two days to post, kid stuff, household stuff

Aug 28-It was a cool and quiet day today, not much happening. Dave was home, so I ran outdoors instead of on the treadmill. It was kind of nice, little drops of rain as I went. Dave has been biking, going to and from work. It is a great workout. It seems easy to pack on weight at our age, it seems you have to work twice as hard to keep it off.

Aug 30-Well, that was my unfinished from 2 days ago. Today is vaguely hot, we are supposed to be in for a hot long weekend, which is nice. Josh had a seeming relapse from his illness, which from my understanding is very common, I think what he ate aggravated his tummy. So two nights ago I was up at 0345 with a pukey boy, and a nice diaper blowout. He fell back asleep by about 0630, and when he woke a couple of hours later and has been fine since.

Noni and JR were up early today, 0600 for JR, 0630 for Noni. I am surprised Noni got up so early, as she has been working hard at gymnastics all this week. She has really improved, she can just about get to the top of the rope now, and her bridge is really good. I noticed her form has improved in this short time.

I received the last place settings of my dishes from Las Vegas of all places, but now I have settings for 12 plus all the serving pieces- hooray.It took us so long to find some we both liked, to the extent where I brought home an entire set only to take it back cause Dave did not like it. So after that I would show him first, see if we both agreed on it, but it took us years, literally. I finally found these in 2004, I think it was. We got the glasses around the same time, although I had been eyeing them up for some time. I am so glad we got them, I still love them. We had the same issues with flatware, we couldn't agree on a style. We only just got those last year, FINALLY. I just buy all the linens as I see fit. Dave does not need an opinion on those lol.

I am baking with mimi and Josh,more of the soft ginger cookies as the last batch was gone in half a day.Noni and Dave are at gymnastics. I doubled the recipe this time, so we can hopefully have some for the weekend! Josh kept dipping his fingers in the bater saying "mmm tasty"! We have stuff planned for Sat and Sun, Dave and I *might* get a date on Fri if we can get someone talked into sitting. We will do something at any rate. Dave is off on a 5 day weekend, so we have time to chill. I need to pick up some vino for the weekend, and food stuffs tommorrow. If I have time we will get some fall mums for my planters, as the yard has half died now, and we still have to host a large brunch in Sept and it needs to look presentable. We will borrow a large table and chairs and I think I will buy a pair of tablecloths for the occasion, as I don't have two of the same of any, although the RL one I just bought is the perfect color for a fall gathering.

The whole house smells of ginger and spice, its my favorite cookie, and the scent is so relaxing. I have been burning spicy fall oils all through the house today, even though it was warm out, but it is relaxing when I am cleaning. The house is virtually ready. The kids are basically ready for school too, mimi needs for gym shorts, I liked the ones we got from the gap last year. I would like more like that, I will look this weekend.