Busy

Friday: 

Henry and I visit the Oregon Zoo. We haven't been back since last October. We hit the hogs, petting zoo, polar bears, and turtles before ditching the zoo in order to get Henry home in time for his nap. Noodle shows up shortly before 2pm. (Can you believe her parents trusted me with Miss Alexandra?) Henry is still asleep so we read a couple books and start making cookies. When it comes time to mix the sugars with the butter I realize the huge bag of brown sugar I thought I had is actually a nearly empty bag of brown sugar. So Noodle and I head into the hallway to knock on doors to see if anyone is home so we can borrow the cup of brown sugar that is needed for the recipe. Since no one is home and a walk to the store is out of the question, I jump on Google to see if there are any substitutes. Thank Zeus, there is. You can use regular granulated sugar and molasses. Nice. Cookie baking continues. Henry wakes up. More books are read. A quick snack and then we go into the bedroom and read even more books. Books and snacks continue until Sara arrives to collect Noodle. I'd like to report that Noodle successfully utilized the potty chair on three occasions during her three hour stay. And she wiped herself so I didn't have to do anything other than hang out and read to her while she peed. Phew. Dodged a bullet there, I'd say. 

Saturday:

Darr goes skiing. Henry and I have a nice morning at home and then head down to the Pearl District for the Pearl Bunny Hop. We spend the late morning and early afternoon hopping from business to business. Green Frog Toys had Pat the Bunny, who Henry wouldn't de-cling himself from me long enough to hug so I could get a picture. At Little Urbanites, Henry gets his face painted. A girl, I'm guessing she was about six to nine months older than Henry, cuts in line in front of us but Henry was content to let me hold him so we didn't make a fuss. She goes with the pink nose. A wise choice. Henry got a turquoise nose and a day later there is still a residual stain on the tip. The line for the complementary bunny ears is too long for us so we head back outside and make our way to Hanna Andersson. Surprisingly, we depart without making a purchase, although Henry does get an Easter egg with a piece of chocolate. Next, we go to Cupcake Jones and Ben & Jerry's, collecting two more Easter eggs filled with treats and toys and a chocolate bar. We end our Tour de Pearl at Powell's where Henry is able to pick up a sticker book that's vehicle themed. (I'm saving this for when he's a bit older.) Thankfully we make it home in time to receive Megan's cupcake message. Mmmm...cupcakes! The best part of this day for Henry was when a sirens wailing, lights flashing fire truck came down the street. Henry started mimicking the siren and pointing and I swear if he was an owl his head would have rapidly spun 360 degrees in pure fire truck sighting happiness. Also notable was the moment when I inadvertently let a "shit" escape my mouth and Henry immediately volleyed back a "dtchit". Oh frak. It's time to watch the cursing. Probably it was time to watch the cursing when Henry was in utero but I don't see any way I can go back in time to fix that so I'll have to settle with watching what comes out of my sailor's mouth going forward.

Sunday: 

Darr, Monsieur Henry, Beauty the wonder dog and I grab breakfast at Lili Patisserie. The walk up there takes FOREVER. But Henry is a pretty good kid and we're able to nearly finish our meal before his patience ends and a hasty exit is required. For Darr, the biscuits with mushroom-thyme gravy - I tried a bite, so frakken good. For me, Swedish pancakes with lingonberries and a side of bacon. For Huck, scrambled eggs, bacon, milk, dried cherries, pretzels, and chocolate. I highly recommend this restaurant. I don't think we've ever had a bad meal there. But service can be a tad on the slow side so if that is one of your pet peeves, don't go. We make our way home, stopping at the schoolyard long enough for Henry to almost be tagged in the head with a flying soccer ball another family is kicking around. Then Darr took Henry over to grandpa's and I spent the day cleaning. It's amazing how much more you can get accomplished when a toddler isn't underfoot. While they were out I did a couple loads of laundry, swept the floors, vacuumed, switched out Henry's toys, dusted the living room, jogged/walked two miles on the treadmill, and showered. I was in the process of changing the sheet on Henry's bed when they finally arrived home. 

Of course there was video...

Busy baby bee from Christie Glynn on Vimeo.