Two for Two

Today we saw a highly regarded pediatric ophthalmologist in Los Gatos to get a 2nd opinion on G's eyes.




His assessment and recommendations were identical to our own MD's. Very gratifying!

Genevieve is so comfortable with this procedure now that she slept through the first half of her exam.

Tomorrow we see one more expert before heading home.

Tired Dog

This is the result of 12 hours with 2 children:




One tired Bangor dog.

The kids have been having a blast on their first day in California.

Graduation

Today was Alex's last day in Early Preschool.



Alex's empty cubby in EPS

On Monday he starts in Preschool. He even gets a brand-new backpack (which is good, since his old one was falling apart -I'id already mended it once)

And he has now pooped in the potty TWICE IN A ROW - most recently this evening after dinner.

I never imagined that I could take such tremendous joy and satisfaction from such ordinary bodily functions.

Meanwhile my big project at work FINALLY released to production yesterday. Everything's coming up Milhouse!

More big news

As if today's news was not already cause for celebration, it gets better. Alex pooped on the potty, of his own motivation! He and Ryanne called me at work midday with the news. He was so proud, and I was so proud of him! (Fortunate for you, dear reader, I have no pictures to post...)

Alex received a new red truck as reward. He got to pick it out himself at Target.

His timing could not be better, as he graduates to preschool on Monday where, ostensibly, the kids are all potty trained.

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SHE PASSED!!!

Visiting the Moo Cows

Last month we signed up for home milk delivery. Once a week, the Longmont
Dairy delivers several half gallons of fresh milk in glass bottles to our door. It arrives just moments before Genevieve wakes up to demand her early-morning snack (after which she dozes off again for a couple of hours). The milk tastes excellent, it costs less than the store bought organic milk, and it turns out that the dairy farm is just a few miles up the road from us, in Loveland. (The Longmont Dairy cows live in Loveland... Their milk gets processed and bottled in Longmont)

So for fun this morning, after enjoying some milk with breakfast, we decided to go visit these cows, who have been so generous to us humans. At first we thought it might be hard to find the dairy. But it turns out that a herd of several dozen classic white-and-black splotched bovines is pretty easy to spot, even while whizzing past at 40 mph.

We stayed on the side of the road admiring these huge, gentle, lactating animals, until a guy in a pickup truck pulled up and rolled down his window. He introduced himself as the owner and invited us inside the gates to meet the cows up close. What a treat!

We tried unsuccessfully for a few minutes to get them to "moooo" at us, but they just stared back blankly at us when we prompted them. "Silly little monkeys."



Genevieve has learned how to moo like a cow when we're reading The Little Red Barn or other cow-related stories. It is adorable. So we wanted to prove to her that they really do make that noise - we weren't just putting her on. But alas, the sleepy cows were not cooperating today.