My second Mother’s day was very nice, except for the part where Kurt dragged us all down to go test ride a motorcycle while I tried desperately to keep a certain toddler occupied. We left the house late and hadn’t had breakfast so I came up with the grand idea of going to Ihop. We wound up leaving there without eating. Note to self, Ihop is fucking crowded on Mother’s day. And here I thought every other Mother got breakfast in bed. We wound up going to a Chinese buffet since it was so close to lunch time anyway.
After ‘breakfast’ we all went to “look at” a motorcycle. Sophia and I spent a good hour climbing up and down some stairs outside the condos while Kurt and the seller talked motorcycles and not just about the motorcycle for sale. Kurt finally took it for a test ride and I talked to the seller while Sophia climbed all around the inside of the car and into her car seat where she for the first time snapped the shoulder strapped together by herself then screamed because she couldn’t get loose. Kurt eventually came back, chatted more about motorcycles and then agreed to purchase this motorcycle. He now has FOUR motorcycles and he complains about my stuff taking up so much room in the garage. I have a plastic tote of memorabilia, another tote of doggy stuff, a bicycle, and the smallest chest freezer ever made. That’s it.
I told Kurt that for father’s day I’m going to drag him to Babies R Us or some other place of man torture not realizing how tortuous our next stop would be for him. I dragged him to Molbak’s, and I stuck him with the now very sleepy toddler. It’s Mother’s day which means I get a break from being a mommy, right?
I bought a bunch of starters, mulch, lime, and plant food. My cart was loaded with everything needed to start a small herb and vegetable garden which I’ve dubbed my salsa garden.
As soon as we arrived home I took off to the back yard and dug up a patch of grass that was mostly weeds and moss, filled it with about 50% mulch, added lime and plant food, and then inserted plants. So far they’re still alive. We’ll see how long that lasts.
In the mean time, the toddler was catching up on sleep and Kurt put together a very early early early early Christmas present from Kurt’s side of the family to Sophia. The Kangaroo Climber fit together like an easy puzzle, but since there were no tools or other sharp objects to contented with so I worried Kurt may hurt himself on all the rounded corners.
Click on the picture to see video of Sophia on her slide. 
Note to Kurt’s side of the family: This video was taken right after her nap. She played on it all night long until around bed time and then in the morning forwent milk and breakfast to go downstairs and play on her new toy.
That is hilarious! She has to open and close the door every time? She’s Kurt’s daughter, all right.
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Smarmoofus – hehe at fist she did and *looking sheepish* that’s actually one of my traits not Kurt’s. Sophia will now climb through the window that’s over the door, reach for the shelf and pull herself across.
I was wondering if she has discovered the steps on the side or the tunnel to crawl through. I am so glad that she likes it. I thought that after McDonalds, she would. The little monkey!
Gramma Claudia – She really is a little monkey!
She’ll climb from the shelf to the top step but she doesn’t climb up the steps or use the tunnel yet. She’s much more interested in climbing up and sliding right now.
Update: Yesterday I was sitting at my computer, when I saw her (Sophia, not Erica) head poke out of the tunnel while laughing maniacally.
Except for that first part, it sounds like a pretty good day! I need to get around to buying my vegetables to plant SOON.
Love the slide! She looks like she is having a blast!
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