We decided to keep our kids out of school today, sort of a “one more day” with Annabelle celebration before cruising back into the normal routine. The jetlag also made its presence felt today. Being the super-awesome uber-dad that I am, I let Kim sleep in this morning while I got up and made breakfast for AB and Sadie. We’re doing ok with breakfasts for the new chickie–eggs, ramen, an apple…check. Annabelle likes helping in the kitchen, and gave me a hand with the scrambling of the eggs this morning.
Lunchtime was a little different for Annabelle. Kim made chicken noodle soup (that should work, right?) and grilled cheese. Annabelle looked at the goods and said, “No.” We convinced her to drink the broth and eat the chicken, but the noodles didn’t pass her test, and she left most of the sandwich untouched. Uh oh. This could be a little trickier than we thought.
We wanted to have a little fun, and what place defines fun better than Fun Unleashed? I’m just sayin’…We met owner Eric Rittenhouse when we checked in. Turns out he and his wife are Jesus people, have adopted two kids, and are selling the business to move to Bolivia to do missionary work. Pretty cool.
The kids had a great time. Annabelle might not have words yet, but she’s got squeally laughter! She and Sadie make quite the pair. And I think Mr. Rittenhouse loaded her card with more credits for games than we paid for! He also comped us some time in the trampoline-basketball game. I am sad to say it, but Levi kicked my booty for the first time in a competitive game of trampoline-basketball. Oh, how the mighty have fallen! I don’t mind losing to the boy, though. He’s a great kid, and doing a wonderful job of loving on his sisters. I was also grateful that he got to be the big person in the tubes, instead of me. I love watching him play with his sisters. He’s really great with younger kids…I love the fact that he doesn’t mind being goofy with them.
Kim took Annabelle with her for a little grocery shopping after we dropped the kids off at musical rehearsals. Annabelle got her first Wal-Mart experience under her belt. They came home with a load of groceries and Mulan 2. After Annabelle helped put the groceries away (she’s really neat and organized, like her sibs–or not) we popped Mulan 2 into the dvd player. What? No Chinese language option? They offer French, Spanish, Italian, and Pittsburghese, but no Mandarin? How is that possible? She was a little disappointed.
Supper didn’t bring much relief to her disappointment, either. Kim trotted out the “breakfast for supper,” which is always popular around here. Annabelle ate eggs and an apple, but turned her nose up at banana pancakes. I hope she and Kim bought a bunch of ramen, or else the skinny girl might get skinnier. That’s not good. Maybe we’ll have some rice dishes tomorrow.
I think she was more tired tonight than usual. By 8 she was ready for bed. I was already asleep on the couch. It may take a few more days than I thought to get our bodies adjusted to this time zone. We fel great over the weekend. Maybe that was a gift from God, a little respite from the jet lag…It’s almost 1 am, and I’m wide awake. The kids go back to school tomorrow, and I’ll go back to work. Kim’s going to take Annabelle to register for school, start the ESL process, and get into the swing of life in Happy Valley.
I hope they serve noodles at school…
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