With only hours left in November, I figured it was time to post on the blog.
Actually this is only happening because today is Dave's birthday. His buddy is over and they are having man time upstairs, so Sarah is down in the basement having girl time with Rachel. That leaves Alan to have Alan time in bed at 8:30 on a school night. Yay!
I tend to slide into the Christmas spirit slowly - but this year seems to have broken that habit. I took advantage of nice weather to put the lights up outside the weekend before Thanksgiving (though I waited until after to turn them on!). Then earlier this week, Rachel and Sarah broke out all the decorations and decked this place out...as much as could be imagined for a house with a toddler. That prompted a trip to buy a tree.
Speaking of, Andrew has been mostly hand-off. I cannot, however, claim that about other parts of his body...
The place looks good - and it helps make up for the fact that we still have a dearth of main-level decorations. Good timing, as well, because I have invited coworkers over for dinner on Sunday. I hope they don't mind the winter wonderland!
I am now 1/3 of the way into year 3 at Ogden. All goes well - the classes are pretty enjoyable and I am liking what I am teaching more than years past. It has been a strange year, as a new schedule leaves us with no faculty meetings and so no time to meet with one another. A middle school teacher passed me today and said, half-jokingly, "you still work here? I haven't seen you in a month!" That is part of the reason I wanted to invite the folks from my department over for dinner. It should build some camaraderie, I hope.
We are now around 5-6 weeks to baby #2. We chose the name for the little guy on the road to Michigan for Thanksgiving. This time, it took 5 minutes to decide. The conversation consisted of 10 seconds of me suggesting the name, and 4 minutes and 50 seconds of Rachel telling me how she knew that was the name I had picked and how great it was. Just for our own fun and to keep people guessing, we are not telling ahead of time. Although I will say, child #2 is no fun. People don't really care once you have the first one. (ok, other than our moms!)
Andrew has started a "baby" phase. He has fully attached himself to two of his stuffed animals - the ones he has slept with for some time now - and calls them his "babies." He wants to take them with him everywhere, and when they are gone he often asks for them. He is also good as identifying human babies, so hopefully he will have a positive attitude towards his brother.
And his obsession with "screen time" grows stronger with the day. I guess that is our fault for getting tablets that we carry with us all around the house. Who wouldn't want to join in on the fun?
Happy almost-December!
-alan
Actually this is only happening because today is Dave's birthday. His buddy is over and they are having man time upstairs, so Sarah is down in the basement having girl time with Rachel. That leaves Alan to have Alan time in bed at 8:30 on a school night. Yay!
Speaking of, Andrew has been mostly hand-off. I cannot, however, claim that about other parts of his body...
I am now 1/3 of the way into year 3 at Ogden. All goes well - the classes are pretty enjoyable and I am liking what I am teaching more than years past. It has been a strange year, as a new schedule leaves us with no faculty meetings and so no time to meet with one another. A middle school teacher passed me today and said, half-jokingly, "you still work here? I haven't seen you in a month!" That is part of the reason I wanted to invite the folks from my department over for dinner. It should build some camaraderie, I hope.
We are now around 5-6 weeks to baby #2. We chose the name for the little guy on the road to Michigan for Thanksgiving. This time, it took 5 minutes to decide. The conversation consisted of 10 seconds of me suggesting the name, and 4 minutes and 50 seconds of Rachel telling me how she knew that was the name I had picked and how great it was. Just for our own fun and to keep people guessing, we are not telling ahead of time. Although I will say, child #2 is no fun. People don't really care once you have the first one. (ok, other than our moms!)
Andrew has started a "baby" phase. He has fully attached himself to two of his stuffed animals - the ones he has slept with for some time now - and calls them his "babies." He wants to take them with him everywhere, and when they are gone he often asks for them. He is also good as identifying human babies, so hopefully he will have a positive attitude towards his brother.
And his obsession with "screen time" grows stronger with the day. I guess that is our fault for getting tablets that we carry with us all around the house. Who wouldn't want to join in on the fun?
Happy almost-December!
-alan
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