Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Yucky Slug
As Laura mentioned in her blog we had a lot of issues with the slugs around our tent while we were camping. At one point I was getting out of our tent and Adriel and Sloan were admiring a slug that was right on our front mat. "Aww." Sloan said in his high adoring voice. I said "No, slugs aren't nice."
"They're not?" he asked.
"No, they're yucky" To which he immediately changed his tone and said "Go back to yours home yucky slug!" Kyle and I really got a kick out of it, and I felt it should be documented. It was especially funny in his gravelly voice and his soft 'R's. That kid has such a personality. I don't know what to do with him sometimes.

Today, I explored the farmer's market with Sloan. We came home with a heavy bag full of fruit and vegetables. After some cleaning, we went for a bike ride. I want to do this regularly. It's good exercise pulling Sloan in the trailer and he likes it too. The only hard part is when I'm huffing up a hill and he wants me to talk to him. I love my bike. I love getting back into the biking world. It's been a long time.

Last night we took Adriel to the bike park. It's a part of the big park by our house. He has been dying to go there for a while. He was so excited to try it out. He had some good wipe outs, but he found some parts he could do, and he loved it. I'm surprised by his drive. A lot of kids would have been discouraged and not wanted to try again after one fall. Not Adriel. Teenagers zooming around him doing all kinds of tricks, and he's not intimidated. I don't know why I'm that surprised. I know I was the same way with my bike when I was young too.

He's doing well in school so far. At first he had a hard time with it being all day. But I think it's getting better now. He's already learned a lot of French. Today he told me how to ask to use the bathroom in French. I'm quite happy with his teacher so far too.

We have people living below us. I may have mentioned this before. I think they might hate us. The guy works nights and I'm sure they can hear us in the early morning. Sometimes Adriel and Sloan wake up and almost immediately start fighting. I'm sure we are loud. They have a 2 year old who sleeps in until 9. Also we share the back yard, which is huge. I like to be able to send my kids out into the yard and not supervise them 100% of the time. The people downstairs have a kiddy pool that's just been sitting there unused since we got here. It now has a lot of sand in it and I've found Sloan in twice fully clothed. I would like them to do us all a favor and put it away!! I'm not sure how that aspect of living here is going to work. I hope we can get along. In other words, I hope they don't hate us.

3 comments
Sarahstottle posted @ 5:01 PM

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Why don't you ask them to either put it away or cover it? Its common courtesy, really.
 
like what exactly does he do at the bike park?
 
yeah I agree with Andrea. Just ask em next time you see em. If they have kids they should understand. Common courtesy! mmm, farmer's markut vegetables! And a fun bike ride! Sounds like you had a good day.
 
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