vonRoeschlaub Family News

Yesterday my parents played hooky.  In order to be sure to get home before Monday, they left Canada on Saturday and got home Saturday night (it could have taken longer).  Since they couldn’t get caught at the house on Sunday, they snuck out to the beach and we went along.

It was fun to see how things had developed since the last time we were at the beach, August of last year.  Claire was willing to get her feet wet, but Avery was afraid to even touch the water.  He did have a good time burying himself in the sand, though.  Before we left Claire had even gone with Noni out past the breakers and done a little wave jumping.  As she was returning to the beach a breaker rolled right over her and she panicked a bit, but she still felt good about the ocean once she was back on shore, so I guess she’s feeling more confident.  She is definately a better swimmer than last year.

Avery enjoyed playing in the sand, but by the time we were going back to the car the sand had heated up and he had to run to Diana and get his shoes.  I toughed it out, but only because my feet are currently rather calloused anyway.

Victoria spent most of her time under the umbrella avoiding the sun, but Diana took her out for a brief touch of the ocean with her feet, which she did not like, and letting some sand get between her toes, which she did like.

Everyone got a bath once we were home, even Victoria.

Haven’t updated in a while. Not much to say.

Victoria is growing fast. her hair has started growing again after thinning out a bit since her birth. This is normal. He eyes have stayed the greyish-blue she was born with. We’ll see what color they choose, if any.

Claire has been playing Pokémon and loves it. We will probably get her Pokémon Diamond or Pearl, but she’s still a long way from real game play. She has a level 39 Bulbasaur and a level 12 paras, and still leads with the Bulbasaur. If you don’t play adventure games much, this means the Bulbasaur will continue to get stronger, but at the expense of all her other pokémon.

Avery is the king of being difficult. he gets away with a lot by being very cute and very very sweet, but when he decides he wants something he can be incredibly stubborn and difficult. He’s also built up a habit of running away when called — not a good one to have. Fortunately, he starts preschool soon and I know he is not going to be nearly the most difficult kid in his class. He should have fun and get in enough play time with other kids to satisfy the hyper-friendliness we see now. He makes friends so easily and his heart is broken every time we leave them, even if it was just a kid he met in Ikea.

Yeah, we went to Ikea to get some baskets for the basement bookshelves and passed a family with a crying child just a little younger than Avery. Avery stopped and gave the kid a hug and told him it would be okay. About ten minutes later, while waiting for Diana to change Victoria the parents and child came out of the register section and Avery ran over happy to see the crying was done. They played for about five minutes, and then we had to go. Avery sobbed that we were taking away his “bestest friend” and sulked the whole way home.

He needs more play-dates.

Eating lunch getting ready to go to the fair, the kids were well behaved. “I guess we’ll keep them,” I said.

“I guess so,” answered Diana, “What do you guys think.”

Claire nodded.  “But sell Avery to the Gypsies.”

“No,” Avery argues, “I’m cute.”

“Oh, that just makes the Gypsies want to buy you more,” replied Claire.

Been very busy.

We settled on Avery’s school. Boces seemed the best, even though it is also the farthest, about half a mile south of Old Country Road in Hicksville (actually just over the border in Levittown). Avery liked it there too. It is housed in what used to be a public school, so the facilities are great.

Tori had her checkup today, and clocks in at just over ten pounds. Not bad. She still has gas pains, but the Neocate is doing the trick as far as screaming pain goes. It’s not like there is anything milder anyway — at least nothing that would keep her healthy.

I may be going to Japan in a few weeks. We’ll see.