We had a busy day today and we're all tired. Gerard had camp this morning, we went to the park for lunch and for part of the afternoon, and then Maddie and crew came over later in the afternoon. It was a full day. Gerard and Morgan are already asleep and it's only 8:08. I think I'm going to go to bed early too, so I can enjoy my new bed some more.
Here are some of the things Gerard has made at bird camp this week:
Morgan had a bit of a messy dinner tonight and she wasn't pleased:
Ahhhhhhh. Let me say that again. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Our room is done and we slept in our new bed last night. Heaven. Now all we have to do is hang some pictures and we're done! Oh, and the painters have to come back because the stains on the living room ceiling are still visible. I can live with that. I have a bed now. Did I mention that?
Anyhoo, the weather has been beautiful here. We all played outside last night after dinner. Here are a few shots of Gerard playing baseball:
And of course, Morgan wants in on the action, too.
A few more of Morgan:
Today Morgan wore one of Aunt Debbie's old dresses. I wish I had a picture of Aunt Debbie wearing the dress. I also wish I had a good picture of Morgan wearing the dress today -- she was so fidgety and totally uncooperative when I tried to take her picture, so I had to settle on these three barely decent shots:
In other news, the house is almost done. We're just waiting for the bed to be delivered on Tuesday and then I can work on cleaning everything up. I'll take some pictures when we're all set.
I'm off to bed now. Gerard has "bird camp" at the Nature Center tomorrow and then we're swimming at a friend's house in the afternoon.
I'm too tired to write. The drywallers (is that a word?) came at 6:45 this morning. They're finally done. Tomorrow the painters are coming and hopefully they'll be able to finish in one day. I'll believe that when I see it. The carpet is being installed on Friday and the electrician is coming sometime after that. And then the reorganization and clean-up can begin. I can't even begin to tell you what a mess the house is. Gerard's dresser is in the hall. My dresser is in Gerard's room. Some of my clothes are hanging in Gerard's closet, some are in Morgan's closet, and some are sitting on her changing table. Most of Gerard's clothes are in the basement, which, of course, is where I've been sleeping for 6 weeks. I'm ready for this to be over....
In the meantime, I've been trying to get some cute pictures of Morgan but she has developed this annoying habit of making goofy faces whenever she sees the camera. Funny, Gerard did the same thing when he was younger. I hope she outgrows this, otherwise all future pictures of Morgan will look like this:
Oh, and I was just playing around with Photoshop and came up with this. Creepy, huh? All I need is a pair of 3D glasses.
Sad news out of Arches National Park in Moab, Utah -- the Wall Arch collapsed sometime last week. Here's a picture I took of Wall Arch when Aldine, Robyn and I drove cross-country after college THIRTEEN YEARS AGO. (Man, I feel old!) Aldine, I guess we should have enjoyed the hike more and spent less time driving for fudge!
And here is a before and after shot, from an MSNBC article:
Robyn, thanks for making us go there, even though it wasn't on our original itinerary and we left you to hike by yourself! And Aldine, thanks to you I have a picture of me in front of the arches, you in front of the arches, Robyn in front of the arches, all of us in front of the arches, and JUST THE ARCHES. :)
Gerard absolutely loved camp last week at the Nature Center. So much, in fact, that we decided to send him for another week. Next week is all about birds: they get to see nests and watch bird banders at work. I thought that was particularly cool considering I banded birds in college. (Sorry Arleen -- hope you're not too grossed out!)
On Friday I went to talk to the camp director to sign Gerard up for bird week. She was very happy and told me that everyone loved Gerard and that he is very precocious.
I smiled, said thanks, and left to pick up Gerard. Now clearly I didn't get the brilliant genes in the family because I had to call Debbie to find out what precocious meant. (Please don't think less of me.) I was assuming it meant something positive, otherwise the director wouldn't have been smiling when she said it to me. Right?
So for those of you who are like me and are lacking the dictionary gene, here's the definition:
pre·co·cious [pri-koh-shuhs] adjective
unusually advanced or mature in development, esp. mental development: a precocious child.
I think I would have to agree...
And some other random stuff...
Gerard is addicted to Sonic the Hedgehog comic books. He can't get enough of them. Even Morgan wants to see what all the fuss is about.
And just some cute shots of the kids:
And as a side note....
I have to get this shirt!
While Morgan is napping and Gerard is at camp I finally had a chance to search for a before picture of our kitchen. It's from August 2006: 
(You can see the new kitchen HERE.)
Also, we're most likely going to buy a new oven. We want an electric oven with a flat-top. Any suggestions?
