Mon. 5/11 - Sun. 5/17

Monday was the first day of 2nd semester and back to school for the kids. Kari is now staying at school the entire day instead of only half day. She is thrilled.
I took Emma to the ELC (early learning center) and hung out with her for nearly an hour before I left her to go to the gym for an hour. She was only ok for about 20 minutes and then was crying and needy the rest of the hour. It was her normal nap time so I'm not too surprised. I'm not sure what I'm going to do!!
                             

After lunch Mark and went to check out an ice cream place called Che's that had been closed over the break. We got a "double scoop" but you can have 4 smaller scoops. :) It was very enjoyable.

Tuesday I took Emma to the ELC at 8 and left her happily playing with toys. I went to the gym with friends. I had an RSO orientation meeting but before the meeting started I went and got my sad baby from the ELC. I'm now in a huge debate if I really want to leave her there or not. She's been taking a great nap typically from about 9 to 11;30 when I wake her up so we can go to campus. I would be putting her in the ELC from 8-12 and I don't think she's going to be able to sleep very well there...

Wednesday I woke up  at 5;30 ON PURPOSE!! If you know me, I'm a night owl NOT a morning person. I decided to try exercising in the morning and maybe do this instead of having Emma in the ELC since that is my biggest reason for wanting her in there. I didn't take her to the ELC this morning. We went out for breakfast at Corner Cafe for Melanie's birthday. I ordered a yummy pecan Belgian waffle. I was surprised how good it was. As I walked home Emma screamed inconsolably the WHOLE way. It was not like her and I took it as a sign that it would be best to not have her do ELC this semester. Why mess up her awesome nap schedule? (I still do mess it up on occasion anyway. Like when we go out for a birthday breakfast.)    

                                                    

Thursday morning I went to The Tomato for an RSO social. It was nice. I ordered blueberry pancakes. They were simply normal pancakes with a pile of blueberries on top. There is a momma dog that hangs around the restaurant. Emma was SOO excited to get close to her. The dog laid on the ground and Emma seemed to try to tell the dog to get up and play. It was pretty cute. As I walked home a friend who is a member of Ross staff who has a vehicle saw me and offered us a ride home. I was so appreciative. I was cutting it close as it was to get home, get lunch ready and get back to campus. Later, I was walking on campus and saw a dog tied up to a picnic table outside a little coffee shop. I stepped in and asked if Emma could pet the dog. Most of the dogs we see around are strays and I don't want her touching them. It is crazy to me how much she seems to like dogs.

Friday I woke up early again to go exercise. It feels so crazy but if I can figure out how to get to bed early this may be a really good thing for me. I just hate waking up SO early!

My Mack N Snack aka Isaac learned how to make our morning Oatmeal Chocolate Banana Smoothie basically by himself.

                                      

Like father like son. Dad did this first and Isaac wanted to try.

We walk by a house that has a bunch of random little statues. The girls are sitting on a rocket.

Saturday there was a RSO kid's pool party with free passion fruit juice. We all loved the juice!
Afterwords I took the kids to Che's ice cream for the first time. YUMMY!

Right as Mark and I were ready to go to bed the power turned off. Which consequently means the fans turned off. NOOOO!!!!  It was so hot. Ick!

Sunday we didn't have internet at all. It was so strange. I wanted to work on blogging and Skype with family but couldn't. :(