Today was one of those mish mosh days. You start off with a plan, but someone (or some people – Joey and Jules) take very long naps and things get thrown off.

The day started off normal – I was super tired, Joey woke up bright and chipper at 7:00 and he talked for a bit until 7:30, and then started to complain. We went downstairs – he crawled over the Care Bear couch about 1 zillion times. He had his breakfast, we watched a Baby Einstein video then Jules and Mel woke up. 

Around 10, Joey and I walked over to the train station where they have the Farmers Market set up. It was SO hot today! Even at 10. We were there not 5 minutes and there was a fender bender. A woman in an Acadia pulled the fender away from a car she was parked next to. There was a loud crash, a lot of us turned and saw her continue to pull away. She got out, looked at the damage, then looked at her car (front right bumper), hopped back into her car and pulled away!!!  We all stood there reassuring each other that surely, she was just finding a place to park and she’d be back. Well, she never came back. Someone got the license plate, I got her description and some marks on her car (college or school stickers on the back window). The police came by (two patrol cars), they took some info and off they went! 

This was the third ‘hit’ in a few weeks. I scratched the tire casing of someone’s truck, but left my info, and they didn’t have an issue. My sitter’s car was clipped by an older woman, and there was a witness. The police found her, but didn’t press charges (hit and run). She claimed she didn’t even notice, but her side mirror was ripped off -how can you drive around without that?. Three in one month! Crazy. 

So, I walked and tried to find a yard sale, but went the wrong way, and by then, it was close to 12 and it was SUPER hot. I went home, popped Joey into his crib and continued on the day.

I was going to take Mel to the pool, but Chuck found a ‘cat show’ that he thought would be fun (and it was indoors). We never made it to that, since Joey took a super long nap. Then, right before he woke up, Mel and Jules went up for their nap. Jules slept until 5:30. We thought about going to the carnival in Berkeley Heights, but when we finally got there (at 6:45), it was all dismantled! Oh, how disappointing. So, we went to the grocery store, went home and put Joey to bed and then eventually got Jules to bed at 8:00.

 

It is supposed to rain tomorrow, so we are going to make an effort to make it to the cat show! I’ll try to hit the gym in the morning (although, I’m still sore from the work out on Thursday with the personal trainer). I might head out to Washington to see some toys I found on craigslist -some fun things for Joey (instead of teethers).

 

 

We have a bunch of pictures up on the web gallery

http://gallery.mac.com/carrischramm#gallery

 

If you need the password, I’ll email it out shortly. I still have no idea how to get a subscribe button on this blog.

 

The most recent pictures are from Mel’s point of view….computer time, and what her and Jules were watching.

 

Also there are some pictures from the pool yesterday. We were out there for about 2 hours. Doesn’t Joey look so much older?

 

 

Next week is Mel’s birthday – still cannot believe she is going to be 6. We’ll have a low-key birthday party for her next Sunday, and her kid party in September (the 27th) with all her new friends (and, some old friends, too). 

 

I’m amazed that the summer is almost done.

Next week is her birthday.

The week after that, we’ll be going to the beach until the 10th.

Chuck, Mel and the Poolesville crew will be heading to Hershey Park on the 13th!

Then, we have two weeks until Labor Day Weekend.

Not sure what our plans are for that weekend….Julia starts school on the 3rd and Mel, on the 4th. 

 

Time is really flying by!

 

Hope you enjoy reading about our daily lives.