets for our family to the Blazer vs. Wizards game.  Poy has a friend who works for the Blazers so he gets us tickets a couple games each season.  He was able to get us in the area that has food included in the tickets, so if you have a bracelet you can have whatever you want in this special area. They have a full buffet with everything from shrimp to top serloin. Poy had a slice of the top serloin on a plate and Sophie actually asked him for a bite. I found this quite surprising because it didn't look all that appealing to me, but she really liked it. It's funny to me because Nolan is so afraid to try new things and Sophie will try almost anything. She doesn't eat much, but at least she's willing to try different stuff. Anyway, both kids enjoyed some fruit, and a snack. Nolan chose a pretzel and Sophie had a bag of popcorn. This was Sophie's first Blazer game and she did awesome. She was so cute. As soon as the Blazer dancers came out, Sophie's eyes lit up. She watched for a moment and then said to me "Mommy, when I grow up I'm gonna be a pom pom girl." It was so darn cute.  When the blimp thing flew over us, Poy actually caught the "prize" ticket.  So, the first time we've ever won a prize at a game, it happens to be a CD from the religious music station! When the game was over we were so ready to leave we actually didn't even pick it up. The game was great. It was full of exciting shots and they won. Although I could have done without the snow on the walk to the car, we had a pretty good start to our "vacation" time. 

On Tuesday, we are taking the kids up to Ski Bowl and teaching them to ski. Nolan has been twice before, 2 years ago, but it is Sophie's first time. We will be staying at the mountain on Tuesday night and will go skiing again on Wednesday. Hopefully it will be a wonderful time. I'm sure we will have to practice our patience, that's for sure. I'm looking forward to seeing how Nolan does now that he's 2 years older. Sophie is quite the athlete, so I'm also excited to see how she does.

Here are some photos of us at the Blazer game 

"Is this pineapple?"

Today was all school health screening day at Nolan's school. I volunteered and helped out with the vision screening. The "perk" of volunteering for health day, was a free lunch that you could eat with your child.  I know I haven't ate in a school cafeteria in years, but I thought it would have improved, and when I was in elementary school I always had hot lunch and actually enjoyed it most of the time.  Now, I don't know if it has stayed the same and I just thought it was normal as a kid, but it has definitely NOT gotten better. I had pepperoni pizza which sat on a lovely bunch of french fries.  The pizza was probably some of the worst I've ever ate. I didn't even think of eating the fries cause they looked so limp and squished. It also came with a cup of "pineapple" although it tasted NOTHING like pineapple. So much so that I was asking the kids around me what it was. I asked Nolan to try it and his rule following response was "Mom, we can't share food". It had no flavor, and I love pineapple. It also had an apple juice and chocolate milk... although I don't know why kids would need 2 drinks.  I also asked him if he'd like a drink of my juice and once again I was told "Mom, you can't share drinks either".  He's so funny about rules. Everything is black and white for him... no grey areas.  Anyway, my "lunch" made me really happy that I have been sending Nolan with cold lunch every day. School food is not good. As lunch was ending and the children were being excused, I went to dump my food. I turned around and Nolan was gone. Darn kid went to recess and didn't even say goodbye.  

It just needs a mate

I finished knitting my first wrist-warmer tonight! I should have gone to bed an hour ago, but I was bound and determined to finish. I started it last night and finished tonight, so I'm pretty stoked about how quick and easy it was, and it turned out pretty good if I do say so myself :) Now I can have warmer hands but still have full use of my fingers. Yea!

What's the big deal?

I was fortunate enough to not have to work Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, or Christmas day this year. I am lucky that most of the people I work with want to work the holidays for the extra holiday pay.  Anyway, I worked last night, New Years Eve, from 6 pm-1:30 am since I had the other 3 off.  Anyway, I didn't go to bed right away, so I was up pretty late.  I woke up this morning and got myself and the kids ready for the day and we were out the door at 11:30 to go to Sophie's tumbling class.  I get to the gym and see that they are not open... luckily the kids didn't freak out cause they really hate when things don't turn out the way they expect. It was so cute though because Nolan says to Sophie in his nicest voice "I'm Sorry Sophie, I promise we will do something fun today".  So, my question is, what's the big deal about New Years Day? I really don't understand why so many places are closed. It's just a day... not that I'm religious, but Christmas and Easter are religious holidays, Thanksgiving is celebrating the pilgrims and the feast etc. but New Years Day is just the first day of the year.  Are we off so anyone who stayed out too late can sleep in and recuperate after a night of drinking? I don't know if I feel this way because Poy and I have always worked in a business that doesn't close or what... but I just don't get it.