November 19 = Meet Santa Day

Today is Thursday which means another CDC day for Liam.  I noticed yesterday when I went grocery shopping that Santa was going to be at the commissary today so after dropping Liam off, I took Malia over to meet Santa.  She was not amused.

So the maintenance people have been amazing with this washing machine situation.  They sent out an appliance guy who looked at the washer today and said the sensor that tells the machine it's full of water malfunctioned and that when that happens, it means it's on its way out.  He said, "so I wouldn't do any laundry unless you can stand there with it the whole time..." and I said, "oh so it still works?" excitedly because with two kids and a husband who works out every day, going a lengthy amount of time without a washer is not going to work.  And he said, "oh well... I mean no..." but I took that to mean that it's really, really important that I stand there the whole time to ensure the water stops when it's supposed to.  So today I was downstairs listening to a whole cycle of laundry and Zachary was upstairs with the kids.  He sent me this to entertain me during this riveting time:

Also, I just want to mention that Liam's vocabulary is growing every day it seems!  Today, on the way home from the CDC he said "almost home."  He continued to say it the whole way home and it's so very cute!

November 17 = Washer Malfunction Day

Today is Tuesday which means Zachary has class and doesn't get home until 9:00.  I had the kids downstairs and was working on some laundry and doing some stuff on the computer.  Liam was going in and out of the downstairs room- he loves opening and closing the door.  Well one time he was going out, he fell and hit his head on the floor.  I went to comfort him and noticed there was a lot of water on the floor.  I had been sitting ten feet away from the washer and didn't even notice it was overflowing.  I turned the washer off and started getting things off the floor because the water was spreading fast.  I got the kids upstairs and called maintenance and they said they were sending someone.  I was trying to get in touch with Zachary but he was in a meeting and didn't have his phone on him.  Thankfully the lady said the maintenance people would come that night and help us out.  Zachary called and I told him what was going on and said, "I was about to ask you to come home but..." and then he started talking about something- I thought he hadn't heard me at all so I didn't finish by saying "...since the maintenance people are coming, I'll be fine."  Well, he went back to his office and emailed his professor explaining what happened and assured him he'd get a makeup assignment in soon.  He called me on his way home and I told him to turn around- that we'd be fine!  It took some convincing but he went back and then, miraculously, the professor let the class out early!  Thank goodness he went because he ended up getting home 30 minutes later than he would have had he skipped class but now he didn't have a makeup assignment to do!  Couldn't have gone better!

While the maintenance people worked on tearing up the carpet and removing the padding and putting fans and dehumidifiers downstairs, Liam, Malia and I played in Liam's room.  Malia found Mr. Potato Head's glasses and decided they were for her.

Also I saw this quote today and it is very true.  And I wouldn't trade parenting for all the nice things in the world.  The snuggling totally makes it worth it.