Craziness of the Whole Week

This week has been crazy. For starters, taking Jasmine to the zoo every day and picking her up three hours later REALLY bit into Tyler's nap schedule. That meant that he ended up taking late naps, which made it EXTREMELY difficult to put him to bed at a decent each night. Tuesday and Wednesday, while Jasmine was with her zoo camp group, I just ended up staying at the zoo with Tyler. I pushed him around in his stroller, and he even fell asleep during the bird show on Tuesday. One day I bought a big ol' elephant ear (yum!), and the other day I brought a lunch. Due to the terrible parking situation at the zoo (while it's in it's crowded summer months), which I experienced on Monday, I ended up riding the MAX to the zoo on those two days. On Wednesday, my hubby took the car into work, but he came home early and met up with us at the zoo. I thought Jasmine would be happy to see him, but she was upset because she realized she wouldn't get to ride the train home. Poor little girl (not!) ANYway, I was A-OK with it, cuz on one of our rides this week, a lady was STUPID enough to bring her kid with CHICKEN POCKS onto the train! She warned me as soon as I sat down next to her (the doors had already closed and the the train in motion), so I quickly rushed my kids to the other end of the cart...but Puh-LEEZE! They should have some sort of rule or law that people with highly contageous serious sicknesses, such as chicken pocks, can't go on the buses or trains. It still frustrates me to think aobut it.

Thursday was, by far, the most hectic day this week. For starters, my husband slept in too late to take the MAX to work. Since we didn't want him to have to pay for parking again, I drove him to work. Traffic was light and we made good time, getting him there shortly after 8:30. I got home around 9:00, and quickly realized that I locked my keys in the car! AAAAAH! Worse yet, they were sitting right on the front seat, plain for all to see. AAAAAH! So, I trudged up the hill to the leasing office to get a spare key to at least get into my apartment. We don't have a spare key to unlock the car, so I called my hubby and told him about the situation. He agreed to meet me at Pioneer Courthouse Square downtown to give me HIS key. It's a dang good thing I still had his MAX pass from the day before. So, after getting the kids dressed, we zoomed out the door and caught the bus to the MAX station, then rode the train into meet Daddy. It was after NOON before we got back. This was just enough time for me to throw some lunch together for the kids and head out the door once again. Traffic was horrible while driving to the zoo. We barely made it on time (zoo camp starts at 1:00). So, after dropping off Jasmine, and knowing how bad the traffic was, I decided to stay put. After drifing around in the parking lot for like 15 minutes, I finally found a spot to park. By this time, I was kinda sick of going to the zoo, though, so I took Tyler over to the Portland Children's Museum, which is right next to the zoo, and bought a 1-year family pass. Tyler had a BLAST in there. I took some cute pictures, which I will have to post shortly.

At 2:30, I had to zoom over to the arboretum just down the road. My husband's company was having their annual picnic at 3:00. My hubby was gracious enough to go back and pick Jasmine up when her camp was over. We had a ton of really good food, plus had a water baloon toss. Although Jasmine didn't participate in that, she had lots of fun with her own purple water baloon. After we left, we ran some errands and then went home and crashed. It was the first chance I had gotten to relax all day, and I very much needed it.

Yesterday was Jasmine's last day of zoo camp. While she was there, I once again battled horrible traffic to go to Toys R Us to pick up a gift for a birthday party Jasmine was invited to last night. When I got her home from camp, we wrapped the gift and zoomed out the door once again. The party was for a girl almost two years younger than Jasmine (but they love to play together anyway). Her mom is my visiting teacher, and I am HER visiting teacher as well (I know.... weird....). The party was at a local park, and they had a Slip 'n Slide set up for the kids. Jasmine just crawled on it (she had never played on one before), but she still had fun playing in the water and getting wet. So did Tyler, and I didn't even bring his swimsuit. They also had dinner for everybody, and the girl's daddy grilled hot dogs and bratworsts. YUM. Ty and Jazz each got lots of little party toys, and they both had fun. I was even given a bunch of food to take home for my hubby who couldn't come because he had to work late. In fact, I drove directly from the party to go pick him up from work. I was kinda paranoid, cuz one of our headlights is now burnt out and it was getting dark fast. We made it, though, with time to spare to stop at Blockbuster. There, we rented a bunch of movies (Benchwarmers, When a Stranger Calls, and some other one I can't remember), and even bought a few (March of the Penguins, The Longest Yard). We watched Benchwarmers last night, and I was honestly grossed out by the whole thing with that dude eating sunscrean. YUCK! All in all, though, it was a pretty fun, albeit crude, movie.

This morning has been rather uneventful. The kids woke me up at 8:30, and my husband had been gone for who knows how long. I think he rode the train into town to take some pictures of the city (Portland is a beautiful city) and of his office (which they will be moving out of by the end of the month). I don't know when he'll be back, but being the lazy blob I am right now, I really dont' care. I'd like to take the kids to the museum later today if we can swing it (Jasmine's never been there), but we'll see. Now, I think I'm gonna wrap up this long blog entry and go back to being lazy. G'bye.