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Well, this week had been kind of eventful...or as eventful as a week can be when you are not working, have no money, and taking care of two kids. Our neighbor below us came to meet us...well maybe not meet us...yell at us. She is just a concerned neighbor who's adult son just had a stroke and is in a new transition in his life, and the running around all day long is just driving him crazy and ....lala....on and on...you get the picture. Well, we'd been here like 4 days and it's just tiny Meggie here with me all day. How much noise can she make? She doesn't weigh anything! Well, anyway we are trying to be more quiet. Meggie just runs everywhere she goes.
Meggie is also learning to ride her bike that she got for her birthday two years ago. It's about time. She and I went to pick up Brinley one day on her bike. I had to have one hand on the back of her neck pushing her, and the other had on the handlebars to keep her out of the grass on one side of the sidewalk and the rocks on the other. It was a long ride for my back and my patience. The next day we went, she actually got it! I couldn't believe it. She is now faster than I can walk. She was pedaling and steering like a pro. She especially likes to go down the roller coasters (hills in the walking path by the duck pond near our house and Brinley's school). The only problem is she hasn't figured out the brakes yet. She was going full speed down these hills and making me a little nervous, especially when I could see the bike starting to shake and tip side to side. I am trying to teach her how to use the brakes to stop or just go slower. We are making slow progress, and she only fell 4 times that day. One was a real head over heels crash that involved lots of tears and a Hello Kitty bandaid.
Our next adventure occurred yesterday. I guy in Robs dental class organized a day of fun for people in the class with rappelling, BBQing, shooting, and sodium explosions?. We decided to meet them for just an hour or so while Brinley was in school. Rob got driving directions online, we picked up another student that Rob knows and headed out to the Arizona desert and mountains. To make a really long story short...Meggie threw up in the backseat (thank goodness I had one of my throw-up bags in my purse), the directions we had were completely wrong and we drove for four hours before coming back home without ever finding Rob's classmates. Then as we were pulling into our parking lot Meggie threw up again...this time without a throw-up bag. Wow, what a fun day...but at least Robs young single friend got a little taste of parenthood and the joys of carsick kids.
Sorry this is ending up being really long....oh well! Brinley is loving school. She is making lots of friends, big surprise! It's almost like being in Utah. When I have gone to pick her up or drop her off, we get a lot of "Hi Brinley's" and "Brinley....hi!" and waves. Of course she usually doesn't know who any of these kids are. She had a read-a-thon yesterday and had a lot of fun. Well, talk to you all later!!! We sure don't miss the Utah cold and snow. It's great being able to go out and play and not freeze!