Strep...again

The last time we had it was Vake's birthday- so it was almost three months ago. But last night little pumpkin was exhausted at bedtime and was feverish and miserable at 9:30 and then again at 6:30. Still reasonably chipper, but I decided to take him to the pediatrician anyway.

And it is strep. Good news is that he hasn't gotten it often enough that he needs tonsils evaluated. Bad news is he's feeling crummy.

Guess!

Which Martin family lawyer successfully fended off two motions today?

Hint. It is not the one making the money.

Easter Weekend Fun!!

What a busy weekend we had (again!!!). I should have known we were in trouble when I circulated an agenda to the family to make sure we all stayed on schedule!

Saturday morning we started the day with the dying of Easter eggs with our neighbors- the colors are a lot more vibrant in a PAAS kit than they used to be!!

We are lucky to have such good neighbors and we are lucky that their little boy plays so well with Vake.

Doesn't the finished product look great!!!

After the egg dyeing, I took Vake to his friend's birthday party that featured a visit from a F-I-R-E-T-R-U-C-K!!!!

You can imagine the excitement/hysteria.

And Vake got to touch the truck

And ride in it, no less!

From there, we went to Babies R Us to help Anne select some things and then Anne, Vake, Louise and I ventured south of the river to see Dad- and then we came back to a huge dinner feast complete with a rabbit cake made by Mom. Yes, cutting it WAS quite the challenge.

But we had someone who was happy to help eat the cake!

Sunday morning we got up, went to church and by the time we were home, the Easter Bunny had dropped by and hidden our eggs- how thrilling...

So we looked for eggs with our friend Oren

And then hid the same eggs again to hunt for again with our friend who was visiting from out of town.

Everyone was definitely tired by the end of the egg hunts!

Circus!!!!

We're going tonight. I am excited disproportionate to the situation.

Thus begging the question- is the circus for the Vakester or for me?

Student Vake

Vake's just developing by leaps and bounds. He LOVES so many of the big boy activities at CMoR now- he loves to sit at the desk and work puzzles.

He also figured out how to pedal his trike this week. Yip!

What we've been up to lately...

...Look at the big shot in the back right on the steps of the 9th Circuit.

Eric's been traveling- some for fun but mostly work. I've been at home with my little friend.

We've been hanging in there but are glad that Daddy's back home.

And the award for most helpful Martin goes to...

...VAKE!!! Look at who was helping me with yardwork tonight.

In other funny news, thanks to our new favorite book, Vake is obsessed with overalls. Corduroy the bear wears them and Vake now goes ballistic if the sartorial option of overalls is not available.

I'm with the band

Vake and Huff at music class today. I said, "We need more Tambourine!!!!"

Back to the Zoo: Giraffes and Budgies

It was the first nice day we've had in over a week, and of course Taren made the most of it and took her two little monkeys to the Richmond Metro Zoo. As you know if you read this blog, the Richmond Zoo is nothing fancy but they DO let you feed the giraffes. Big big fun.

And sometimes you have to pick up the food.

And feeding the budgies is a big deal too.

Did you see my little boy's new shoes- so big- he's rocking a size 10 now.

Pastel Portrait

This is the week that we are taking Vake to get the pictures taken for what will become his pastel portrait- this is the website for the portraitist- I am really excited! http://www.christytalbott.com/