Go, Go, Goers!

We've been back a week now from our vacation, and I think we're doing our best to hold on to the residual relaxation that we gained during our time away. I'll do a separate post later with all of the pics from up north (I took a LOT of photos!) Ava, G, and Scott all returned to their normal routine this past Monday, but I still had Mon-Tues off of work. I had a made a to-do list for my vacation time, and while I didn't complete all of it, I did manage to knock quite a few things off as completed. And that feels really good! Ava is 99.9% ready to go for school...new clothes, shoes, backpack, lunch bag, water bottle, haircut, registered online, etc...all we're waiting on is box of school supplies to arrive. Eeek! The company that we use every year to buy all of the school supplies had some issues with their vendors, and didn't receive all of the items. The box is supposed to arrive this week...fingers crossed that most of the supplies are included! I don't

What a great Saturday we had! We started off our day with a quick trip to the vet to get Lucky's last vaccine that she needs to be boarded while we're gone. Lucky girl...it wasn't even a shot, it was a nasal spray they gave her. Hooray! Morning snuggles to get the day started off right Quite conveniently located down the hill from the vet is the city park, so G had fun playing, while Ava kept Lucky entertained in the area. I offered to hold Lucky so Ava could play, but she didn't have interest in playing on the equipment. She was happy to walk Lucky around to sniff all of the delightful smells that one will find in city park. After we were done on the playground equipment, we pretended to perform on stage at the park's amphitheater, and then we explored a new (to us) trail by the park. We discovered a pond with a lovely view, and made friends with a beautiful butterfly and a fuzzy (but dead) caterpillar. We were sweaty messes after that,

July didn’t end on a great note, but I’m hopeful that August will trend in a more positive manner. In a nutshell, these are the highlights of this past week: G He backslid on his potty training a bit, and had more poopy underwear than he has had in a few months. Now that we know WHY that happens, we are able to work on preventing that...and we had success last night! I’m hopeful that today is a good day for his underwear. Oh, and G, too. He’s been doing really well at daycare being nice to all of his pals..but this week he told me he hated me, so he and Puppy had a nice long break from each other. I really am the mean mom when I’ve asked him five times to go to the bathroom and get dressed in the morning. Totally worthy of the hatred...sigh... He had a nosebleed last night (this is becoming a common occurrence...sorry, little guy, you got that from me) so he’s now learning how to deal with that annoyance. Although, when he had a major freak out, and came running out of his room