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We had a wild and wacky day today
May 31, 2009 by Adam in Family
We had a wild and wacky day today. Jamie made a wonderful breakfast and it was another hot and gorgeous day out. I fiddled with the shed some more, taking measurements in preparation for putting up walls. Then Sam and I met up with my dad and saw the new Terminator movie.
In the afternoon, Jamie went to Pat and Carlanne's. The kids and I played, with Sam and Emma making up a game involving dice, plastic hex pieces, and monster figurines. Eventually Jamie returned to take Sam to a play date with Chase, leaving Emma and I to get in trouble with Playdough and bubbles.
Now I'm sitting next to Sam as he takes a bath, typing on my new netbook, and getting ready to show him the videos I took of them eating Pop Rocks this afternoon. Life doesn't get any better.
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It's Mocha Friday once again, another incredi...
May 29, 2009 by Adam in Family
 It's Mocha Friday once again, another incredibly beautiful day here in the Willamette Valley. Sadie Skype'd me the other day and she was showing off the birthday present she's making me. It's a big woodcut poster that looks like an Art Nuveau advertisement for coffee, except it reads "Mocha Friday". I'm horribly excited.
The house has been absolutely gorgeous these last couple weeks. Jamie and I have both been working hard to get the garden together, set up the patio, and generally keep things nice. We ate outside last night and felt very European. Hopefully the balcony will be finished up today and we can start on the landscaping in earnest.
Sam's excited to put walls up in the shed, after last weekend's successes. I'm going to see if I can coordinate with my dad to move sheetrock and insulation around. I think this shed may end up being pretty nice looking.
Tonight is pizza and Mythbusters. I believe the episode involves blowing up ice. Well, in the end something is bound to explode.
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It was quite the fun-filled weekend, with bir...
May 26, 2009 by Adam in Family
 It was quite the fun-filled weekend, with birthday parties galore.
On Saturday, it was mostly the kids and I hanging out after the usual morning library trip. We ended up exploring behind the new hospital, looking at fish in the river and walking about. Later we hit up Michael's and did craft projects for the rest of the day.
Sunday was Emma's birthday, which was Chinese themed. The weather was gorgeous again, so we hung out outside and ate really good food.
Monday morning, Sam and I put in flooring for the shed. It ended up looking so nice that I've decided it needs walls next. In the afternoon, Emma and I went to Jenny's party. We jumped on the trampoline, hung out in the hot tub, and played with the new puppy.
It was all great fun, and strangely I'm a little excited to get to work today. I'm in the middle of an interesting project and I'm looking forward to get into it again.
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It's another Mocha Friday, though that delici...
May 22, 2009 by Adam in Family
It's another Mocha Friday, though that delicious nectar is long gone. It's also becoming "Pizza and Mythbusters" day, when the kids and I cram on to a couch and watch the other Adam and Jamie blow up cars and do weird things in the name of science.
We've had a few highs and lows over the week, though generally things are going well. Sam finally got his multiplication tables memorized after a lot of hard work, which earned him a copy of the Braid game. Of course, he's too busy playing Plants versus Zombies, which is lots of fun.
Emma turns six next week, but we're having a birthday party on Saturday. Jenny's is on Monday, so it looks to be a busy weekend for all. I'll be taking Monday off to fit it all in.
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It was a wild and wacky weekend, with more hi...
May 18, 2009 by Adam in Family
It was a wild and wacky weekend, with more highs and lows than usual. The weather was gorgeous, feeling entirely like Summer. We dined out on the patio and ran around with minimal clothes on.
We got a new neighbor who has two kids that are roughly the same as our own. Saturday night, all the neighborhood kids had an epic squirtgun fight and I finally drove them off my yard so I could throw my own in a warm bath.
The low was Sunday afternoon, trying to get everyone to go on a canoe trip. It quickly devolved into a Voyage of the Damned. I admittedly lost my cool, yelling at Sam after his behavior devolved into tyranny. On the trip back to the car, I felt like flogging someone. Fortunately by nightfall, everyone seemed to be on better terms.
