We got the kids and the dog in the car and decided to head out and find a park. It was a nice day and we needed to get outside. We found a park not far from our house that was actually more like three little parks along a walking trail. The first part of the park we stopped at Liam refused to go near because of all the little mounds of dirt that were all around the playground. Can you see all the little dirt mounds in the picture? I don’t know if moles are a problem around here or what, but I would hate to have the job of the person who is in charge of making the grass at parks look nice because this particular park’s grass has been taken over my some sort of critter.
Archive for February 2010
I was so excited when I found out there aren’t any Walmarts here. I just don’t like Walmart for a number of reasons. There are plenty of Targets though. You know what I didn’t think about though…because there are no Walmarts EVERYONE is at Target. There are SO MANY people at Target!! I have never seen a Target so busy and it doesn’t matter when you go either. It could be the weekend or the middle of the day on a weekday. So frustrating. That is one of the reasons why I don’t like Walmart-because they are always so busy and it’s impossible to get out of there. I still love my Target, but I just wish there weren’t so many darn people there.
The books he wanted. He also got a Wii game and some Legos.
S’more, red velvet and vanilla cream cupcakes…yum!!!
Valentine Bingo and Crafts
The best part…passing out the Valentine’s!!!
I got to go and help with Colm’s Valentine’s Party. It was fun to see his classroom and to put some names and faces together of some of this classmates.
Where are the pics from Liam’s party you ask. Well, I went to Liam’s classroom for his party, unfortunately I was about an hour late. They had decided to have their party early so they wouldn’t miss P.E. I went to his room during Colm’s party (when I assumed his party would be), walked into his classroom, quickly realized I was the only parent there and that they were in the middle of a lesson, told Liam I was sorry I missed his party and quickly exited. That’s what happens when you have only been there for five days and are still out of the loop.
Spring has already sprung here…
There is a TKD place across the street from our house. We went and checked it out and they have a class for kids Colm’s age. He is so excited. He CAN NOT wait. He has been watching Liam for over a year, so he is more than ready to have a turn. Colm had to try on his new gear before bedtime to show Sean.
We can walk to the library from our apartment. We can’t get a card yet because I don’t have the proper ID, so we just went and looked around. Colm saw one of his classmates there and they went on a little Valentine’s scavenger hunt that the librarians had arranged.
Our poor movers had to move everything up these stairs.
I really did have a good day today, but some things are hard to get used to. For example, today I went to go get gas. That shouldn’t be too difficult. Right? Wrong!!! I was so excited a few months back when I found out that you can’t pump your own gas here. Isn’t that great? NO, it is not. It takes FOREVER because you have to wait for the guy to come pump it for you and if the place is busy, you might be there awhile. To complicate things, the place I went to today only takes cash. So I had to run in and give the cashier my money, then she gave me a receipt that said I had paid and ONLY THEN would he pump my gas. It took me 15 minutes to do all of that.