On the Road

I signed Charlie up for ballet class and I'm pretty sure the teacher thinks I'm crazy. Not only is he the only boy in the class, but I forgot to take off the red nail polish that we put on for the chinese new year party. So there was my son with bright red nail polish surrounded by girls in leotards and ballet shoes! I actually wasn't sure which was more strange - Charlie's toes or the fact that 3 year old girls already have real ballet gear. Despite my initial horror Charlie loved the class.

I was in Atlanta this week and things seemed a little bumpy. Carlos forgot to take Diego back to the doctor to have them read the TB test, he forgot to take Charlie to his dance class, they ran out of milk and I'm pretty sure Charlie didn't take a bath. The most distressing news was that Charlie's teacher emailed to say that he acted agressive one day - he is never agressive or mean in school (he saves that for Diego). I'm wondering if his behaviour had something to do with my absence and so of course I feel terrible. I went on a field trip the day after I got back to try and make up for it, but I'm not sure it worked. Here are the kids on the metro.

We went to Philly for the weekend to see my mom and aunt Mary and the kids had a lot of fun. Diego loved playing with the outdoor toys and refused to come in despite the cold. We came home in time for the Disney on Ice show which was pretty funny. Charlie and I are both so Disney illiterate that we didn't know most of the movie references. Nevertheless it was really fun to go on a date with Charlie and I hope to make it a regular thing.

Diego went in for his 18 month appointment last week and he seems perfectly healthy. He is only in the 30th percentile for weight but at least he is staying consistent....The doctor said we'll start worrying at age 2 if he still doesn't talk.

Elizabeth and I did a painting class where we all painted the same scene while drinking wine. The fact that they felt the need to remind us to drink our wine and not the dirty paintbrush water is probably indicative of the quality of the work.... I'm not about to hang it in my house but we had fun.