Tree House

I had a vision of a tree house for Charlie and Carlos decided to make it a reality. The problem is that my vision of a kid's tree house was slightly different than Carlos'. I was thinking of...well a kids tree house - just a wooden framed thing that could be made in a few days. Carlos never does things half way. He is making this an indestructible house that Charlie can sleep in. It has tyvek, sheet rock and yesterday he asked what kindof flooring it should have!!! It's a 3x3 foot space - who cares what kindof flooring it has!! I just want it done before the end of the summer. Here is a picture of the roofer putting an actual roof on it.

Charlie got into preschool which is great news. I was worried about having to drive somewhere, but we got a call this week along with an invitation to go to the school's annual fundraising event. I'm guessing public school isn't really free....We planned to go only to find out that the tickets were sold out. Everything about pre-school seems to be competitive these days! When I told Charlie he is going to go to school next year he said "I'm going to cry." That's not the response that I was hoping for.

As for my bag of sugar, the transition from our bed to the crib has not been super smooth. He doesn't like to be alone in his crib and has been waking up frequently. We had a babysitter come over who said he woke up every 20 min! I don't blame him - I miss him too. Which is why in the middle of the night he usually ends up back in our bed. Unfortunately after a few minutes of cuddling he usually flings his arms wide taking up 3/4 of the KING bed. Sleep is definitely an issue in this house. Diego got another nasty cold which breaks my heart. It is especially bad timing because I'm leaving for Atlanta tomorrow. The only good thing about the kids having a cold is that I get to hear Charlie say "My nose is coming out" when he wants to blow his nose.

Carlos indulged me and let me run in races the last two weekends (though I can't say he was happy about it). This weekend was the Cherry Blossom 10 mile race and it ended up being a beautiful day with lots of blossoms. Here is a picture of the other 15,000 people I ran with:

Here is Charlie doing his heavy metal version of BINGO.