Another Day of Vacation

Here are the oh-so exciting highlights of today.

The refrigerator repairman came today. The good news is that the fridge is still keeping food cold, the bad news is that the parts that need replaced are going to run upwards of $300. Oh well, still cheaper than a new fridge. The only thing that really annoyed me was the fact that when the repair man called to say he was on his way, he treated me like a "silly woman." Normally I would have words about that, but I had a killer headache and two kids to deal with, so Duane came home while the guy was here. Still annoys me though.

The boys and I had an outing with Grandma H. today. We went to this coney island place near our house to eat. Wesley did such a good job. He was sweet and he ate his lunch. Ryan was a little beast. He screamed when I put him in a high chair. He rolled around on the floor. He insisted on "stirring" my iced tea. He barely ate anything except ketchup. Here's the proof:

Sweet little Wesley. Clean face, full tummy, cute little toy.

The Ry-baby. Covered in ketchup and boogers and just looks ornery.

After lunch we headed over to the conservatory. They are running special programs every day this week since kids are on vacation. Today's show was a pair of magicians. They were terrible - big on banter and short on tricks. Grandma took Ryan for a walk (ok, really a run) while Wesley and I watched a little of the show. We snuck out after about 20 minutes. What we did enjoy was the kids Chihuly play area. The boys were fascinated by the plastic pieces and spent a good half an hour playing with them. Again, Wesley did a great job sharing the pieces with other kids and encouraging everyone to work together.

Despite how this picture looks, Ryan actually did play with the pieces and didn't throw them. He loved climbing in and out of the little boat to move the pieces back and forth.

We've spent this evening taking down all the Christmas decorations. Wesley must have gotten something out of the magic show because as we were putting the decorations away he informed me that he was a "matitian" and showed me some of his "amazing" magic tricks. Let me tell you, they are almost as good as his jokes.

Tomorrow I may take the boys to the North Market - depends on how they are acting since it has the potential to be a painful trip. We might go to the "big" library and I do have to take the cat to the vet for a follow up appointment. Ah, the joys of vacation.