Lets Go Kiddo

Not only was yesterday Halloween, but it was also Sports Day at SMIC.  Sports Day is a completion between classes and a big deal.  There is a 50m race, relay race, tug of war and a few other things.  The kids always look forward to it, although J is always run ragged by it.  It’s fun, though, and the kids are off the walls for it.  Last year, Kiddo ran in the relay for her class, but this year, she was the fastest girl in her class during trials and she was the ET3E 50m runner.  She got a bad start and almost falser started and then hesitated and then ran, so she finished last, but it was a good showing, even with the stumble at the start.  Her class dominated the tug of war events, however.  As you can see, it’s all smiles. The kids have a half day and so at 11:45, I picked up Kiddo and we met J for a lunch before she headed back to do teacher stuff and Kiddo and I headed home to do home stuff.  I don’t know who’s day was busier.  J h...

Before we started this adventure, while living in California, we had a term for Kiddo.   It was DB, Diaper Babe.   It seemed that as soon as Kiddo could stand, she was trying to get out of her clothing or jammies.   About half the mornings when we’d go to collect her from her crib, she’d have one arm out and as she got older we’d walk into see DB just waiting on us. Then, she got older and DB became UB, Undie Babe.  It’s always been her natural state, we think.  In CA, she’d get home from Miss Mabel’s and want to strip down to her undies, charging around the house at 3 and 4 years old in undies and a fluff.  That’s her other thing, fluffs.  Anything that is fluffy and soft she loves and will wear those sweatshirts or pullovers…. With just Undies.  Her natural state.  Even in BKK, Beer would leave or on weekends, we’d come back from the pool or just being out and J and I would hear, “Can I be an Indie Babe?”  When she got cold, she’d wra...

Yesterday, J and Kiddo headed into town together.  J needed to pick up her med refill and they wanted a girls day, so I was left alone.  No worries, as I had some emails and the like to catch up on, but I was also making a grilled pork loin with crispy air fryer potatoes, with roasted carrots and onions and I was also doing asparagus for J and myself and cuncumbers for the Kiddo.  For me, it was a good day.  I caught up on stuff, got to watch a little college football, only had to make myself lunch, read a bit (Richard Russo’s Empire Falls for the curious), and did the dinner prep while jamming to tunes.  I mean, all in all, that’s a pretty cool day. J and Kiddo headed out on the Metro and I got some updates.  First, they got bagels.  I’ll admit, I’m a little jealous of that, but when I picked up my own meds two weeks ago, I got bagels on a solo mission, so I can’t complain overmuch.  Not only was Kiddo chatty as al get out (from what I was tol...