Thank you everyone for your congratulations! We are so lucky to have such a wonderful blog family! I’ve been catching up on everyone out there in blogland!
I’m very excited about 2 boys! We are nowhere close to discussing names yet. I think we both thought it would be a girl and we would have to argue about whether or not I would allow Lo to name our child “Danica.”
I promise to let everyone in on our short list when we have one. I did present Lo with a list on Friday night and she immediately crossed off the following: Jack, Cole, Chase, Kyle and Brady. This might be a long road, folks.
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First of all, I am not a big fan of carnivals. I definitely love amusement parks and I’m sure I loved carnivals as a kid, but there are so many reasons I just don’t care for them at my ripe old age.
My brother-in-law used to do inspections on these transient carnivals that just appear in shopping mall parking lots. Let’s just say he warned me about the safety factor of the rides.
But, we broke down and brought the Shmoo and his BFF K*den to the carnival that had set up shop about a mile from my house.
(BTW – what a RIP off these things can be. $20 for 20 tickets. We had to have one adult go on a ride with the boys. That’s 9 tickets for 3 people PER RIDE. And I bought a fresh squeezed lemonade for $6.00. Good think Shmoo wasn’t into the stuffed animals. I spent a few $ too many trying to win a Buzz.Lightyear for K-man in one of those impossible games before I gave up and had to explain to a screaming 3 year old that sometimes you just can’t have everything you want – and that my beer pong skills do not cross over into landing a ping pong ball in a 1.5 inch wide fish bowl.)
What up? I’m driving here!
Lo enjoying being the “adult” on the truck ride. Shmoo threw a fit when it ended and he had to get off.
What cracks me up about the Shmoo on these rides is that he loves them, but he’s not the smiling laughing toddler on the ride. He’s the serious looking kid that is taking it all in and usually looking at the workings and arms of the ride rather than smiling for pictures. It’s like he’d rather figure out how the darn thing works instead of actually just enjoying the moment.
Lo got to hold Aunt Suz’ purse while Aunt Suz took the boys on the jalopy ride. I told Lo she looks cute with a purse. Maybe just not that purse. So not her style.
The weekend was jam packed (yet again).
We endured a 2 hour long high school graduation ceremony on Saturday. The Shmoo slept through it. Thank the Lord.
It was a big event. Our (Lo’s) nephew, Michael, was finally graduating and will be joining the Navy in July. We love Michael dearly, but it was a day we thought we’d never see. One of the speakers was reviewing the lives of the graduates and said something about being born in 1991. Lo’s brother and I giggled a little bit and muttered under our breaths “or some of you graduating may have been born in 1989!”
We also had a little brunch at our house Sunday morning in which Shmoo’s little friends came over and tried to play together. We are currently having some issues with toy-over-possessiveness and sharing. But we’re working on it.
They did color well together for about 3-4 minutes.
KJ and the Kids said,
June 30, 2009 at 1:35 am
Hey now…..we are absolutely THRILLED to stand in the dead fucking heat and fork out money to these carnivals set up by freaky carnie people to ride all of 6 rides that, although look different, just go in the same fucking circle over and over again.
(bitter much)
The possesive and sharing thing….doesn’t go away. I can tell you these things now that you are pregnant and giving Andrew a sibling.
meg said,
June 30, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Well keep on working on those names and I am sure you will come up with something you both like
Love the pictures of Shmoo and Lo does look awesome with a purse!!!
How are you feeling these days?
Clementine said,
June 30, 2009 at 5:36 pm
OMG, what gives with the crazy long HS graduation ceremonies? We attended one for my cousin’s daughter on Sunday and I swear they read off each and every $10 scholarship. I only wish Hester had slept through it; she had to be taken outside instead. I envy your graduation experience with the Schmoo!
Sarah said,
June 30, 2009 at 5:44 pm
I really like Cole, but J would definitely ex that one out of the running too. Names are hard to agree on.
You are so lucky that Schmoo slept through the graduation! We took Peanut to a giant 8th grade graduation (my little sis) and he did well for part of it, then he started throwing his toys and snacks at the people in front and I had to step outside with him. Fun. Then he ran and ran and ran for the rest of the ceremony and crashed in the car on the way home.
I used to love Carnivals. I don’t anymore. But when I was living in more small towns growing up, the carnival was the highlight of a kid’s life. Being in Chicago now though…well, there is a lot of exciting. Peanut is too young to be lured at this point.
Hope your summer continues to be fun. Thanks for commenting on my blog!
Sarah
Sonya said,
June 30, 2009 at 5:46 pm
Carnivals… yeah… fun for *someone*… else.
I’m amazed at how “on the go” you guys always are. But then we are often told the same thing.
Shannon said,
June 30, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Hmmm, she crossed off some pretty nice names on that list. I can’t wait to find out what you decide on. (I know, I’m mean and don’t tell people the names we’ve picked for our baby but I’ll pressure anyone else to tell!
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Amy said,
July 1, 2009 at 1:18 am
i totally feel ya on the carnivals. i can’t imagine that they were such a rip off when we were growing up but who knows. AND if 20 tix = $20 wasn’t bad enough, each ride is like 3 tix which is totally ridiculous. i talked the operators in to letting me ride for free with ryan the last few times that we went because i totally wasn’t going to buy more than the obligatory 20. anyway, that’s my rant, sorry i hijacked your comments ; )