Yesterday was a staff day at Ing's daycare, so I had to take it off. One of my coworker/friends also goes to that daycare, so she did too, but, we both had a class to teach. Hers was first, so she brought Finn over in the morning, went and taught, came back, we all went for a long walk (where I extolled the virtues of Maclaren strollers to her — I still don't regret, for one second, buying that Volo…) and then came back where Finn napped and Ing ate lunch, and then I went to teach. Ing was supposed to nap, but was too excited by all the company, so when I got back she still hadn't slept, but she's at the age now where I know we can wing it, so we all toddled off to the Children's Museum.
And let me just say, the MDM at before-1pm on a Friday is a freaking GHOST TOWN. It was awesome. We were the only people on the third floor, and only saw one other family on the 2nd and 1st floors. It was Jamie's first time there, and Finn is 10 months, and walking (!) so the kiddos had fun. It's so cool to see how Ingrid's museum faves have shifted as she's developed over the last year. Yesterday, for instance, was the first time she really understood the restaurant exhibit, and spent a lot of time there. When we left, it was after 2 (and she generally naps from 12-2) but I hadn't eaten so I stopped at the cafe nearest the museum and ordered two muffins, to go, but Ing wanted to sit at the table. So, we did. She ate most of her muffin, watched cars go by, and we got in the car. It's about a 5 minute drive from there to home, and just before we got to our driveway, she said "What Ingrid doin? What Ingrid doin? What Ingrid doin?" and fell asleep. I got her into her bed, and she slept solidly for about 2 hours.
When she got up, we hit the road again, as we needed to get diapers at Target, and look for orange leggings for her costume, and get some dinner. (Oh, right, this is one of Dave's massive OT weekends, so he wasn't getting home til 11, and today he's working 10a-11p too…) We went back downtown, and I ordered food from the thai place and then we walked up one side of Main st, crossed and back down the other, looking at halloween decorations, and other stuff. At the bottom of Main, across from the Thai place, is where Andy works, and he happened to see us through the window, and it was totally packed but he popped out to say hi to Ingrid, and to see if she wanted a sweet potato fry, and she did, so he went and got her one. By the time she finished her french fry, our food was ready, and we went home. Such a great day.
Today, before Dave left for work, FedEx dropped a box that was clearly labeled, and clearly a ROKU! Happy Anniversary to ME! I set it up after Dave left, and let me just say TEH AWESOME. I'm watching Airline, right now, that A&E show about working for Southwest, which is totally geeky, but I love it. Ingrid and I went to swim class, where she did great, and she ate most of her lunch before proclaiming "I need a nap now." She's sleeping — when she wakes, we have plans to go to the library, and to a Halloween event at the civic center ("Pumpkins in the Park," a fundraiser for UCP, where people have a contest, I think? of pumpkin carving….)
Anyway. What a great set of days. When Dave is crazy busy like this, it's kind of sweet to have Ingrid-Mama time, and I definitely try to do a lot of out of the house stuff, so that Ing doesn't dwell on 'where daddy at?"
So, yeah, life is good. and the ROKU is as cool as I knew it would be.