Month: March 2018

After years of waiting we finally have a puppy!  Welcome to the family Husker Noodle!  He is 6 weeks old (born February 10, 2018).  He’s a Boxer and so far seems to be settling in well to his new house.

We picked him up yesterday after Noomi and I had an all day Girl Scout event in Grand Ledge.  Afterwards we went out to eat and then hurried home to go pick up the puppy in Gregory!  We actually picked him out last weekend and Ajax just connected.  We also met the mom and grandma, both of whom were very warm and friendly dogs.  We also had a moment of puppy insanity where we put a deposit on 2, but the next day realized what a terrible mistake that would be.  So we reigned it in, lucky for us the breeder was very nice about it and applied our deposit for #2 to Husker, lol.

Last night was a bit rough in the crate, but we all survived.  It’s been over 20 years since I’ve had a puppy, but they seem to be a lot like babies – eat, play, sleep – repeat!  He’s currently passed out in his bed, but when he gets up I think we’re going to take him up to the pet store so that he can pick out some new toys!  Just like having a baby!

Last week I was a bit under the weather so Dave took the kids to Family Reading Night.  Apparently they ate a bunch of junk, did some crafts, and listened to some stories and all around had a great time.  I stayed home on the couch and watched TV.

On Saturday, I was still not feeling great so I bummed around and did next to nothing.  By extension the rest of the family also bummed around and did chores, but nothing too exciting.

On Sunday, we all got up early and headed to Ann Arbor for Shamrocks and Shenanigans it was 20 degrees out!!).   The kids ran the 1K and had a great time.  Ajax lined up with the 8-9 yrs old with me right behind him and Noomi and Dave were behind us in the next wave for younger kids.  Ajax ran the entire race!  I was shocked.  I was a bit behind him and matched his pace and thought for sure he’d putter out, but he didn’t and he did excellent!  Noomi was terribly shy and embarrassed by all the people lining the streets cheering, so she refused to run very much and kept hiding her face in Dave’s leg.

After the run we watched the 5K group line up and take off.  We all cheered and enjoyed watching the runners in all their green flare.  Afterwards we had brunch at a local diner (Fleetwood).  The diner had a ton of stickers on the wall and the server tasked the kids with finding Sponge Bob.  That kept them entertained while we waited for our food!  We then drifted around downtown for a bit and hit up a comic book shop.   We actually had to hang a bit longer since I inadvertently parked us on the run route and we ended up getting blocked in LOL!

Anyways, it was a great day and we can’t wait to run next year!  Ajax has committed to the 5K and hopefully Noomi will embrace the 1K!

First pinewood derby in the books for our troop!  Noomi and Dave spent hours one it (well Dave spent hours and then Noomi lost interest).  Noomi named it “Meatball Crusher” and picked out teal paint.  Because she lost interest we couldn’t get her to really decorate it.  Ajax offered multiple times to draw a bear on it, but Noomi declined.

For some reason we were all expecting a small little affair with a simple plastic track set up in the elementary school gym.  When we got there, however, we saw computers and timing equipment, trophies, the works.  I was worried Noomi would be too shy to participate, but she did just fine, if a little reserved.  The Meatball Crusher came in 21 out of 24 and Dave vows to do better next year.  Noomi received a participation medal and honestly she was beyond thrilled.  I had to bribe her to take it off before getting into the bathtub.

It seems we’re past the snow days here and heading into the unknown days of weird highs and rainy lows.  I guess that’s just Michigan.

We’ve been pretty busy, hence the neglected blog.  To play catch up here-  Girl Scouts are in full cookie mode.  Noomi sold over 100 boxes across the state meaning we had to divide up – Noomi and I headed east and Dave and Ajax headed west to deliver them all.  Although it was a crazy hectic day, it was nice visiting friends and family around Metro!  It also means cookie booths at the local grocery store, which has been quite an experience.  Noomi hasn’t particularly enjoyed that job and to be honest it’s quite hard for me not to buy even more cookies.

The kids are both still swimming swimming!  They both just advanced and we couldn’t be prouder.  Ajax has hinted that he wants to be done with it, but then when he’s at class and swimming he loves it.  We also did dinner out with a movie last weekend in town, a ridiculously cute family movie (with a little rabbit and talking pig _ based on Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit).  Everyone in the theater was cracking up but for some reason it scared Noomi who began crying.  We tried.

There was also the first Daddy-Daughter dance this past Friday and it was incredibly cute.  Dave picked up a corsage and Noomi picked out Dave’s outfit.   They had a great time with lots of dancing.  Ajax and I hung at home and watched a movie and played Settlers of Catan.