Transportation Day 2018

Transportation Day is held every year on the last Saturday of February at a local preschool.  Basically the school invites a bunch of different vehicles to come park in their parking lot and then, free of charge, the public is invited to come check out the different modes of transportation.

We took Spencer for the first time in 2010.  He was 2. 

We loved it, so we went back in 2011 when he was 3. 

Michael and Spencer went together in 2012 when he was 4. 

Elliott was on total lock down at that time, so I stayed home with him.  I can remember actually shaking in terror at the idea of taking him to such a germ ridden event. 

Look.  So little.  So sickly. 

A robust and healthy Elliott attended for the first time in 2013.  He was 1 and Spencer was 5. 

And then we took both of them again in 2014 when Elliott was 2 and Spencer was 6. 

I don't know what the heck happened, but 2014 was the last time we went.  We missed 2015, 2016 and 2017 and that makes me so sad.  

This year, Spencer and Michael were attending a retreat at our church in preparation for Spencer's first communion and confirmation. My friend Elisa and her son Max came up to stay with us the night before, specifically to go to Transportation Day with us. 

We're back!  Transportation Day 2018!

I took this picture.  I don't know what happened that I didn't notice I cut their heads off.  I seriously didn't notice though.  It was probably the glowing sun on my phone screen, but it could have been pure distraction. 

City bus

Elliott always pretends to be sleeping when he takes a picture with me.  It's a "thing" I will be happy for him to outgrow. 

This was the back of a police car.  Don't get too comfy there, son. 

My friend Joey works for this air-evac company, so I was taking pictures of his co-workers to send him. 

We didn't see the helicopter land, but we did get to see it leave. 

After Transportation Day was over we took the kids out for lunch.  Then Elisa and Max drove back to Tucson and I went to get a much needed "good" haircut.  I've been getting crappy haircuts for a few years and my hair was jacked because of it.  She had to cut off a lot more than I would have preferred, but it will grow and when it grows it won't be a nightmare anymore. 

I took pictures to text Elisa. 

After my haircut we went to church and then my dad came up to spend the night with us.  He went to bed at, like, 9 pm because he had to get up at 3 am to go to the airport to fly to Washington DC. 

Progress!  We made it from Feb 12 to the 25th in four posts.  That's not terrible.  My plan is to post every day until I am posting March 25th-29th on the 30th. If all goes well my catch-up will take one more week. And then I will be immediately behind from the Easter holiday weekend. 

A new to us piano and Ginger's latest surgery

I'm three days in to my massive catch-up schedule and I haven't messed it up yet!  Go me!

We've made it to February 20th. It was a Tuesday.  I worked.  Someone on one of the groups I belong to on Facebook asked members to post a work selfie.  This was mine.   This is exactly where you will find me most days at work. 

Wednesday the 21st was incredibly cold.  It was probably the coldest day of 2018.  I actually wore gloves to work.  Then, when I left work I put the gloves and a roll of duct tape I needed to bring home in my purse.  Somehow my pocket knife ended up in there too.  When I stopped at Home Goods on my way home I looked in my purse and laughed.  I looked like I was about to commit a major crime. 

Ginger also had a very minor surgery that day to remove a skin cancer from her belly.  We asked the vet if she could do it without anesthesia, so they just made Ginger drowsy and used a punch biopsy to cut it out. I was happy to see her when I got home. 

Sorry for the gore. 

I need to rewind for a moment to mention that after years about talking about it, my parents finally gave us their piano. It's the piano that my grandparents gave them when I was in 2nd grade.  We got it delivered on President's Day and by Wednesday I was itching to decorate the top of it.  That's why I stopped at Home Goods.  I didn't find anything there, but I did get this great picture at Hobby Lobby and this lamp at Kirkland's. There was also an insane shop lifting incident that I witnessed at Hobby Lobby, so again, give me a call if you want to hear it. 

I've changed the left side of the piano since taking these pictures, but I am happy with the final effect. 

I have no idea what was going on here on Thursday the 22nd.  This is why you should never blog one month late.  We were obviously watching the Olympics, which we did every day, but why all these pictures? I don't know. 

Spencer saw his allergy doctor after being in the ER and she started him on a whole new regiment.  He did a lot of nebulizing that week. 

I was home with Ginger the morning of the 23rd.  Not for long though. 

I ended up having a two hour dentist appointment because it was my first visit and they took so many records and did so much consultation with me I didn't even have time for the actual cleaning.   We'll be talking more about this soon. 

That afternoon I did an Art Masterpiece lesson in Elliott's class.  They sat in a circle when I was done with the lesson and everyone showed their art.  They held the sharing bear when it was their turn. 

That night my friend Elisa came up from Tucson for an overnight visit with her son Max.  We laughed when we realized we were wearing the same outfit. 

Elliott took this picture and since he was shooting up we look like giants. 

This is much better. 

Similar shoes too. 

After dinner and before bed I discovered that Elliott had written a message to Spencer on his door. Ugh.  These kids. 

He also stamped all over his door too.