Walking Backwards

Not much writing this week because it really hasn't been that interesting around here. Nico and I are starting to get into the summer swing of things. We had a ton of stuff to get out of the way before total leisure time took over. Nicholas got a haircut, I had my every-freakin-three-months doctor visit, we cleaned out wardrobes from the winter hangers-on, the playroom was rearranged to accommodate the mass of new and huge plastic monstrosities he got for his birthday, we checked out new books from the library, and we started the big plans for the next few months. Next week Nico goes to stay with a friend a few hours a day, three days a week, so things will change again. I know I have a lot of phone calls to make and I'll try to get them taken care of this weekend (or, in your case Maria, next week. Good luck with the in-laws, BTW). I also have a lot of projects on my lists of to-dos, but they have gotten pushed to the side for right now because I'm lazy. See, not very interesting around here.

This Saturday Joe and I are thinking of doing a scavenger hunt with Nico. It isn't like the big scavenger hunt they have later in the year that takes all day and has a bevy of fabulous prizes at the end; it's a small one hosted by a local toy store that is geared to younger children. The prize is a fifteen dollar gift certificate. Not that Nico needs any more plastic stuff, we just want to start doing an activity that will interest him each weekend. The original plan was to hit the great outdoors, but it has been threatening rain all day (really all week), so we have had to come up with alternate plans. Now that Nico is old enough to be involved and interested in activities outside of eating play-doh and tormenting the cat, Joe and I want to expose him as much as we can to being involved in community life. When Nicholas was a baby and Joe was traveling for work I felt so isolated from everyone, from society at large, and even from my previous self. Now that Joe is home and Nico is a little easier to cart around, I'm glad to finally feel part of a community, but like part of myself again.