Gymnast Kate

Kate had her gymnastics performance and she did a terrific job. She has loved this year improving her gymnastics skills with some very fun friends!




I was a little less than excited to go and watch her performance because Daddy was on call and Clara was one sad, sick little girl...and the performance was totally crowded and really late into the night. Check out this line we had to wait in for an hour before we found our spots!

 

See the people with chairs? They have been before. I was chairless. And Clara was not impressed.



Luckily they sold ring pops at the front and that kept Clara entertained. We found a nice spot up on the balcony where we could see everything and we could sit on the floor until it was Kate's turn. Clara did excellent. She did drop her pacifier once in the beginning (probably right on top of someone's head below...but I couldn't tell because I couldn't see) and I was pondering what to do or how to get it back when it flew right up and landed perfectly in my lap. It was a binky miracle.






 Afterwards Sawyer was excited to give Kate the flowers he had picked out for her at the store. They were roses because "they match her middle name." It ended up being a fun night. So proud of our gymnast Kate!

The life of a third child

No food at the house and a morning full of gym for mommy and gymnastics for Sawyer left this girl pooped. That's what mommy gets for trying to grocery shop during nap time!

Sawyer's ER visit number 5

We had some of Kate's favorite friends over for an after school play date one day, which doesn't happen too often.  The kids were so excited and the time flew by.   After a while their mom came and while we chatted on the couch the kids came down the stairs.  I saw Sawyer at the bottom of the stairs standing on a riding toy of Clara's and I told him to get down but he must not have heard me in all the fun commotion because the next thing I knew it slipped out from under him and he hit his head on the stairs.  I went and picked him up and hugged him but I didn't realize it was bleeding until I noticed my cheek felt wet.  I covered it with a tissue and then realized it was bleeding quite a bit...as head injuries do.  I'm not great at looking at these things but my friend looked at it and saw the little cut and agreed that I should probably take him to the ER.  Sawyer was pretty hysterical this whole time so I threw him in the car, Kate got to extend her play date by going to her friend's house, and I dropped Clara off at another friend's house.  By the time Sawyer was in the car and I started a movie for him he calmed down.  There was no wait in the ER and, of course, his head had stopped bleeding by the time we got there and I wondered if I overreacted and shouldn't have brought him in or what.  Like I said, I'm not good at these things!  But they saw him and decided to put a staple in to help it heal.  He had this same thing done when he was 2 and he didn't move an inch.  This time when the staple went in he started crying and telling me how much that hurt.  Poor kid.  But now its all healed and better!  And he promised me no more staples in his head.


 

This next picture is a little bloody but not too scary. 

NYC

I went to NYC for the weekend with my very best Vermont friend (who is moving away from me in 2 weeks. Boo.) Her sister and her sister's friend met us there and it was a terrific weekend. We drove to a friend's place to park and then walked to the train and then found our hotel. We were there!

And despite the fact that my sister called them grandma shoes, I bought these the day before and they were the best shoes in the world. I have some serious feet/blister problems normally and these shoes were perfect. Love.



It was just my friend and I so we headed over to Chelsea and discovered Chelsea Market. It was so cool and fun to walk around.
 
Then we walked outside and made our way to the High Line where we walked, enjoyed the views, and ate some tacos.
 
After a while we headed back into Chelsea Market and met up with our friends for some dinner. Then we headed back to the hotel for a long night of staying up late, eating snacks and talking. What more could you want? The next day was supposed to be rainy so we decided museums would be a safe bet. So we headed over to the MOMA. We didn't want to pay to go in so we checked out the gift shops and I cruised the highlights.

 
Then we walked through Central Park and up to the Met to see just a bit of what they had there.

Then I took my first Taxi ride ever towards dinner.
 

At first we thought we would try Carnegie Deli but then we decided none of our tummies were feeling terrific and we thought something more familiar would be better.


And then we headed into Times Square. And after carrying around our umbrellas all day long, they finally came in handy! And boy did they, it was quite the rain storm!! We ducked into a Duane Reade to wait it out. Luckily it didn't last long!

We picked up some at Jamba...yum....
Then headed in to see Newsies
It was amazing. I have loved Newsies since I first saw it in the 4th grade and I have probably seen it 1,231 times. I probably could quote the movie word for word and I worried that the changes they made to it for Broadway would bug me too much to enjoy it. But it was still completely amazing from the story to the songs to the dancing. Really, it was amazing. After the show we went and got some ice cream and then headed home
 

Sunday morning was Mother's Day and I got to wake up and find a quiet place in the hotel and talk to these fun kids. They had even packed me a package full of cards to open and I felt loved. There is nothing like being apart from your kids and your day to day care giving to really feel like a blessed mommy!

 

Then we headed over to Dylan's Candy Bar to explore and get some souvenirs for our kids.

 

And then we said goodbye to our friends and Melissa and I headed over to Grand Central to catch the train home.




We got home early enough that I got to still see my kids, give them big hugs and kisses and give them their candy.



I love NYC! Who else wants to go explore it with me?

Kate's ribbon

 

Once upon a time Kate earned a gymnastics ribbon for hanging on the bar the longest out of everyone in her class.  She was very proud of this ribbon.  Then she took it into a restaurant that night with her family and lost it.  Both mom and dad took a turn looking all around the table once we realized it was gone but we could not find it.  Kate was very sad.