Rachel took our babies to the doctor this week. Jackson is almost on the growth curve; Adalie is almost off of it.
Our Children!
So this was a pretty laid back week. On Wednesday the school had "Professional's day," which, by my interpretation, meant "go home and play with the family day." We drove up to the North Chagrin reservation and went on a nice long walk and wore short sleeve shirts without jackets and rejoiced in the fact that spring had finally arrived in Cleveland. Later that day I did go back to the school and check out some of the student research, but it was nice to have a few hours in the middle of the afternoon to go outside and play. We don't get that a lot.
Saturday was also a really good day. In the morning we went to the Cleveland Heights annual Easter egg hunt. We drove there expecting great things from our city, but despite our highest hopes the egg hunt was rather pathetic. Basically, it was about 200 plastic eggs thrown onto a tennis court. All of the kids lined up along the sides of the court, and after a space-launch style countdown they charged into the middle to pick up the eggs and put them into their baskets. The whole affair lasted no longer than five minutes.
In my opinion the event put the term "Easter egg hunt" to shame, and was even a little bit embarrassing to those of us who had grown up with real egg hunts- you know, where the eggs are actually hidden and stuff. Our best guess is that things have sunken this low in a vague attempt to eliminate "winners" and "losers." We wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings now- better not to play the game at all because then everyone loses equally. It's more fair that way. It sort of reminds me of the Bucky Covington song reminiscing about the past: "Not every kid made the team when they tried/ we got disappointed and that was all right/ we turned out all right." It's pretty sad if you ask me...but I digress. The point is that Evelyn actually had a lot of fun picking up the eggs and was able to come away from the mayhem with quite a good haul. Now if only we can find a good hiding place for all of that chocolate!
Later in the day Rachel and I were able to escape during nap time and play some tennis at the nearby school. And again that night we got out by ourselves to go and watch "Princess and the Frog" at the dollar theatre. It was a fun movie and a great evening alone with my amazing wife.
Well, I just looked up from writing this and saw that Evelyn has managed, in record time, to convert all of our nicely folded laundry into one giant twisted up pile of clothes. And now she is burrowing into the pile...and now she is jumping on the pile...and now she is sliding down the pile on her belly...and now she is putting tape all over the pile...and now she is spreading the pile across our living room floor.
Our Children!
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