Driving the firetruck

Sept.1-Sept.8, 2008
We had an awesome labor day picnic with our ward over at Fairmont park. The boys got to pretend to drive a firetruck (someone had connections) and we got some great pics. Lots of good food and the kids were very entertained by running around and playing with all of the other kids. The best part was that James and I got to play a game of ultimate frisbee. I threw a touch down pass underneath someone blocking me to James and that was my superstar moment.
Levi now says “I’m okay” after he falls down and if he senses your hurt he’ll give you a kiss and say, “all better” He can say “azul” and “verde” in Spanish and also “basura”
When I talk in Spanish to Isaac and he wants to switch back to English he’ll say, “quiero hablar otra idioma” he cracks me up.
We asked Isaac yesterday if he wanted to find out if the baby was a boy or a girl and he said, “it’s a girl momma.” He seems so sure of himself that it’s a little uncanny. I can’t remember if I wrote this before or not but back in March he would wake up every morning for a while and say, “where’s my baby sister?” and “is there a baby in your tummy mom?” I got pregnant in April so he was pretty close.
Levi found the “Cars”movie book at the library and he is obsessed about “Lightning Mcqueen” “Sally” and all of the other race cars. He wanted me to read the story over and over and over. . .
I discovered on Wednesday that the boys had filled the bottom of the jogger stroller with dvds from our visit to the library on Tuesday—I had no idea they were there and I didn’t check them out. Luckily I was able to return them to the library and casually remove them from my stroller and put them back in the right section. The security guard always just waves me through when there’s a beep because I think the security thing must malfunction all of the time. I had a long talk with Isaac about not taking home things we don’t check out from the library or things we don’t buy at the store.
Levi loves saying “I’m okay” and now he can say “esta bien” in Spanish. Isaac totally surprised me when he remembered the word for sticker in Spanish—calcumania.
On Wednesday we went to the Natural History Museum with Carrie and her two boys—Jackson and Jordan. It was nice because they got us in on their pass. The boys loved the dino exhibits and sticking their heads in recreations of dino skulls and “roaring” like a dinosaur.
Thursday Kay had a pre-K party at her place for all of the 4 year olds going to pre-K. She made a cake shaped like a pencil with pink frosting for the eraser—Isaac and Levi loved the pink frosting part. We also went over to the open house for Isaac’s preschool and his teacher is really cool. She does the preschool in her basement which is decorated with lots of bright colors, letters, numbers, shapes, etc. His class will have ten other kids so it will be a nice small size. He’s most excited about getting to play with the toys.
When Isaac wakes up in the morning now he comes running into our room and says, “Dragon, ROAR!” and tackles us in bed. Such a lovely way to wake up.
Friday night we had dinner with some friends from India and they told us to be there at 7 o’clock so we felt bad when we arrived a little late and imagined that they might have started eating already. We were very surprised to still be hanging out talking at 9:30 and there was no sign of dinner. Finally a little after 10:00 they set the table and we didn’t get home until 11:00—our kids were total disasters by the end. Talk about a cultural clash of dinner times. The food was amazing—but having to wait until 10:00 to eat with our kids bouncing off the walls was not something I want to do again soon.
Saturday night Levi say me yawn and said “Are you tired?” Very cute. He’s starting to say more phrases now.
James took Isaac to see something called the Red Bull Derby where people race in homemade cars without motors down a big hill. It started pouring down rain but there were still a ton of people there. Isaac got the biggest thrill out of getting to ride the train home.
So now I’m trying to set up a Spanish/ASL class through the Wharton Kids Club since the library here gave me the run around about starting a Spanish storytime. I just sent in a proposal tonight so hopefully we can make things happen by October.
Levi can sit and play the xylophone and sing his abc’s—its absolutely adorable.
I finally had a doctor’s appointment this week and Isaac came with me. He really wanted to hear the baby’s heart beat and when I had to go to the lab for bloodwork he said, “be brave momma, I’ll protect you”—sometimes he just melts my heart. I’ll get an ultrasound on the 23rd of September—that’s the soonest they could schedule me.
We spent the second half of stake conference hunting for Heffalumps outside—we even found some “Heffalump berries” that turned our fingers florescent pink.