R found his way to our bed again this morning. Mostly everyone woke up happy though there was some crabbiness by both kids at breakfast. R is doing much better about getting dressed in the morning by himself. This morning he was a little on the slow side and tested us. Neither ate that much for breakfast but it is summer and meals tend to be lighter.
The highlight of the morning was going to Como Town which is a small area of rides in a park. I took R once last year and K has never been on any rides. They had no idea what the rides were but saw them and were excited about the "new toys." I invited my friend MH and both kids like her immensely and call her Auntie Hot Hot. She is one of R's favorite adults and generously volunteered to come with us. It was helpful to me because it is difficult to manage them both on my own in a new environment. I went to grad school with MH and we have been friends for 16 years. It is nice to have that history. She really likes R and K. K is warming quickly to her as well.
The rides were fun -- they "drove" cars, pony carts, fire trucks, trains, and a teacup. R was most excited about mini-donuts oddly enough. Everyone went home after lots of fun and had lunch when dad got home. R ate "tofu cheese" (aka tofu cubes) with salt and pepper. We have been working so hard to expand his repertoire and I am so proud of him. He has come such a long way in a year with the assistance of the speech therapist. He willingly tries foods he thinks might be safe (not fresh vegetables or fruit) but a lot else very willingly. For dinner he ate fish and chips, macaroni and cheese, a cookie, and milk. Now that might seem average or typical but this is a child who ate primarily sausage, bread, and cheese a year ago. It was wonderful. K enjoys her food as well. She is adventurous and ate more veggies and fruit until recently. Still she enjoys her food!
The afternoon was pleasant. K and her dad went for a long 2 hour walk so that Ms. K could get afternoon nap. They got caught in a rain shower and came back mostly damp and at least one of them seemed relaxed and content. R decided that the afternoon should be spent playing Lady and the Tramp. He starred as Lady with Mommy as Tramp. Our job was to run away from the dog catchers. This lasted a good hour or so with many variations. We also snuggled and rescued other dogs from the dog catcher wagon. Then some of the puppies had baths.
K and her daddy fell asleep as both were exhausted after a long day. And R is now at masee's house having his first sleepover and we have not heard from her so we assume things are going really well or really poorly. guess we will find out in the morning. having only one child at night feels so easy and lazy! Mom is left with filling in the blog and thinking about (but not doing laundry). Tomorrow we go to the aquatennial complete with boats, milk carton boat races, and sand castles -- hopefully Mira, R's friend will join us. That is the nice thing about Minneapolis -- there are a million things to do.
And just for comparison's sake. Here is a photo from today and from may 2007
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