2008_11_06 Thursday

I got up extra early today b/c the electrician and his team came to finish off our electrical work. That was a great thing to check off our box!! The guys were so nice and worked quickly. I really like them. Unfortunately, though, they had to do a lot of drilling and hammering, and I guess they have to yell at each other to make sure they're pulling the right wires or whatever. I was really nervous about that waking Jonathan up. Ha, silly mom. Jonathan slept right through it...all of it! I was stunned.

He finally got up around 9:30 to have some fruit yogurt that I made for him. Then we hauled over to our last story time. He was so cute. The librarian read a pop-up book, and he was in a trance. Afterward, we hung out a little to play with the puzzles and read some "t'uck" boardbooks. I also found some German kiddy books, but they aren't stories; they're picture books. So, we left around 11. Of course, we got stuck in a rain storm about halfway home. Didn't really need that second shower. I cannot believe how many leaves are still falling. We have already raked up two weekends! It's hard to tell that we have a hill in the front and where the driveway is because of all the leaves. I've got the 'kids' from Seton Hall's Habitat for Humanity club coming next weekend to rake to raise $. Gesh, maybe I need them both weekends!

Then we had a quick snack, played with the new Fisher Price farm, read about the hungry catepiller, and off to Z-land he went.

When he finally woke up, we inhaled a grilled cheese and chicken sandwich, some mandarins and strawberries, and mixed veggies. Then we drove to Florham Park to pick up some awesome Craig's List stuff for Jonathan (tons of t'ucks!!), then stopped by Home Depot to look at kitchen pulls, then by a house in Maplewood for a project I'm working on (homemade lavendar satchels), and finally to visit our German friend who just had a baby. He's adorable...and TINY! We lost track of time, so I had to book it out of there to pick up Dave.

So, now we're all home; we've played with some of the new trucks. Dave had to take a call, so I got to finish off dinner (noodles w/ tomato sauce, chicken, and veggies), give Jonathan a bath, read a book (PopPop and Grandma Pat's nursery rhymes book), and tuck him in. Haven't done that in a long time! He blew me kisses as I left. awwww!