In the Desert
Mar. 1st, 2009 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aubreymI haven't updated in ages. I hope to get back on track, so I'm just getting some words down on the screen to break the block. It's funny, I have had posts in my mind, but haven't actually sat my butt down to write any of them. I'm not sure what that's about.
Tai and I are down in the desert with Mom, McGee and Quin. Tom's in China - he left on the 25th and he won't be back until March 7th. Hopefully he won't have to stay longer, which has happened several times in the past. We're having a good time. Tai loves hanging out with his Granddad and his Uncle. He's in a phase where he's always wanting to hang out with other guys. We went to a Child Observation class last week and there was one dad among all of the moms and Tai wanted to show him everything.
Tai thinks the desert house is the best - there's so much room to run around. He's walking and walking - I had to buy him a new pair of shoes because the little ones we got at Mervyn's are totally falling apart. He also digs the pool. He took to it instantly - if we let him, he'd just dive right in. He doesn't know how to swim, but he loves to float when someone's holding him and he playes on the stairs, climbing in and out. (He is such a fan of stairs.)
He's a little sports fiend, too. When we were at the park the other evening he spent a bunch of time watching a group of guys playing basket ball. He would have wlked right onto the court if I had let him. When we all went out to dinner at the Yard House (for my birthday) he was engrossed by a basket ball game on TV. The minute he found his football here, he held it under one arm and held the other arm up so Grandma could say 'touchdown!' I have no idea how Tom's genes combined with mine to make a sports fan.
He is eating a ton, too. He has three meals a day (yes, I know - just like the rest of us) and some of his favorite things are: omlettes, mushrooms, pasta shaped like Elmo, burritoes, Morning Star Farms veggie sausages, yogurt, bananas, apples, strawberries, kiwi, broccoli and whatever you're eating. He hates it when we're having something he can't.
I'm taking time to enjoy the sun, read a bit and consider writing. Next up: a real journal entry and work on the novel.
Tai and I are down in the desert with Mom, McGee and Quin. Tom's in China - he left on the 25th and he won't be back until March 7th. Hopefully he won't have to stay longer, which has happened several times in the past. We're having a good time. Tai loves hanging out with his Granddad and his Uncle. He's in a phase where he's always wanting to hang out with other guys. We went to a Child Observation class last week and there was one dad among all of the moms and Tai wanted to show him everything.
Tai thinks the desert house is the best - there's so much room to run around. He's walking and walking - I had to buy him a new pair of shoes because the little ones we got at Mervyn's are totally falling apart. He also digs the pool. He took to it instantly - if we let him, he'd just dive right in. He doesn't know how to swim, but he loves to float when someone's holding him and he playes on the stairs, climbing in and out. (He is such a fan of stairs.)
He's a little sports fiend, too. When we were at the park the other evening he spent a bunch of time watching a group of guys playing basket ball. He would have wlked right onto the court if I had let him. When we all went out to dinner at the Yard House (for my birthday) he was engrossed by a basket ball game on TV. The minute he found his football here, he held it under one arm and held the other arm up so Grandma could say 'touchdown!' I have no idea how Tom's genes combined with mine to make a sports fan.
He is eating a ton, too. He has three meals a day (yes, I know - just like the rest of us) and some of his favorite things are: omlettes, mushrooms, pasta shaped like Elmo, burritoes, Morning Star Farms veggie sausages, yogurt, bananas, apples, strawberries, kiwi, broccoli and whatever you're eating. He hates it when we're having something he can't.
I'm taking time to enjoy the sun, read a bit and consider writing. Next up: a real journal entry and work on the novel.
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Date: 2009-03-02 10:51 pm (UTC)I drove down to LA Saturday and back on Sunday; no time for a side trip. But I wish I had time, because one of my favorite people lives out there in Joshua Tree and I would love to introduce you to her as well.
Tai is a true stairs fan, yes! I don't know where the sports thing comes from either.
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Date: 2009-03-03 06:40 am (UTC)I figured you'd be full-up schedule-wise, but thought I'd mention it anyway.
I miss going to Joshua Tree! I haven't been out there in over a year. Maybe on my next trip.