Berta was commenting on how we really don't document the kids' activities anywhere. I suspect she doesn't read the blog as much as I would like to think she does, not that I write out everything that we do with the kids here. But now we have something important to record, and I might as well do it here, if anywhere.
Wednesday, Berta took Riley in for his 15-month checkup. He's been a little cranky this week. We were thinking that maybe he's getting a little cold in his ears because he was a bit wobbly and irritable over the weekend, but the doctor said he was ok. Berta says that he was very uncooperative. He didn't want to sit
In addition to the check-over, Riley had some vaccinations. Three shots, two in one leg, one in the other. And that is where things started to go awry. more
Saturday was a pretty nice day over the weekend, and rather than fall into the same TV-watching rut we seem to have been in since Christmas, Berta and I took the kids out to play at the Oasis Family Fun Center. I had taken the kids there once before myself, with Dan and his two kids. Abby and Riley had a pretty good time, and there was no reason to expect that they wouldn't on this occasion, too.
The Oasis is a warehouse-style building that is somewhat off the beaten path. Inside, they've got miniature golf, redemption games, and - the reason why we went - a giant playground. It's one of those playgrounds like they have at Chuck E Cheese's, with the tubes that the kids climb in, but it's enormous.
The playground has 4 big-kid slides and one for toddlers. A nice thing about this playground is that it has a toddler area. Too often, they want to go play with their older siblings and they just aren't big enough. And yet, we ended up letting Riley crawl around in there, too. more
Berta and I are dismayed at the types of food that Abby will eat. This article will likely prove itself as historically useful for when Abby is older.
These days, Abby's favorite food is the griled cheese sandwich. We try very hard to convince her to eat other things, but she isn't very interested in that. Whenever we go out to eat, it must be someplace that serves grilled cheese or we risk the tantrum that accompanies the lack of adequate food choices.
Abby will often eat macaroni and cheese, but not the kind that comes from a can. She will not eat mac and cheese from Wawa, which means it probably comes from a can or is prepared in a similar fashion. She will not eat mac and cheese that contains tomatos (Sound weird? Dice a small tomato and try it!), but she will cover her mac and cheese in seasonings if given the opportunity, and then not it it because it is too spicy.
Abby does not eat spicy foods. Spicy foods often have some extra sugar or salt - not any particularly spicy spices - or are carbonated. Soda is not a drink that Abby enjoys, and she often questions my worth as a human for drinking such a vile concoction. more
This weekend was exciting because we got to celebrate Riley's first birthday.
It's weird how I always assumed that Abby would grow up. I have always looked forward to the day when she was older and I could really do things with her. And as far as her progress goes, she's coming along. But I've never relaly thought about Riley growing up, so this milestone is a strange kind of shock. more
Ah, it's been too long since I've posted pictures of the kids. Last week on the one day that it wasn't miserably hot and humid, Berta and I took Abby and Riley to the carnival that comes around in the summer.
I wasn't feeling in top shape, so mostly Berta and Abby got on the rides. I think they had a good time, especially on the Tilt-a-Whirl. more
