update

have more pics to post of z's birthday party, which was last last saturday, but just haven't had the time. j has been working so much, it's been all i can do to just keep the house running. i'm behind on my work, behind on planning s's birthday... and now i need to try sleep training s again. i had started about a month ago, but then s got z's cold that just wouldn't go away & got worse & worse, & the doctor said to stop the training & just nurse when she wanted it, so i did. nowt hat she's a lot better, i have to try again. which means much less sleep for me than usual, unless she's magically going to not need any training (hahahahahahaha).
so z had a party at indoor goals on the 13th. lots of his friends came. then we went home & opened all the presents, with all grandparents & j & m present, along with pizza. both kids woke up early the next morning at 6:30am, and z insisted on opening each new toy/game & playing with it. i managed to get 2/3rds of the thank you notes written (and managed to get z to sign them) by the time the morning was up. after s had a quick nap, i took the kids to pick up my friend b, who was visiting in town for the weekend, & we drove to multnomah falls, as he had never been. then we came home, and visited for the rest of the afternoon, roasting some vegetables. i took him to the airport after a quick dinner, and then it was off to bed for the kids. j was on the phone for over 5 hours that afternoon. no fun.
z had his 4 yr check up this past wed. he got a dtap & polio shot (one in each leg), and was still sore from it the next day, making soccer class really painful. i fell down this weekend on my knee, and it is still hurting (and one kneels a lot as a mom), so i can understand how it might've hurt to run around for him. i also had blood taken on tuesday, & finally got a flu shot, so it's been a sore week, i guess. z is down to the 80th % for weight, and 50th for height.
j was working all the time again this week, although i got to escape for an hour on wed night to see the ladies in the neighborhood. friday night the kids & i went to the grocery store after dinner, while daddy was helping grade routes at stoneworks. sat he helped judge the competition there, so i took z to swimming class. then we returned a gift & got a new one (hungry hippos - yay!) at toys r us, then we went to the childrens' museum, & then stopped at the bagel place on the way home. s did well for missing a nap (although she fell asleep on the way to the museum, & napped there in my arms for a bit - quite a good workout without a stroller). we went out for dinner to the oak hills mcmenamins. today, j took the kids to church after sleeping in a little, so that i could have a nap. z went to a play with grandma - the bfg- while s & i ran errands, & j worked. busy busy busy busy busy. off to bed...