May 30 = Bashful Day

First of all I'll share a picture of Liam that Zachary captured when he got home from work today.  Looks like he's not taking his nap like he's supposed to be...

And then I have to share a story that made me smile.  We go to the gym pretty much every day.  The girls in the Kids' Club are so great and love the kids.  Liam first fell in love with Bekah.  She's babysat the kids for us before- she's definitely a favorite.  Liam knew her name and that's saying something.  But she's not been working as much when we're there and Liam now has another favorite.  Her name is Irma and on her first day there, I knew there was going to be a connection.  They're so cute together.  And now when we go to the gym, he'll say "go see Irma."  Well for the past few days she hasn't been there and he's definitely been disappointed.  Today, we were talking on the way in and he said "go see Irma" and I said "maybe, buddy."  We walked around the corner and there she was.  I expected Liam to be so excited but instead he got super bashful!  I've never seen him act the way he did tonight- it was so funny. 

January 25 = No Work Day!

USNA was shut down today because of the snow so we got to keep Zachary at home for most of the day!  He did go check in because he loves his job but we got some good family quality time today!  Here's the snow I had to battle to get in the car:

First let me show you some Malia sass and then I'll tell you a funny story that happened today that reiterates her sass:

My friend, Amy, went to pick up her daughter, Evie, from the Kids Club at the gym and they commented that she was doing a duck face a lot.  The girl added there's a girl that comes in the evening a lot that does the duck face the whole time.  Amy asked, "Are you talking about Malia?"  She was.  Malia is known as the duck face girl at the gym.

We went out to dinner.  This may seem like a minor detail of the day but we never ever go out to dinner.  We went to Red, Hot & Blue and got some ribs, mashed potatoes, fried okra, hush puppies and french fries.  The kids were not perfect... but they weren't terrible.  So it was a win.

And Zachary got to enjoy some late night snuggles with both cats!  Marley is there on his chest with her pretty little pink flower and Joey's in his lap- not quite as visible but he's there!

August 24 = Sick Day

Monday is CDC day!  I took Liam this morning and then took Malia to Babies in Bloom at the library.  A girl sitting near her had an identical doll to one Malia has so obviously, she thought it was hers and didn't like that I didn't let her play with it.  That resulted in us having to leave the room but I found some cool magazines and we got home a little earlier than we had planned which allowed me to get more stuff done!  I then had to take Malia to the CDC so I could go to my therapy appointment alone this time since last week didn't work out so well.  As I was leaving, this was on our doorstep: Liam's new tablet!

I dropped Malia off without any incidents!  And then I went to my appointment.  I brought several magazines so I didn't notice it was 17 minutes past my appointment- I texted my therapist but didn't hear back from her so after 40 minutes I left and went back to the library to kill time.  She texted me and reminded me she told me last week she had to cancel today's appointment.  Oops.  So then I picked the kids up and we headed home.  Liam was a little sluggish and fell asleep in the playroom.  I woke him up to go to the gym but he was not excited about it- which was weird.  I dropped both kids off in the kids club and went to my core class which I haven't been to in weeks!  Zachary got to the gym a few minutes later and as I was setting up, I looked up at the window beside me and he was creepily staring at me trying to freak me out- we got a good laugh out of it.  About ten minutes later, as I was doing some intense squats, I felt him staring at me again but this time it was because he needed the keys- Liam had thrown up in the kids club.  So we headed home and boy was he in a mood.  He was pushing, throwing, kicking, yelling- it was a rough evening.  He did love the tablet though!