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Published On: Aug 05, 2007 08:38 AM
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Published On: Aug 05, 2007 08:38 AM
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Just a regular weekend... well, except
for the school play date.
William had his third play date yesterday. This
school is interesting because it is the only school on our current list (which
doesn't include parochial schools
yet --
that starts next week) that has an explicit religious affiliation (Catholic
independent). In our haste to get through applications through the holidays, we
ended up missing a few open houses at this school, so we were going there kind
of cold (uninformed), though we already know some families with kids there.
Actually, it's because we're impressed with those families and those kids that
we're applying.
Anyway, I came away favorably impressed not only with the facilities we saw during our visit but also their well-thought-out disciplinary methods. Hsuan came away a bit intimidated.
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Yesterday was also James' first try-out at My Gym, to see if he enjoyed it. Lots of other toddlers there. Not a whole lot of attention-span from any of them, but the toddlers and parents seemed to enjoy it. James enjoyed it enough that we signed him up for the rest of this session.
William also attended the morning class, but that class skews significantly younger and less mature than William, so we'll probably move him back to Wednesday evenings. If it weren't for the facts that he enjoys it so much and that it provides a more relaxed counterbalance to Tae Kwon Do, we'd probably have stopped bringing him to My Gym. I think kids tend to outgrow My Gym around kindergarten age, though they have offerings for older kids in principle.
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After Mass this morning and lunch after noon, we visited the park for a little baseball catching for William and some play structure for James. William contented himself with chasing ground balls for about twenty minutes. After going home and putting the boys down for their naps, I took Bessie out for a two mile walk. Despite my conscientious exercising for the past three weeks, I've not only been not losing weight, but I actually gained a couple of pounds. I may have to switch back to bicycling, but then I'd lose the data-logging that the Nike+ iPod sensor gives me.
Just before lunch, I entertained the boys with a slideshow of our recent trip to Disney World, complete with Disney music.
I also spent a good part of the late afternoon trying to fix the garage door. It has been sticking for the past few weeks, making me have to get out of the Odyssey in the mornings to pull it closed. I tried looking for where it was sticking, but I couldn't find it. So, I just sprayed the hell out of the garage door, railings, wheels, and the opener/closer chain with WD-40, and that seems to have done the trick.
Anyway, I came away favorably impressed not only with the facilities we saw during our visit but also their well-thought-out disciplinary methods. Hsuan came away a bit intimidated.
-----
Yesterday was also James' first try-out at My Gym, to see if he enjoyed it. Lots of other toddlers there. Not a whole lot of attention-span from any of them, but the toddlers and parents seemed to enjoy it. James enjoyed it enough that we signed him up for the rest of this session.
William also attended the morning class, but that class skews significantly younger and less mature than William, so we'll probably move him back to Wednesday evenings. If it weren't for the facts that he enjoys it so much and that it provides a more relaxed counterbalance to Tae Kwon Do, we'd probably have stopped bringing him to My Gym. I think kids tend to outgrow My Gym around kindergarten age, though they have offerings for older kids in principle.
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After Mass this morning and lunch after noon, we visited the park for a little baseball catching for William and some play structure for James. William contented himself with chasing ground balls for about twenty minutes. After going home and putting the boys down for their naps, I took Bessie out for a two mile walk. Despite my conscientious exercising for the past three weeks, I've not only been not losing weight, but I actually gained a couple of pounds. I may have to switch back to bicycling, but then I'd lose the data-logging that the Nike+ iPod sensor gives me.
Just before lunch, I entertained the boys with a slideshow of our recent trip to Disney World, complete with Disney music.
I also spent a good part of the late afternoon trying to fix the garage door. It has been sticking for the past few weeks, making me have to get out of the Odyssey in the mornings to pull it closed. I tried looking for where it was sticking, but I couldn't find it. So, I just sprayed the hell out of the garage door, railings, wheels, and the opener/closer chain with WD-40, and that seems to have done the trick.
Posted: Sun - January 21, 2007 at 08:38 PM