More Park Time

Well, we are going to the park a lot! Yesterday Chris and A went while I took a nap, and today we went as a family. She is learning to slide all on her own, and would rather crawl up the slide than go down it most of the time. She has also discovered teeter-totters, so there is a lot of fun to be had there. Today was apparently "little kid on the big kid toys" day at the park as the younger ones (under 5) were the main group of kids there. She got to climb in a tunnel and go down some higher steeper slides than are in the 2-5 year old section of the park. Naturally she wanted to swing and swing and swing.

For Labor Day we didn't really do anything special. We just stayed around the house. Last Sunday we went to Grandfather Mountain and got to see the animals. The pumas and the bears were out in full force so it was neat to see them. Monday we went to the park and just had a low key day, something we all needed. A and I went for a run in the morning and she waved and smiled at all the people we passed.

Chris is slowly getting a routine down for work this semester. It looks like it will be one full of long days. Since A and I are gone for about 11 hours a day this may work out so that he doesn't have to hike to work each day.

Work for me has been interesting. We may finally be getting me trained to work with the QC people. However, for 3 of the 4 days last week we were down a man in QA so I got to fill in for him. We labeled and packaged all day long, and tomorrow I think we are doing the same thing. On Friday we were going crazy enough to create a Stomp-eqsue rhythm from all the mundane things we were doing -- making sure the carton was full, opening cartons, closing cartons, etc.

This past week A threw up for the first time. Friday morning about four she threw up once and then again around six. She was running a slight temperature, and it definitely seems to be out of her system. Chris stayed home with her, and apparently they had a good time.

Overall we are finally starting to see some signs of fall. The weather has changed and we are getting into the 40s at night and only up into the 60s or 70s during the day. We are seeing some leaves start to change as well. I hope the weather is breaking where you are and it isn't blazing hot or inclimate much longer.