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It's another Mocha Friday already
May 15, 2009 by Adam in Family
 It's another Mocha Friday already. Time certainly goes quickly these days.
Last weekend was pretty typical, with a family walk to the library and playing around the house. Over this last week, the kids finally seem over their assorted colds and went back to school full time.
The balcony is nearly done and we've been walking around on it to check out the view. This weekend I might screw up my courage and start working on the shed floor and the rest of the painting. Supposedly the weather will be gorgeous, so I'd love to take the kids on a canoe ride in the mill race.
Jamie's gearing up for Emma's Chinese-themed birthday party. Tonight is pizza and Mythbusters. Life is good.
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Another Mocha Friday, at least in another hou...
May 08, 2009 by Adam in Family
 Another Mocha Friday, at least in another hour when I head in to work. We had a bumpy work week, with lots of technical problems. I'm hoping that they're finally done with and I can get back to my usual computer tinkering.
Sam was sick and home from school for a couple days. He listened to the audio book Little Brother, which he really enjoyed. Now he's moved on the Larry Niven's Draco Tavern, I think. Even though we had lots of jokes about swine flu, I think he just had a cold.
Emma continues to be a bit out of sorts as well. She's been very sensitive and seems to be hit with a wide variety of aches and pains. The other day I came home to her crying and demanding "Mac and cheese!" over and over. I think she must be going through some growth period, as it's a little out of character.
As for the weekend, I'm hoping Sam, my dad, and I can all see Star Trek. Tomorrow is a festival at a winery that Jamie was thinking about taking the family to, but the weather may put that on hold. Sunday is Mother's Day, of course, so I'll give a quick shout out to my dear old mother.
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The weekend has come to a close and I'm back ...
May 04, 2009 by Adam in Family
The weekend has come to a close and I'm back at work.
Saturday was a little unusual, with Emma and I spending a lot of time together. Sam wasn't interested in going to the library or going swimming afterwards, so it was just the two of us. Emma rarely gets alone time with me, so I think it was a bit of a treat.
Sunday morning we braved the outdoors and headed to Mount Pisgah. The weather was gorgeous in the morning and we headed out for the summit, walkie-talkies in hand. Once again, Sam decided he didn't want to go along, so we left him standing on the trail for twenty minutes or so as we headed upwards for awhile, then came back down and took some lower trails. I sent Sam off by himself with one of the walkie talkies, which he thought was terribly exciting. He returned exhausted, right before the rains started to fall.
Jamie had friends over in the evening and the kids and I huddled in the basement. We played a long list of games and dug out some of the old toys that we no longer touched. Then it was the typical bath, snack, and bedtime, with me sneaking away for a few moments of peace before collapsing to sleep myself.
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It's already Mocha Friday, though I'm still a...
May 01, 2009 by Adam in Family
 It's already Mocha Friday, though I'm still at home, marveling at how quickly the week went by.
Emma's had a rough time of it these last couple weeks, spending a lot of time at home from school. She's also been eating a ton of food, so we're thinking it's a combination of a cold and growing pains. Fortunately she was much more perky yesterday and went to school, so I think she's returning to normal.
Our big house project is nearly done. When we first bought the house, it had this great balcony that the inspector informed us had dry rot. It's been on our list for years to replace it, and it seems that today it'll finally be finished. It's a much larger balcony, and already I can see Jamie scheming what to do with it. I'll likely end up painting something along the way.
I think we're trying for a very normal weekend, with no one going anywhere or doing anything. Theoretically I have all the supplies to put the floor down in the shed. Actually accomplishing it may require quite a bit of liquid courage, or "coffee" as Jamie calls it.
On a travel nerd note, I added an "England trip" link to the left where Seraph, mom, and I are planning our trip. I'm fond of the Google Calendar/Yahoo Maps mash-up that combines the calendar events with where we'll be. Hopefully we can add more as we know where we're staying when.
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