Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Catching up
I always seem to be running behind on keeping up with everyone’s fun and foibles. Here’s what’s new (in no particular order):
Anna’s first day of school was yesterday (Tuesday). She’ll have a couple of days of “orientation” without the rest of the returning students being present. The whole school will be in class starting on Friday (this includes Pierce). Nora tells me Anna took to school like a fish. She walked into the classroom and never looked back. The orientation days are pretty short, but Anna told me all about the schools playground equipment. Apparently the middle swing on the swing set is her favorite.
Last Saturday was fun. Pierce and I needed haircuts and Nora had a nail appointment that she was going to take Anna to while Pierce and I were gone. Nora and I decided to make this Dad/Pierce Day and Nora/Anna day. After the haircuts Pierce and I went out and had lunch together at IHOP (his favorite restaurant –he always gets the Rooti Tooti Jr.), then went to Wonderscope, a children’s museum, for several hours.
Pierce and Anna go the Wonderscope fairly regularly, but this is the first time Pierce got to be there by himself since Anna was born. For a change, I didn’t have any place I needed to be later in the day, so Pierce got to set the pace. We stayed in any given room for as long as he wanted, doing whatever he wanted. I think we were there for almost three hours. Towards the end of our stay Pierce started talking about wanting to see a skyscraper (I have no idea what brought this on). I told him I worked in a skyscraper and asked him if he’d like to see it on the way home –his answer: Yeah!
My building is a 14 floor high rise. It’s normally closed over the weekend but I have a security card that let us get to my office. Pierce was enthusiastic about the length/height of the elevator ride and really enjoyed looking out the windows from the 9th floor (our office). He liked the pictures that I have of him and Anna as the wallpaper on my PC, but his favorite was the 1/16th scale model Lamborghini on display in one of the other offices.
While Pierce and I were off having our adventures, Anna and Nora had their nails done (Nora did Anna’s while she waited for her appointment). The two feasted at Dairy Queen then went to the park, along with Nora’s friend Carrie, to feed the ducks. When we all got home that afternoon and discussed our activities Pierce commented that we “had more fun” then Nora and Mom.
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I’ve turned Pierce and Anna on to the Muppet Show. This used to be one of my favorite shows when I was a kid and I have several seasons’ worth of episodes on my computer. For the last few days we’ve sat in my office before bedtime and watched. Pierce and Anna both think Gonzo (Banana Beak) is hilarious but I think Kermit is their favorite. Last night we watched a “classic” BMW commercial featuring Kermit driving a 7-series and Pierce just about lost his mind.
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Over the weekend I was fixing a couple of dripping faucets in our master bathroom. I have a home repair book that I had spread open to the appropriate section resting on the Jacuzzi tub. There are about 7 different faucet types that the book describes –so you have to match your efforts to right faucet. During the endeavor Pierce walked in to check up on me. After watching me for a few minutes he walked over to the book, skimmed the section and asked me, “Are you repairing the ‘ceramic disk’ or ‘floating ball’ fixture.
-Eric (Dad)
Anna’s first day of school was yesterday (Tuesday). She’ll have a couple of days of “orientation” without the rest of the returning students being present. The whole school will be in class starting on Friday (this includes Pierce). Nora tells me Anna took to school like a fish. She walked into the classroom and never looked back. The orientation days are pretty short, but Anna told me all about the schools playground equipment. Apparently the middle swing on the swing set is her favorite.
Last Saturday was fun. Pierce and I needed haircuts and Nora had a nail appointment that she was going to take Anna to while Pierce and I were gone. Nora and I decided to make this Dad/Pierce Day and Nora/Anna day. After the haircuts Pierce and I went out and had lunch together at IHOP (his favorite restaurant –he always gets the Rooti Tooti Jr.), then went to Wonderscope, a children’s museum, for several hours.
Pierce and Anna go the Wonderscope fairly regularly, but this is the first time Pierce got to be there by himself since Anna was born. For a change, I didn’t have any place I needed to be later in the day, so Pierce got to set the pace. We stayed in any given room for as long as he wanted, doing whatever he wanted. I think we were there for almost three hours. Towards the end of our stay Pierce started talking about wanting to see a skyscraper (I have no idea what brought this on). I told him I worked in a skyscraper and asked him if he’d like to see it on the way home –his answer: Yeah!
My building is a 14 floor high rise. It’s normally closed over the weekend but I have a security card that let us get to my office. Pierce was enthusiastic about the length/height of the elevator ride and really enjoyed looking out the windows from the 9th floor (our office). He liked the pictures that I have of him and Anna as the wallpaper on my PC, but his favorite was the 1/16th scale model Lamborghini on display in one of the other offices.
While Pierce and I were off having our adventures, Anna and Nora had their nails done (Nora did Anna’s while she waited for her appointment). The two feasted at Dairy Queen then went to the park, along with Nora’s friend Carrie, to feed the ducks. When we all got home that afternoon and discussed our activities Pierce commented that we “had more fun” then Nora and Mom.
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I’ve turned Pierce and Anna on to the Muppet Show. This used to be one of my favorite shows when I was a kid and I have several seasons’ worth of episodes on my computer. For the last few days we’ve sat in my office before bedtime and watched. Pierce and Anna both think Gonzo (Banana Beak) is hilarious but I think Kermit is their favorite. Last night we watched a “classic” BMW commercial featuring Kermit driving a 7-series and Pierce just about lost his mind.
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Over the weekend I was fixing a couple of dripping faucets in our master bathroom. I have a home repair book that I had spread open to the appropriate section resting on the Jacuzzi tub. There are about 7 different faucet types that the book describes –so you have to match your efforts to right faucet. During the endeavor Pierce walked in to check up on me. After watching me for a few minutes he walked over to the book, skimmed the section and asked me, “Are you repairing the ‘ceramic disk’ or ‘floating ball’ fixture.
-Eric (Dad)
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