A Slow Weekend

When we woke up on Saturday morning Jo and I could not believe that it had only been a week since we were back from India. Evan isn't sleeping well - partly because he doesn't want to sleep alone after having slept for two weeks with someone else in bed - either Grandma or Vivian, and partly because he was jet lagged. With Vivian and Evan's schools and activities and getting settled back in, last week just blew through us.

By Saturday morning the fam looked travel worn and in need of rest. Vivian wanted to stay home and do nothing. We did the next best thing - go to Grandma's and do nothing. On Saturday we literally did nothing. Walked the dogs down and back up the street. Read books out in the sun. Played with dried seed pods. Watched a movie with cousins.  And on Sunday we did more of nothing including Sweeties for a donut breakfast and then a walk up and down Canyon Lake Dam.

Star Ship

Evan is precise. Today he was looking for a word that he couldn't remember. So he asked "Daddy - what is the name for the thing that looks like cotton candy and it helps to keep a house warm?"

"Fiberglass".

This evening he wanted to play with his legos that he got for Christmas. We first built the thing to match the picture that came with the lego set. Then he took it all apart and said that he was building something. This is his first full scale attempt all by himself. When he finished, he asked me to guess what it was. Because he had mentioned Luke Skywalker, I said "A space ship?".

"No, Daddy. It's a star ship".

Strong

Since the demise of RedBlack gym, Jen and Travis are at Travis County Strength. And their newest members are Vivian and (neighbor) Ava. I took Vivian for her first class on Thursday and she loved it. She grabbed the rings and flipped herself through and back a dozen times effortlessly. I wouldn't be able to do one. Youth is wasted on the young.

On Friday we went back to the gym to witness the Friday Night SWOD. The barbell closest to the camera is loaded to 530 lbs. I wonder how long it will take Vivian to work up to that. Oh - and her newest sitter, Taylor, kicked butt and took second place in women's.

The Things They Say

The week before Christmas, as we were driving along, with no provocation whatsoever, Vivian asked "So what is happening now with the chemical weapons in Syria?" Just like that.

When we clicking our glasses together at Sharath's home on the night of January 2nd before we had to leave for the airport, I said cheers to Evan. He looked agitated and said "Daddy - I don't even have a glass!"

The day after we arrived back in Austin, Evan said "I am feeling like I am dying". Why, I asked. "Because I am so hungry."

Yesterday we went for lunch to Vivo. The walls are covered in nudes. Vivian and Evan have been seeing them since they were babies and are used to them. But we sat at a different table yesterday above which there was this painting. It's hard to tell from looking at the photo below but her top reaches to the middle of her boobs.

Vivian looked up at it and said "Mommy - she has really grown out of her top." Evan added "And she doesn't know that she is wearing panties instead of shorts."