Wednesday
Conner had his first soccer practice at 5:30pm at Whistler park.  Although we were anxious to get on the road, we didn’t want for him to miss the first session.  He had fun, listened to his instructors and even ran a few drills.

Amazingly, we were able to bathe both kids and get on the road by 6:50pm.  It was an easy drive to Denver with some light construction on I-70.  We arrived at Embassy Suites by the airport at about 10pm.

Thursday
Even though our flight wasn’t until 10AM, we got up at 6:30 so we would have plenty of time to eat breakfast and catch the shuttle to DIA.  The airport was fun - the boy enjoyed riding the train, the escalators and the moving sidewalks.  The flight to Tulsa is was quick - 1:13 minutes - and even though we left 10 minutes late I think we made up the time in the air.   Abby slept a little.

Once we got to Tulsa, we went from the airport straight to Coney I-Lander. It’s a regional restaurant that specializes in small hot dogs on steamed buns and probably Kathy’s favorite retaurant in the whole, wide world.

The highlight of the day was the Bartlesville Kiddie Park.  It’s about an hour away from Kathy’s house and feature amusement rides suited for young children.  The best part - the rides were only .25 cents. The boy was surprisingly adventurous - riding almost all of the rides, including and especially the scary ones. We got home late and ran the kids through a bath. My head hit the pillow at midnight.

Friday
Morning: Kathy went shopping for all of the things we can’t buy in town - kids clothes, mostly and a few things for her.

Evening: The first of event of reunion weekend was an event at the community center in Cleveland. It was an informal, catered BBQ and a chance for everyone to reconnect.  Afterward a few of us toured the new athletic facilities at the high school.  Most of the group went to Rooster’s for a drink before going home.  My head hit the pillow at 1:20am

Saturday
There were two reunion events on Saturday.  A picnic at the Manford ramp from 10am to 2pm and dinner at 7pm.  Abby napped in the morning, so we ended up getting to the picnic at about 1pm.

The main event of the reunion was dinner Saturday night at a restaurant in Tulsa. It was fairly low-key and a few people that couldn’t make the two earlier events were able to attend. Afterward, the group went to SoCo’s. It was another late night, but I have no idea what time my head hit the pillow.

Sunday
We managed to get the kids out of bed and ready for church at 10am. The rest of the day we relaxed around the house.

Monday
We took the kids to the Oklahoma aquarium in the afternoon. The kids loved it. Connor was able to feed turtles and touch stingrays. Abby squealed at all of the big fish.

Tuesday
We left the house at 10:30am, hit Coney I-lander again, and arrived at the airport in plenty of time to make our flight. Abby was wiggly for the entire flight, except when we landed. Then she fell asleep. After catching the shuttle back to the hotel to get the car, we stopped at Sam’s to pick up some staple items. We got home at about 7:30pm.

…No Cavities!

CWE went to the dentist on Monday and came away with a clean bill of health from Dr. Sunny.  He was a big boy while she checked and poked and cleaned and flossed.

We had a busy weekend and have another busy week ahead.

The weather has been crummy for weeks.  It rains most days, which is not unusual for spring, but this year it just seems like summer will never arrive.  Kathy’s softball was rained out on Tuesday, CWE’s soccer game was rained out tonight and we haven’t been able to start riding our bikes to work yet.  The upside is that the lawn is in great shape.

Saturday
The morning was mostly clear and even though rain was in the forecast I applied weed-n-feed to the yard. It’s supposed to sit on the weeds for 24 hours without rain to be effective.  It rained downtown for about 1/2 hour, but not at the house.

Later, we took the kids to a book reading at the book store.

They staff at the bookstore was mindful of their audience’s 3-year old attention span, so they kept the reading short and sweet.  And then - perplexingly - they served cake.

We went down the alley to Cugino’s for lunch.  The kids always enjoy pizza and we were able to sit outside on the deck.

The highlight of the day was the carnival.  It was in town for the weekend as a fundraiser for the middle school.  About half way through the book reading I realized that I had forgotten to put the memory card back in the camera.  No still pictures today.  Fortunately I had brought the video camera from work too, so I was able to get some good videos.  Click here to see them.

Sunday
It was a nice, clear morning so I decided to mow the lawn - even though the weed-n-feed had only been down 24 hours.  I’m glad I did, since it rained later in the day.

Then Kathy had book club at 3PM.

The boy had his 3 year checkup this morning and to our amazement - it turns out that he’s taller than he is wide.  It certainly doesn’t seem like it when you pick him up.  Or when he jumps off of the coffee table and lands on your chest.  Or when runs into you with his tricycle.  Or when he plows through his sister to get to a toy.  Sigh.  At least we don’t have to worry about him being a picky eater.

Height: 39″ = 84% ile

Weight: 33 ¼ lbs = 65% ile

Dr. Sheila was pleased with his overall development - physical, social, learning.

Great day, crummy weather.  May 2nd is always iffy - it could be the nicest day of the year or rainy/snowy. As long as the boy lives in Steamboat his birthday will get torpedoed by the weather about half of the time. In a way, it’s probably good that he learns this lesson now.

Attendees:  Tristan, Ty, Caroline, Nolan, Henry

The tour of the firehouse was fun.  The kids got to sit climb around in the trucks and the ambulance.  The firemen gave a talk about safety and demonstrated how they put on their gear when they get a fire call.  All of the children were remarkably well behaved.

The party then adjourned back to the house for pizza and cake.

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Kathy took the digital camera to her AGD reunion this weekend, so I have been using the flip cam from the office to document the kids’ hijinks.  As such, I have posted nearly a dozen videos over the past few days of yard fun, gymnastics and bath time.

Google Video has discontinued uploads in order to steer content to YouTube.  Bummer.  However, SmugMug has upped their video upload to 10 mins - which will accommodate most of the videos I take.

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The ski area closed last Sunday with 403 inches of total snowfall for the season. We’ve had mostly crummy weather since then, but today the skies have cleared and the sun is shining. It’s supposed to rain/snow the next few days, then clear up and be warm all next week.

Height: 30″ = 79% ile

Weight: 19lbs 9oz = 22% ile

Head: 18″ = 75% ile

I can say Dada, Mama, Duck, Bear, Pig, Book. And Ba!