Monday, February 23, 2009

finally updating!

wow, it's been awhile since i've posted.
i'm super busy at work, and then after g goes to bed, when i typically would update this blog...i've been obsessing about taking a trip, so pretty much spent every night looking for deals.

so, what's been up with us...we've been really busy and having lots of fun.

a couple weeks ago dan had his work party at the office. g and i came and ate our way around the party. the fish head with the eyeballs didn't appetize us, but plenty of other junk to eat! his parties are always great. we spent another weekend evening at pete/kims house having s'mores and watching the kids play. g, haugen and burke are becoming quite chummy.
i was able to go out one night to my friend myra's party. she had just gotten back from a 2-week trip to africa and she had her photos. it looked to have been an amazing experience...helping be part of an orphanage clinic being built and also climbing mt. kili.
last weekend we got out of town. we went to THE DELLS! it was a nice little valentines day get-away. and it was just what we needed to feel a bit more rejuvinated! we spent a lot of time in the waterpark. griffin is pretty timid of the water still..but he loved watching others splash around. there were a few things he was comfortable doing and he had a great time with that.
we had a new experience for him as well - we went bowling! he liked that, and it was nice to be able to do something fun, and he kept himself entertained.
in addition to that - we saw family, spent time with our super friend, and just had a great long weekend.

oh, a couple of concerts have also highlighted our past few weeks. we saw michael franti and spearhead...which has to be one of my top 5 concerts of all times. it was amazing...a totally positive vibe and lots of energy. dan saw some metal show, which i can't really report on...but he's been talking about it alot since then, so it must have been good. i have no idea how to spell the name...but it sounds like more sugar. i think it's meshuggah. on a positive note - he was worried he'd get forearm acne from all the mosh-pitting and that didn't happen - so score one for dan!

the past weekend we took g to the aquarium at the moa. he liked it...i thought it was a rip-off. luckily we had discount tickets!
saturday night dan and i had a babysitter and had a date! we went to a great restaurant in sw mpls - la chaya. it was GREAT. after dinner we were able to see our friend steve from london who was in town visiting.

yesterday griffin got a cute new haircut and then we went to choo choo bobs. he loves that place, and always has so much fun watching the electric trains going around and around. he could sit there for hours.
last night i rounded out the weekend by going to a concert at the varsity with some work friends. we saw gary louris and mark olson (of the jayhawks). it was a fantastic show and i love that venue. luckily it was an early show, so i was able to get home and get some sleep!

griffin has been a lot of fun lately and he's really articulating what he wants to say and saying the most adorable things.
he did say "poopyhead" yesterday - so dan and i had to let him know that wasn't funny to say. ooops. all of our "poop talk" from his younger days must have caught up.

he's been so much better in the eating department. he's trying at least a bite of everything so we are thrilled about that.

music class has been fun...he seems to enjoy having all his little friends over. i'm getting sick of the songs, but i'm trying to come up with new stuff to do each week (the kids don't always like doing new ones, but i can only stand to hear some of these songs so much)
last tuesday at class he and haugen were jumping on his bed after class and it was funny to hear them talking to one another. it's so crazy how quickly time has flown by. they are carrying on conversations! i called griffin out to the living room to tell him something and i heard him tell haugen: "haugen, i'll be right back, my mom needs me. ok, haugen? stay here, i'll be right back".
he comes running out and is like "yes, mama?"
i doubt he'll be obeying like that in a few years from now! but at least for this moment dan and i the most important thing and he will come a-runnin when we call him. he's a sweetie for sure.

i got some new running shoes and am going to really try sticking to a training program. this is my last ditch effort at running. i think i hate it...but i want to be sure. i know it's mostly mental - so if i can get over that hump, i really WANT to like running - it's easy, convenient and a good workout when your crunched for time. but, if i REALLY try for the next couple of months to stick to a program and still hate it at the end - i think i'm going to just accept it and do other things that i do enjoy.
dan has been AWESOME at running. he was a runner in high school, so i think it comes naturally. he's been going regularly and saturday he ran for an hour straight. wowza. his goal is to do a couple of half marathons this year, as well as a duathalon. i'm amazed at how motivated he is. now if some of that would rub off on me...

i will post some photos one of these days. i don't think we took any photos since christmas - so we really need to get the camera out.

Friday, February 6, 2009

wheel of sickness

we have been trading off who has been sick in our house. i was feeling a bit crappy a few weeks ago. then griffin, then dan...and now me again! i think i'm on the upward swing, but this week has been a long one.

we had music class tuesday night and though it was a smaller class, everyone had fun. i tried to incorporate a couple of new songs in our repertoire, but g didn't want to have anything to do with them. he voiced his opinion loudly telling me, "i don't like this song, shut it off!" who doesn't like james taylor??? apparently griffin. i guess he doesn't have a friend in grif.

this yo, gabba gabba show that i mentioned in my last post...damn. seriously. THIS is the kind of show i need to create. just complete trippy nonsense that has catchy tunes and you are wondering how on earth people are dancing around in these costumes and singing about snacky snack snacks, but yet your kicking yourself that it wasn't your genius idea. i make up at least a few songs each week that has as good of lyrics as dj lance and his gabba land characters.
anyway, this has been the show of choice for the past week. we let griffin watch 30 minutes of tv each night before bed...and this has been his pick. i will just have to be jealous that i didn't come up with this idea before nick jr. picked it up.

the weekend should be swell - tonight dan has his company anniversary party. g and i will head over there for a bit to eat some snacky snack snacks.

tomorrow we are going to get our taxes done. our tax dude is awesome...he makes all kinds of fantastic noises while doing our taxes. he takes his spit and swishes it around in his mouth in many different ways. and he does all of this clicking and clucking with his mouth. it's really fascinating to listen to. i have to make sure not to laugh out loud.

tomorrow night i will go out to celebrate myra's belated birthday and hear all about her trip to africa and climbing mt. kili! looking forward to catching up with some friends.