Our Week, Again

It was another fun week in Atlanta.  Here's what we did.

Monday:

His schedule has changed so we find ourselves at home during lunch.  He's usually asleep and I eat my meals alone.  It isn't good for meeting people out for lunch, but it does help the wallet.  He is tormenting the dog in her bed.  You would think this is her safe haven, but I guess no where is safe in the O'Connor home.

We met Laura and Brooke in the afternoon at North Point Mall.  We were hanging out in the soft play area until some kids got annoying and what seemed to be a 4 year old in a stinky diaper.  We went to the carousel for a ride.  Art was scared to death.  He finally calmed down and would sit on the horse, but gave me a scared look the entire time.  That'll save me $2 next time.

Tuesday:

We were around the house all day and that was a BAD idea.  We got on each other's nerves and went nuts.  Not sure what the turning point was (maybe the single 45 minute nap), but in the morning he decided to rip up the newspaper. 

I felt it would be good for him to feel the paper.  Cleanup wasn't too difficult. Brian wasn't happy about how he missed a few articles.  I wasn't able to finish reading an article about Home Depot, but it was exciting to see him learning.

My wallet was fair game as well. Luckily he doesn't know how to shop online yet.

Wednesday:

We did a park playdate in the morning and then went back to the park in the afternoon for The Ultimate Playdate.  Jay Memory sings songs and we just hang out.  It is like an acoustic outdoor party adn is very relaxing.  We did this in the spring, but are just now getting back to it now that the weather is cooling down.

Art pulling toys out of his backpack.

These aren't ours, but he found some food and begged for it.  He is an eating machine.

Here's part of our setup.  We had 4 other moms there and a few more babies.

Claudia is blowing bubbles for the babies. 

Thursday:

We had a playdate at our house.  This is Arthur getting ready to share.

Since you really only see him and probably wonder if I make these things up, I figured I'd get a better picture of the group. Matthias, Ben, Efrain, and Joey all came to play. At the end of the playdate, Art followed everyone to the front door, waved, and said, "buh, bye."  It was freaky, but so cute!

Brian's boss gave us this slide that his boys outgrew. We usually play indoors so we figured we'd keep it inside. 

Friday:

Art and I did some shopping to make some invitations for a baby shower we are hosting.  He was a bad date at Michaels.  We also went to his friend Logan's house. No pictures there.

Saturday:

We went to Graham's first birthday party.  He enjoyed playing with the kids.

Here's Graham. They're taking a hayride together.

Dana's dad was nice enough to dress up as Farmer Edwards to take the kids for spins.