The Weekly Catch-Up (2011, Week 16)

Home: Well everything was thrown off this week with David back at work. The girls stayed at moms all day Monday-Thursday and overall they did well. Sydney has been acting out a bit and I am sure thats an adjustment from missing her daddy.

Sunday was hot so we picked up a small pool and the girls played in it, the pools pink, Disney princess, shocking I know. Brooke had a blast in it, I am sure the pool will see alot of use over the summer.

Yesterday, Sydney went with Mom, Becca, Joshua and Elizabeth to see African Cats while Brooke and I shopped at the mall. I finally found some decent black shoes for work but I definitely need a couple more pairs. Last night we got Sydney's third birthday pictures (yeah 2 weeks late) and they were ok....she had a fit and refused to smile at first but eventually we got a couple decent ones. I'll post them here soon.

Brooke is now saying 4 words (No real Mama or Dada yet). Night Night (was her first) which sounds like Nigh Nigh and is super cute, she also says hi, bye and tonight started saying "down", for sit down. It sounds like dowww, so stinkin cute, she can start calling me Mama anytime now.

Today we went to Kids Space and had a great time in the toddler area. It's usually too crowded to hang out in there but today there were only a few other kids in there and Brooke loved it. Tonight, David is out shooting basketball and the girls and I went to BMans for dinner and topped it off with a shaved ice from there-Bahama Bucks it is not. After Brooke went to bed Sydney and I decorated a couple of Easter cookies and I have already placed the eggs (plastic) outside for tomorrow's Easter Egg hunt.

Work: I started off the week with a couple of days in the Bay area. The first day I was at Corporate and St Francis. Between the two we took the Corporate team out to lunch for their winning "Before and After" contest entry-we went to Momo's and it was great. Monday was a great food day for me as that night I went to dinner with Anne Marie and Patti at Annabelle's, I had the Cippiono-it was fantastic. Tuesday Jeff and I left early and headed to Santa Cruz for a meeting with the team. It had been awhile since I was there and it was really great seeing that group.

Friday, was my first real Friday off, I managed to get through the day with only two conference calls, two escalation calls and an hour or so of email. It was great!